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City Manager Casey provided a summary of the 2015 General Municipal Election held on 1 Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The total number of persons voting were 338. Mr. Casey reported 2 Jerry Faust received the greatest number of votes for the office of Mayor. Bonnie Brever and Hal 3 Gray received the greatest number of votes for the office of Councilmember. The abstract was 4 produced by Ramsey County as they handled the election for the City. 5 6 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 7 15-068 accepting the Canvass of the 2015 General Municipal Election. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously. 10 11 Mayor Faust thanked the election judges and the residents who participated in the election. 12 13 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 14 15 City Manager Casey reported Friday is the deadline for residents to express interest in being on 16 the Planning Commission or the Park Commission. The application is available online. 17 18 City Manager Casey report on November 19, 2015, the Sustainability Fair will be held at 19 Silverwood Park from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public. 20 21 Councilmember Jenson stated on October 26, he attended the meeting with the Fire Station 22 Retirement Relief Fund. On October 28, he attended a graduation and reception for seven 23 volunteer firefighters who became fire fighters (5 men and 2 women). On October 30, he 24 attended the Kiwanis Volunteer event at the Community Center for the Halloween Fun Event. 25 On November 2, he attended the City Council Work Session. On November 4, he attended the 26 St. Anthony History Committee Meeting and St. Anthony Advisory Committee Meeting. On 27 November 5, he participated in the joint School Board Meeting. 28 29 Councilmember Stille stated on November 2, he attended the Council Work Session. 30 31 Councilmember Gray stated on November 2, he attended the Council Work Session and last 32 Thursday he attended the Finance Work Session for the North Suburban Communications 33 Access Commission where budget was developed for the next calendar year. 34 35 Councilmember Brever stated she attended the November 2 Council Work Session. 36 37 Mayor Faust stated he attended the November 2 Council Work Session. Earlier in the day on 38 November 2, the City Manager and he attended a meeting with the Hennepin County Assessor to 39 discuss the assessment. There is a median price of $245,000 and it appears houses are selling fast 40 and have an average of 53 days on the market. Residential values are going up and 41 Commercial/Industrial is not going up so there may be some changes. The Assessor’s Office is 42 appreciative of how respectful the residents are when they are out doing their 5-year reviews. On 43 November 10, Mayor Faust attended the MWMO meeting and the budget was approved for $5.7 44 million for 2016. Kristin Seaman, St. Anthony’s GreenCorp Intern attended this meeting with 45 him. 46 47 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 48 11