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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 8, 2011 Page 4 Public Works Director Hartman presented the Public Works' Department's 2010 annual report. The report covered the following information: Public Works Mission Statement, Streets Division, Parks Division, Water/Sewer Division, Vehicle Maintenance Division, City Buildings, 2010 Public Works Department Training, 2010 Street and Utility Improvement Projects, 2010 Mill and Overlay Project, 2010 Water Reuse Tank Cleaning and Inspection, Proposed 2011 Street and Utility Projects, 2010 Project Awards and Grants, and 2011 Projects and Events. 8 Public Works Director Hartman discussed this year's snow removal budget and stated that the 9 City has had almost double the amount of full snow events compared to prior years. He also 10 discussed the City's maintenance of vehicles and indicated that the oldest plow truck is 22 years 11 old; the City does not own any plow equipment that is newer than seven years. 12 13 Councilmember Stille expressed his appreciation to City staff for using cutting edge technology 14 as it relates to salt and sand. 15 16 Mayor Faust expressed the City Council's thanks and appreciation to the Public Works staff for 17 their efforts, particularly this winter. 18 19 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 20 21 City Manager Morrison reported on the following: 22 • City Council Regular Meeting on March 22 will include a first reading of the new 23 tobacco ordinance, as well as the bond sale for the 2011 street improvement project. 24 • April 25 — Residents can meet with the County Assessor regarding their property 25 valuations from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at City Hall. 26 • The Fire Chief has been meeting with Columbia Heights and Fridley to discuss 27 combining purchasing power for gear, computers, pagers, and/or fire trucks as a way to 28 save money. Staff is also looking at other vendors to see if additional money can be 29 saved. 30 • Ramsey County Emergency Division meeting regarding potential spring flooding. 31 32 Councilmember Roth reported on his attendance at the North Suburban Cable Commission 33 meeting last week. He stated that the Cable Commission has moved to its new location in 34 Roseville and the remodeling of the space is anticipated to be completed in July and there will be 35 an open house at the new facility. He reported that the North Suburban Cable Commission 36 discussed the contract renewal with Comcast and whether Comeast would be interested in 37 extending the current arrangement instead of going through the three year process of renewal. 38 He stated that Comcast has indicated it would be in the best interest of residents to review all the 39 technologies currently available to ensure citizens have the most competitive products available. 40 He added that scholarships are available through the North Suburban Cable Commission, in 41 conjunction with Comcast, to applicants who are receiving a degree in communications. 42 Information is available at www.etvnorthsuburban.org and applications are due April 8. He also 43 stated that CTV has an outstanding creative programming award with ten programs being 44 nominated. Residents can go to the website and place their vote for outstanding creative 45 programming before the end of the month. 46