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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 28, 2009 Page 7 1 in the City's checking account. He added these funds were placed in the 4M Fund with the 2 League of Minnesota Cities; this fund underwent a complete audit to make sure there was 3 nothing in there that was vulnerable to the current economic downturn and the funds are secure. 4 5 Councilmember Thuesen stated the AA rating is significant and is an indication that the City has 6 been responsible with its spending and the projects undertaken by the City have been successful. 7 8 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 9 10 City Manager Momson reported on the following: 11 ■ The Metro Cities meeting was held on April 16'h where the new president and Tom Hauser, 12 Channel 5 reporter, spoke at the meeting 13 ■ On April 20' , a meeting was held with Falcon Heights/Lauderdale City Administrators to 14 discuss the police contract 15 ■ On April 21 S', the Chamber met and discussed marketing strategies and the economy 16 ■ On April 21", a meeting was held with North St. Paul officials to discuss the Fiber to the 17 Premise Project 18 ■ On April 22nd, he attended a loss control seminar sponsored by the League on how to reduce 19 risk from playground equipment, workers comp, etc. He stated this was a very worthwhile 20 training session 21 • On April 20, the City hosted 40 -45 community staff members for a tour of the Silver Lake 22 Village redevelopment project 23 ■ Earlier today, the National Planners conference was held at the Convention Center 24 • The Fire Department applied for and received a training grant for $3,000 to provide training 25 to firefighters 26 ■ The Citizen Academy graduation will be held during the May 12th Council meeting 27 • The City clean-up day is scheduled for Saturday, May 2 "a, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 28 29 Councilmember Stille stated the Planning Commission met last week and discussed signage at 30 Central Park and advertising on fences. He asked staff to work with the Planning Commission on 31 the appropriateness of signage on fences and to discuss use of public property for private 32 advertising. He stated that on April 22 "a, he attended the Family Services Collaborative Board 33 meeting and asked the Council to express its appreciation to Roger Braun for his willingness to 34 provide a supervised place for kids to go after school every Wednesday. 35 36 Councilmember Thuesen: No report. 37 38 Councilmember Gray: No report. 39 40 Councilmember Roth: No report. 41 42 Mayor Faust reported on the following: 43 On April 16`h, he attended the League Board meeting and information has been distributed to 44 the Council which includes a request for feedback from the League.