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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 28, 2006 Page 8 2 Mayor Faust thanked him and the department. He added people should not be afraid to dial 911 3 in an emergency situation. He thanked all of the officers. 4 5 Mayor Faust stated when reading the department reports and now hearing those reports, he is 6 amazed at the quantity and quality of work the departments do. Attention to detail, cooperation 7 with each other, and a can-do spirit are shown in all of the departments. O 9 Mr. Malenick stated Officer Kevin Cardinal is instrumental in bringing together and reviewing 10 the necessary information for grants. He presented Mr. Cardinal with a certificate. 11 12 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 13 None. 14 15 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 16 City Manager Mornson reported the following: 17 • Thank you to the department heads for showing up and Mayor Faust for his words. 18 • He will be participating in the Junior Exchange Program, discussing city government 19 with a third grade class at Wilshire Elementary. 20 • He attended a seminar last week, which discussed lean government. 21 • He is looking for two Council members to sign up for the Comp Planning Task Force, 22 which starts May 8 for six meetings. 23 • There will be a City Watch demonstration at 6:15 p.m. on April 11 where goals will be 24 discussed. 25 • He will be attending the legislative update this week. 26 27 Councilmember Thuesen stated he is so impressed with the professionalism of each department. 28 He added he is proud to represent City residents. He would like to be considered for the Comp 29 Plan Task Force. 30 31 Councilmember Horst stated he has never been more proud of those working for the City and 32 thanked them. He attended the first Village Fest meeting last week, noting they are in need of 33 volunteers for the Fest which takes place the first week of August. The next meeting will be 34 April 19 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. He spent time earlier this afternoon with the St. Paul Public 35 Arts Group which is working with the Sister City Foundation to host the MN Rocks Symposium 36 this spring. He handed out MN Rocks bookmarks to Council and noted they are available at 37 coffee shops and the front desk. Mayor Faust asked the Fest contact for volunteers to call. 38 Councilmember Horst replied they can contact Kim Moore -Sykes at City Hall. 39 40 Councilmember Stille thanked all of the department heads and asked if reports were available to 41 the public. Mr. Momson replied they can be put on the website and the public may receive a 42 hard copy from City Hall. 43 44 Mayor Faust indicated that on March 21 he attended the Mississippi Water Management meeting 45 with Council members from Minneapolis and St. Paul and from the Minneapolis Parks Board. 46