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I <br />1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES <br />3 MARCH 8, 2011 <br />4 <br />5 CALL TO ORDER. <br />6 <br />7 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />8 <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, Jenson, Roth, and Stille. <br />16 Absent: None. <br />17 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison, Finance Director Roger Larson, Police Chief John Ohl, <br />18 Public Works Director Jay Hartman, Hennepin County District Court Judge Mary <br />19 Vasaly, and Leah Slye (ISD #282 Board Member/Vice Chair and Chair, St. Anthony <br />20 New Brighton Endowment Foundation). <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING <br />24 ITEMS. <br />25 <br />26 I. APPROVAL OF MARCH 8, 2011 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. <br />27 <br />28 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City <br />29 Council Meeting Agenda of March 8, 2011. <br />30 <br />31 Motion carried unanimously. <br />32 <br />33 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. <br />34 <br />35 A. Swearing In of Police Officer Kiel Rushton. <br />36 <br />37 Mayor Faust conducted the official swearing in of Police Officer Kiel Rushton. <br />38 <br />39 B. Update on Foundation. Leah Slye, member, presenting. <br />40 <br />41 Mayor Faust introduced Leah Slye, ISD #282 Board Member and Vice Chair. <br />42 <br />43 Ms. Slye presented an overview of the St. Anthony New Brighton Endowment Foundation, a <br />44 newly formed entity on which she serves as Chair. She stated that St. Anthony is fortunate to <br />45 have a nationally recognized school district that offers life -preparing skills to its students. She <br />46 indicated that the school district's funding from the State, which serves as its primary source of <br />47 income, has been lagging for several years and will continue to lag for the foreseeable future, <br />48 putting some programs at risk. She explained that the St. Anthony New Brighton Endowment <br />49 Foundation's philosophy is to provide a source of funds that will help keep key programs in <br />