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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at <br />the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Members Absent: <br />Also Present: <br />Mayor Sarah Strommen <br />Councilmember Jill Johns <br />Councilmember Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember John LeTourneau <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Kristine Williams <br />Councilmember Melody Shryock <br />City Administrator Kurds Ulrich <br />Finance Director Diana Lund <br />Fire Chief Dean Kapler <br />Police Chief Jeff Katers <br />Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood <br />Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer <br />Human Resources Manager Colleen Lasher <br />City Clerk Jo Ann Thieling <br />Police Office Supervisor Joleen Wiemann <br />Community Development Director Timothy Gladhill <br />City Engineer Bruce Westby <br />Asst. City Administrator/Economic Development Manager Patrick Brama <br />City Attorney Joe Lange' <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Strommen called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:34 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Receive Legislative Update <br />City Administrator Ulrich reviewed the staff report. <br />Elwyn Tinklenberg, The Tinklenberg Group, presented an update on the recent activity of the <br />legislature regarding transportation and stated that while there was an understanding of the need <br />for improvement there was a breakdown when it came to the budget and funding sources. He <br />stated that in the end an agreement could not be made in regard to a funding strategy. He noted <br />that a lot of transportation proposals were heard, including a number of different projects for <br />City Council Work Session / June 9, 2015 <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />