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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 7 7 <br /> May 11, 2004 <br /> Page 11 <br /> 1 b. Utility work currently underway, with completion of Phase I utility work <br /> 2 scheduled for end of June. <br /> 3 C. New liquor store construction to begin around June 1. <br /> 4 d. Construction on two other commercial buildings scheduled to begin around June <br /> 5 8. <br /> 6 e. New facade,new landscaping and wider sidewalks planned for Cub property, <br /> 7 which would probably not begin before July 4. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 6. Mediation with Police Union held earlier in the day. <br /> 10 a. Appeared an agreement would be reached. <br /> 11 b. Only difference between this union and the two other unions was this would be a <br /> 12 one-year contract versus the usual two-year contract. <br /> 13 C. Possibly would be before Council the end of May. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 7. Three River Park meeting to be held May 20 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. <br /> 16 a. Three River Park had purchased the Salvation Army property. <br /> 17 b. Would have someone in attendance to report back to Council. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 8. Introduced John Malenick, new Fire Chief. <br /> 20 a. Fifteen years with Fire Department. <br /> 21 b. Business Administration Degree from St. Thomas. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Mr. Morrison asked Fire Chief Malenick to come forward. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chief Malenick stated he had lived and worked his entire life in the area. He indicated he loved <br /> 26 the City and its family values and wished to continue those values through the Fire Department. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Mayor Hodson stated he looked forward to receiving input from Chief Malenick, both as a <br /> 29 resident of the City and as its Fire Chief. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Councilmember Horst reported he attended a Community Services Board meeting the previous <br /> 32 Thursday and one of the discussions focused on thanking Council for filling in the monies <br /> 33 missing from the grandfather levy, which allowed the Board to continue scheduling fields and <br /> 34 working with the City's recreation programs. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Councilmember Horst indicated the Gardener's Club was having a sale at Chenoweth Floral the <br /> 37 following day, May 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. He noted the Club worked to beautify the <br /> 38 City and this was a good way to support them. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Councilmember Stille reported that June 29 was the grand opening of the parks. He welcomed <br /> 41 residents to come and join the festivities. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Councilmember Thuesen reported the City-wide cleanup was held the previous Saturday and <br /> 44 business was down compared with previous years. He reminded residents this was an excellent <br /> 45 way to deal with "hard-to-dispose-of' items. <br /> 46 <br />