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I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES <br />3 SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 <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 Brever, Jenson, and Stille. <br />16 Absent: Councilmember Gray <br />17 Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey, Finance Director Shelly Rueckert and Acting City <br />18 Engineer Justin Messner, John Ohl, Police Chief, Mark Sitarz, Fire Chief <br />19 Guests: Ms. Audrey Wagner <br />20 <br />21 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING <br />22 ITEMS. <br />23 <br />24 I. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. <br />25 <br />26 Motion by Councilmember Brever, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City <br />27 Council Meeting Agenda of September 8, 2015. <br />28 <br />29 Motion carried unanimouslv. <br />30 <br />31 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. <br />32 <br />33 A. Donation from Mrs. Audrey Wagner to the St. Anthony Police and Fire Departments <br />34 <br />35 Mrs. Audrey Wagner stated George and she made the decision before he passed away in January <br />36 that they would give a donation to the St. Anthony Fire and Police Departments because they <br />37 have always been there for us and we know what a great job they do for the City of St. Anthony. <br />38 She had a check for each one of them and something for Mayor Faust. Police Chief Ohl, Fire <br />39 Chief Sitarz, Mayor Faust and Mrs. Wagner gathered for the presentations. She presented Mayor <br />40 Faust with a money clip that George received, although she does not know who he received it <br />41 from, which says St. Anthony City Council. Mayor Faust commented he does not have any <br />42 money and thanked her for the money clip. <br />43 <br />44 Police Chief John Ohl addressed the Council and stated it was very difficult to get Audrey to <br />45 come to the meeting and appear before the Council to make the presentations. It took three or <br />46 four weeks to convince her that this would be a good thing. He and Chief Sitarz wanted an <br />47 opportunity to say a few words about George, how they feel about the family, and the donation. <br />48 He felt they wanted to do this publicly rather than privately and he knows this was not Audrey's <br />49 choice. She is gracious enough to allow them to say a few words. In 2013, in his annual report <br />