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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 25, 2020 Page 4 1 2 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 3 4 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 5 6 Mayor Stille thanked Mr. Casey for his service to the City and noted he will be moving onto the 7 private sector. He indicated Mr. Casey will be sorely missed. He presented Mr. Casey with a 8 plaque of appreciation from the City. 9 10 Councilmember Webster shared that sometimes their leaders live a few lives and she has the 11 opportunity to know Mr. Casey from about twenty years ago when he was a Community Ed 12 Director and one of the things she recalled is she met Mr. Casey by serving on the Minnesota 13 Community Education Associations Board of Directors. At the time Mr. Casey was in 14 Annandale and she was in Bloomington and after he finished his term of service on the Board 15 she had heard from some of his colleagues on the Board that Mr. Casey actually left the field of 16 Community Ed and was hired by the City of Annandale. She was really sad that they lost such a 17 great leader in Community Ed across the State. Fast forward a few years and it turns out that Mr. 18 Casey was hired as St. Anthony City Manager. She indicated as her time knowing him as a 19 Community Ed Director in Annandale to the time she has had working with him as the City 20 Manager she thought back to how sad she was when he left the field of Community Ed and now 21 as a resident of St. Anthony, how grateful she was that Mr. Casey was the City Manager for the 22 past few years. She stated Mr. Casey helped the City through the most difficult time in the 23 community's history and she will be eternally grateful for his service. 24 25 Councilmember Randle indicated this resignation stings. Integrity is a word that he can say most 26 describes Mr. Casey. He can tell the respect that the City Staff has for him, the Council has for 27 him but most of all, other community leaders have for him. He explained Mr. Casey is very 28 respected throughout, in particular, the league and he wished Mr. Casey luck and to this day he 29 did not know which side of the isle Mr. Casey is on, which in his mind Mr. Casey is doing things 30 the right way. Mr. Casey is serving the community as a whole and serving people the way 31 people should be served. He indicated he will miss Mr. Casey. 32 33 Councilmember Jenson stated nine years ago today as the Council interviewed for the City 34 Manager position, Mark Casey obviously stood out among all other candidates. On behalf of the 35 City he was excited when Mr. Casey accepted the offer. As City Manager, Mr. Casey has 36 proven to be a fine leader and has expanded his talents in many capacities while serving the 37 residents throughout the years. He stated Mr. Casey's decorum in dealing with the staff, 38 Council, media, and the public is consistently professional and personable. Mr. Casey is a 39 strategic thinker and leader through encouragement, mentoring, stressing training, work/life 40 balance and most importantly, leading by example. The Council knows budget planning can be 41 difficult and Mr. Casey has coordinated his staff ensuring the City budgets provide service and 42 cost containment while improving the transparency of the process. He stated Mr. Casey has 43 coordinated several initiatives in light of significant events including Initiating the Government 44 Alliance for Racial Equity's, the Collaborative Reform Initiative, the Body Camera 45 implementation, and push notifications. He thanked Mr. Casey for his dedication and service to 46 the City. Mr. Casey has made a positive difference with all his efforts and commitment. The