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CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />'l'he Ramscy City Council conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at <br />Ramscy l.'irc Station Number I, 15050 Armstrong Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members ])resent: <br /> <br />Mayor Thomas Gamec <br />Councilmember Todd Cook <br /> <br />Councilmember <br />Councilmember <br />Councilmember <br />Councilmember <br /> <br />David Elvig <br />Mary Jo Olson <br />A1 Pearson <br />Sarah Strommen <br /> <br />Mom b¢~rs Absent: <br /> <br />Councilmember David Jeffrey <br /> <br />City Administrator James E. Norman <br />Finance Officer Diana Lund <br />Executive HRA Director Sylvia Frolik <br />Assistant Public Works Director Brian Olson <br />Associate Planner Amy Geisler <br />Police Chief James Way <br />City Attorney William Goodrich <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />CALl, TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:04 p.m. and called <br />t.~pon lwo members of Boy Scout Troop 414 to lead in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The <br />I loy Scouts were in attendance to earn the Citizenship in Community Merit Badge. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION: LIVABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT BY METROPOLITAN <br />CO UNC! L REPRESENTATIVE NATALIE HAAS STEFFEN <br /> <br />Moved in the agenda to follow the Citizen Input. <br />i'R'ESENTATION: ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY REPORT <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec presented the annual State of the City Report. He stated the current Ramsey <br />population is about 23,000. The growth in the last few years has been important to the tax base, <br />and there have not been large tax increases in the City. The growth has helped provide services <br />to the citizens with their taxes remaining one of the lowest in a city of their size. After the <br />election ~t' last fall he as Mayor and Councilmember Strommen returned to office, and <br />Council members Olson and Jeffrey joined the Council. He stated in the past they have had <br /> <br />City Council/April 12, 2005 <br /> Page 3 of 35 <br /> <br /> <br />