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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 22, 2021 Page 5 & Environmental Commission and staff recommends approval of the Solar Demonstration 1 Installation on the Central Park Pavilion. 2 3 Ms. Doolan presented the same power point she gave to the Parks and Environmental 4 Commission on June 7. 5 6 Mayor Stille thanked Lona for the presentation. 7 8 Councilmember Jenson stated the project will start with two panels and increase to more panels 9 in the future. Ms. Doolan stated two panels would be installed now and the increase could be 10 considered in the future. Councilmember Jenson asked how snow affects the solar panels. Ms. 11 Doolan stated since the facility has a metal rooftop the snow will slide off of the roof and not 12 affect the solar panels. Councilmember Jenson asked if storage batteries were considered. 13 14 Councilmember Walker asked about the three possible sites. Ms. Doolan stated the contract 15 allowed the panels to be put on the roof. 16 17 Councilmember Webster thanked Ms. Doolan for her presentation. She feels it is important for 18 the residents to understand the use of solar and the amount of energy that can be obtained. Ms. 19 Doolan stated recently a different Hennepin County grant was applied for that would allow for 20 outreach to the community. 21 22 Mayor Stille stated there is an existing contract with Community Solar Gardens. The City was 23 limited as to where the solar demonstration could be placed. Mayor Stille asked if Ms. Doolan 24 spearheaded this herself and Ms. Doolan stated she worked with Mr. Dunoff. Mayor Stille 25 thanked and congratulated Ms. Doolan on this project on behalf of the City Council. 26 27 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to approve Resolution 28 21-054; a Resolution Approving Solar Demonstration Installation at Central Park. 29 30 Motion carried 5-0. 31 32 C. St. Anthony Finance Department Annual Report. 33 34 Finance Director Shelly Rueckert reviewed the 2020 St. Anthony Finance Department Annual 35 Report. The Mission Statement is Ensure that City resources and assets are managed effectively 36 to provide residents with the City services desired and to sustain the City’s infrastructure for 37 current and future residents. The Finance Department Organizational Chart was provided along 38 with a review of the Finance Staff. Ms. Rueckert reviewed the Core Accounting Functions. A 39 chart showing the Path to the 2021 Tax Levy was presented. 40 41 Ms. Rueckert reviewed the finance activity unique to 2020 explaining the Use of Cares Funding 42 ($683,110), Cares Act Reporting and Street Improvement Planning expansion to include mill and 43 overlay projects. Technological Advances included electronic deposit technology which saves 44 time and vendor bill approval process now is paperless. Additional modules were added to 45 financial software and the City contracted with Invoice Cloud for online credit card processing. 46 5