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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />November 10, 2015 <br />Page 7 <br />4 <br />Fi <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 VII. <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />City Manager Casey provided a summary of the 2015 General Municipal Election held on <br />Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The total number of persons voting were 338. Mr. Casey reported <br />Jerry Faust received the greatest number of votes for the office of Mayor. Bonnie Brever and Hal <br />Gray received the greatest number of votes for the office of Councilmember. The abstract was <br />produced by Ramsey County as they handled the election for the City. <br />Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution <br />15 -068 accepting the Canvass of the 2015 General Municipal Election. <br />Motion carried unanimously. <br />Mayor Faust thanked the election judges and the residents who participated in the election. <br />REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. <br />City Manager Casey reported Friday is the deadline for residents to express interest in being on <br />the Planning Commission or the Park Commission. The application is available online. <br />City Manager Casey report on November 19, 2015, the Sustainability Fair will be held at <br />Silverwood Park from 5:30 — 8:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public. <br />Councilmember Jenson stated on October 26, he attended the meeting with the Fire Station <br />Retirement Relief Fund. On October 28, he attended a graduation and reception for seven <br />volunteer firefighters who became fire fighters (5 men and 2 women). On October 30, he <br />attended the Kiwanis Volunteer event at the Community Center for the Halloween Fun Event. <br />On November 2, he attended the City Council Work Session. On November 4, he attended the <br />St. Anthony History Committee Meeting and St. Anthony Advisory Committee Meeting. On <br />November 5, he participated in the joint School Board Meeting. <br />Councilmember Stille stated on November 2, he attended the Council Work Session. <br />Councilmember Gray stated on November 2, he attended the Council Work Session and last <br />Thursday he attended the Finance Work Session for the North Suburban Communications <br />Access Commission where budget was developed for the next calendar year. <br />Councilmember Brever stated she attended the November 2 Council Work Session. <br />Mayor Faust stated he attended the November 2 Council Work Session. Earlier in the day on <br />November 2, the City Manager and he attended a meeting with the Hennepin County Assessor to <br />discuss the assessment. There is a median price of $245,000 and it appears houses are selling fast <br />and have an average of 53 days on the market. Residential values are going up and <br />Commercial /Industrial is not going up so there may be some changes. The Assessor's Office is <br />appreciative of how respectful the residents are when they are out doing their 5 -year reviews. On <br />November 10, Mayor Faust attended the MWMO meeting and the budget was approved for $5.7 <br />million for 2016. Kristin Seaman, St. Anthony's GreenCorp Intern attended this meeting with <br />him. <br />48 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. <br />