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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 8, 2015 Page 2 1 he noted what it takes to be a good citizen. In the report he gave to the Council, he wrote they 2 need the citizens to be engaged and active in a mutual collaboration with the Police to affect 3 crime. The Wagners were the epitome of being good citizens. George was one of those rare 4 people who truly cared more about others than he cared about himself. He cared deeply about 5 this community. It seems 20% of the people do 80% of the work and George was certainly one 6 of those 20 %. More than anything else, he was truly a nice guy. Police Chief Ohl stated his mom 7 used to tell him, John, it's interesting how far you can get in this world by just being nice. Be 8 nice to people. George and Audrey have been pillars of our community, strong law enforcement 9 partners and the City is grateful that they were part of this community and called St. Anthony 10 home. They were good citizens and George and Audrey define that term. Police Chief Ohl 11 thanked them very much for the donation, their friendship and their dedication to the City of St. 12 Anthony Police Department and the community. He really appreciates it. 13 14 Fire Chief Sitarz stated he too has the honor of saying some kind words about George and from 15 his perspective, he really didn't get to know George until later on in the years. It was more so 16 dealing with him as a patient and as he got to know him more so at community events. He was a 17 very kind man and was Mr. St. Anthony. He wrote something brief and read it to Council. 18 Tonight we are witnessing a unique statement made by a pair of individuals, one who is no 19 longer with us physically but has touched this community once again in a unique way. His 20 dedication to this community was and is apparent in so many ways. He was a member of the 21 Planning Commission, the Chamber of Commerce, Park and Recreation Commission, Kiwanis, 22 and City Council. George wanted to make this community even better and he was willing to put 23 in the time and effort to do so. Now to extend his legacy even more, the Wagners have agreed to 24 give back to the community financially. On behalf of the Fire Department, Fire Chief Sitarz 25 stated he wanted to thank Audrey for the opportunity to speak about George to say some kind 26 things about her husband and to say what he did for this community that many of us call home. 27 28 Mayor Faust stated Audrey and George were residents of St. Anthony for 40+ years. He knew 29 George for 25 years when he went on the Planning Commission in 1990 and no man does it by 30 himself. He needs to have someone by his side to give him love, caring, and support to keep the 31 home fires burning to know that he could always come home and have someone there that is 32 willing to listen to you in the good times and the bad times and Audrey had always done that. 33 He appreciated the money clip, noting he does not have one like this. Mayor Faust promised at 34 some time in the future, he would pass it on to another Councilmember to start a legacy of 35 keeping it going. He stated we will know who it came from and the kind of person George and 36 Audrey are. Mayor Faust stated it will be good for us who serve as George did and Audrey does 37 to remember what a gentleman and fine person he was. Mayor Faust stated his family has 38 known the Wagner family, are grateful for them, and care about Audrey. He thanked Audrey, 39 stating she is a national treasure and a City treasure. 40 41 III. CONSENT AGENDA 42 43 A. Consider August 25, 2015, Council meeting minutes, 44 B. Consider licenses and permits, and 45 C. Consider payment of claims. 46