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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 22 January 6, 2004 Page 22 1 • Connie Kroeplin is leaving mid-year so the City Clerk position will be posted in February 2 or early March. 3 • Bids for the Fire Station are out at the end of January and the bid opening will be the end 4 of February with the Council to consider the bids on March 9, 2004. 5 6 Councilmember Horst had no report. 7 8 Councilmember Stille thanked residents for his election to the City Council and stated he will 9 bring an honest and fair approach to the Council for the next two years. 10 11 Councilmember Thuesen had no report. 12 13 Councilmember Faust welcomed Councilmember Stille to the Council. 14 15 Mayor Hodson indicated that it does pay to work with the Metropolitan Council and have further 16 discussions. He thanked Councilmember Faust for his help with previous meetings and in 17 showing the City's commitment to the Metropolitan Council and State officials. He stated he 18 met with Congressman Sabo and thanked him.for his support of St. Anthony over the past years. 19 20 21 Mayor Hodson commented on the petition process the Council went through tonight and stated 22 that, for the most part, they handled themselves very well on an issue that could have been very 23 contentious. He stated he was very interested in getting the resident's feedback and expects their 24 participation in future committees. 25 26 Mayor Hodson stated that during the recess a lady asked where to get information and how to get 27 involved. He stated that is one of the items the Council needs to continue to address, 28 communication, which is also a stated goal of the Council. He stated that communication has 29 been improved and can continue to be improved. 30 31 Mayor Hodson stated that he talked with Councilmember Faust about getting information to the 32 library but that process may have been stopped. He asked the City to assure that a depository of 33 information is available at the public library. Mayor Hodson stated the Council can discuss 34 other ways of providing information to the public like newspaper articles and press releases. 35 36 Mayor Hodson thanked everyone and stated that a new year is in front of the Council and there 37 are many projects to start working on in the next several months. He asked the Councilmembers 38 to be prepared for each meeting. 39 40 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 41 None. 42 43 X. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS. 44 None. 45 46 XI. ADJOURNMENT.