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1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES <br />3 APRIL 22, 2008 <br />CALL TO ORDER. <br />Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. <br />9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. <br />10 <br />11 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />12 <br />13 ROLL CALL. <br />14 <br />15 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Roth, Stille, and Thuesen <br />16 Absent: None <br />17 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison, City Attorney Jay Lindgren, Police Chief John Ohl, <br />18 Finance Director Roger Larson, and Bruce DeJong of Government Finance Officers <br />19 Association. <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING <br />23 ITEMS. <br />24 <br />25 I. APPROVAL OF APRIL 22, 2008 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. <br />26 <br />27 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the City <br />28 Council Meeting Agenda of April 22, 2008. <br />29 <br />30 Motion carried unanimously. <br />31 <br />32 IL PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. <br />33 <br />34 A. Presentation of the "Certificate of Achievement of Excellence in Financial Reporting" by <br />35 Bruce DeJong Government Finance Officers Association. <br />36 <br />37 Mr. Bruce DeJong, Government Finance Officers Association, stated it is his privilege tonight to <br />38 present Finance Director Roger Larson with the Certificate of Achievement of Excellence in <br />39 Financial Reporting. This is a very difficult honor to achieve and requires a lot of work by <br />40 Finance Director Larson, the Finance Department and the department heads. He commended the <br />41 City Council and City Manager for supporting this endeavor. Mr. DeJong stated these reports are <br />42 very dense and provide a complete picture of the governmental finances. This amount of detail <br />43 allows the City to show the citizens that they are exercising proper stewardship over the funds, <br />44 property taxes and other resources entrusted to the City. There are only about 120 other units of <br />45 government in the state, which is less than 10%, that have achieved this honor. <br />46 <br />47 Mr. DeJong presented the Certificate of Achievement of Excellence in Financial Reporting to <br />48 Finance Director Larson. <br />49 <br />