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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 8, 2001 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant asked ifthe refund would be retroactive to January 1,2001. Mr. Lynch <br />replied that would be more realistic. <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a <br />motion to approve Change Order #1 and pay Rochon Corp. $12,443.00, and <br />approve Pay Order #3 and pay Rochon Corp. $169,479.17. The motion carried <br />unanimously (5-0). <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS <br /> <br />A. City's Legislative Objectives <br /> <br />Council discussed legislative issues and decided the following were priorities: <br /> <br />1. Sales tax exemption; <br />2. HACA/LGA discussion; <br />3. Telecommunications <br /> <br />COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant commended staff for the different style agenda, which included the <br />calendar for the next two months. He stated this looked very nice and was going to be very <br />. helpful. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated the Ramsey County League of Local Government would have a <br />meeting on January 25,2001 at 7:00 p.m. at the League of Minnesota Building, 145 University <br />Avenue, and the topic would be meeting with Ramsey County Legislators, and the City had been <br />asked to submit the top five legislative priorities for the community. The Council decided to <br />submit the following three issues: sales tax exemption; transportation funding; and levy limits. <br />The following Councilmembers indicated they would be present at the meeting: Mayor Prost <br />(indicated he would try to be at the meeting), Councilmembers Grant, Aplikowski, and Rem. <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated the top two checks on the consent calendar was nice to see get <br />resolved. <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski stated she did not take a good look at the business card with the new <br />City Logo, but indicated she wanted the printing to be Y4 inch up from the bottom. <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski gave an update of the 50th Anniversary plans. She stated <br />Presbyterian Homes had Offered both financial and physical assistance for the event. Mr. <br />Stafford stated Northwestern had also made a similar financial commitment. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski stated the banners were under construction and they needed to <br />decide if they were going to have a professional business install and maintain them. She stated <br />the banners should be up as close to February 12,2001 as possible. She stated they had also <br />received substantial corporate gifts so far. <br />