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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 11, 2008 <br />Page 4 <br />2 Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen questioned whether residual business resulted due to the Village Pub. <br />4 Mr. Larson replied he believes there has been more business from the Village Pub than from the <br />5 Stone House. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Thuesen questioned whether he had a sense of sales after the collapse of the <br />I35W Bridge and the development of Silver Lake Village. <br />10 Mr. Larson replied the sales still grew. He explained the impact of the business plan changes <br />11 and looked forward to the I35W bridge completion. <br />12 <br />13 2. Public Works <br />14 <br />15 Public Works Director Hartman reported on the 2007 accomplishments, maintenance activities, <br />16 the projects scheduled for 2008, plans for beyond 2008 and upcoming events. <br />17 <br />18 Councilmember Stille talked about the MWMO and the annual workshop that is held at St. <br />19 Anthony regarding salt and sanding. He questioned if the St. Anthony has implemented these <br />20 techniques in their salt and sanding applications. <br />21 <br />22 Mr. Hartman stated that 2008 was the third year we have hosted the Salt and Sanding seminar <br />23 sponsored by MWMO. This seminar demonstrates the proper salt and sand applications for <br />24 streets, parking lots and sidewalks. He indicated that St. Anthony has implemented these <br />25 applications and monitor salt and sanding applications. <br />26 <br />27 Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen inquired about the amount of main breaks and has this number <br />28 decreased with the street improvements that we have done. <br />29 <br />30 Mr. Hartman indicated this year St. Anthony experienced a high number of water main breaks <br />31 and this could be possible due the extreme temperatures. <br />32 <br />33 Mayor Pro Tern Thuesen stated that Public Works is the department that typically is over looked <br />34 and the council appreciates all they do for the city. <br />35 <br />36 3. Finance <br />37 <br />38 Finance Director Roger Larson presented the 2007 Finance Report. <br />39 <br />40 Councilmember Stille commented the I/I was $71,000 under budget. <br />41 <br />42 Finance Director Larson replied the large spikes in costs were caused by extreme rain events and <br />43 now we are seeing these spikes level off. He believes the I/I program is working. <br />44 <br />45 Councilmember Stille questioned whether the debt had fixed rates. <br />46 <br />