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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a work session on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in the Alexander Ramsey Room, Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Bob Ramsey Councilmember David Elvig Councilmember David Jeffrey (via Skype) Councilmember Matt Look (6:15 p.m.) Councilmember Colin McGlone Councilmember Jeff Wise Members Absent: Councilmember John Dehen Also Present: City Administrator Kurt Ulrich Dep. City Admin./Dir. of Community Development Heidi Nelson Police Chief Jim Way Fire Chief Dean Kapler Finance Officer Diana Lund Economic Development Coordinator Sean Sullivan Tim Gladhill, Associate Planner Jessica Hendricks, Management Intern CALL TO ORDER Mayor Ramsey called the regular Council Work Session to order at 5:32 p.m. He announced that the reason Councilmember Jeffrey is attending this meeting via Skype is because of the H1N1 flu pandemic — Mr. Jeffrey's daughter may be infected. The Jeffrey household has been quarantined, therefore, Councilmember Jeffrey may attend the meeting in this manner according to State Law. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2) Review of Nuisance Abatement Services Proposals Councilmember McGlone left the meeting for this discussion as he had submitted a proposal for this contract. Police Chief Way stated that staff issued a request for proposals for public nuisance abatement and received five proposals. He added that one proposal was ftom Councilmember McGlone and that State Statutes does allow this. If it ends up that Mr. McGlone's proposal is chosen, staff would work closely with the City Attorney on the contract. Chief Way reviewed each proposal and tried to compare them as closely to one another as possible. He noted that one of the reasons for the RFP's is City Council Work Session — June 30, 2009 Page 1 of 17