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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 8, 2018 Page 6 1 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, approve Resolution 18-2 040; a Resolution to approve a request to keep ten (10) female chickens in an R-1 zoning district 3 at 2616 27th Avenue NE. 4 5 Councilmember Stille stated he is concerned about setting a precedent in pushing the number of 6 chickens higher than six, noting future requests will be evaluated and possibly ten chickens may 7 not be approved in the future. 8 9 Councilmember Gray suggested Council review the ordinance. Mr. Casey stated it can be added 10 to the Planning Commission’s Work Plan. 11 12 Mayor Faust suggested the Council move slower and he is inclined to allow six chickens. 13 14 Motion carried 3-2 (Faust and Randle). 15 16 D. St. Anthony Finance Department Annual Report. 17 18 Finance Director Shelly Rueckert provided the 2017 Finance Department Annual Report power 19 point presentation including the Mission Statement, Finance Overview, Core Accounting 20 Functions, Finance Activity Unique to 2017, Technological Advances, and Long Term Financial 21 Management. The Finance Department contracts with the MWMO for finance services. A 22 customer portal was launched using Sensus analytics to enable residents to monitor their water 23 usage. 24 25 Councilmember Stille stated before Finance Director Rueckert came, the City did not have a 26 good way to forecast road levies. He appreciates the department’s hard work. 27 28 Mayor Faust stated twice a year the City receives revenues from the County and Ms. Rueckert 29 has found ways to deal with these funds and cash flow for the City. He noted the Finance 30 Department is the first place many residents go to for help and they provide a great first 31 impression from the City. 32 33 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 34 35 City Manager Casey thanked all who volunteered for the park clean-up. Last Saturday, the 36 Spring Clean-up was held and this year there were 250 vehicles compared to 225 for last year. 37 He reported that Mr. Mike Larson was elected to the MN Beverage Association Board of 38 Directors, a Green Corp member will be joining the City in September, the City achieved the 39 Green Step Five for Sustainability, and this is the highest level a City can achieve. 40 41 Councilmember Gray stated on May 7, he attended the AEON community meeting where the 42 plans for affordable housing were shown for the Bremer Bank site. He felt it was a good 43 meeting. 44 45 6