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Minutes of the Arden Hills Regular Council Meeting, October 29, 1990 Page 5 SURVEY (Cont'd) After discussion, Council con=ed to direct staff to distril::ute the written report regarding the survey . results to Councilme:mber anj the City Hall Committee as soon as possible, and request a representative from Decision Resources be present at the November 26 Regular Council Meeting to review the information. Sl'AWS REPORr; Counci1member Malone rep:rrted on the Finance Committee FmANCE o:::MMI'ITEE meeting; currently reviewing utility rates anj proposed financing for the Water Tower improvements. STREEI' LIGH!' Counci1member Hansen suggested the letters received from REQUESl'S residents requesting street lights be forwarded to the Public SafetyjWorks Committee. KEITHSON POND Councilinember Malone referred to discussion of the Keithson Pond problems at the 10/22/90 Council Worksession and wished to clarify the fact that residents will be notified of action taken to correct the problems with the pond, I:ut not necessarily prior to the action being taken. He stated the residents involved may misinterpret the discussion and the city has the authority to take corrective actions whenever necessary, not subject to notification of the residents. Mayor Sather recalled advisin;] the residents the city would inform them of corrective actions taken on the pond, either by telephone or copies of correspondence and agreed the city does not have the obligation to notify the residents prior to beginning the corrective action. . AIR QUALITY Counci1member Hansen questioned if the city has received BOARD any odor complaints. Clerk Administrator Berger stated no complaints have been received regarding odor in the last nine months. RCWD APPOmIMENr Counci1member Hansen advised there are two vacancies SANDE & WELTZIN for appointment to the Rice Creek Watershed District Board; Gerald Sande has expressed interest in the Board. Hansen suggested Roberta Weltz in for appointment and advised she has not contacted Weltzin to confinn interest. She questioned if Council would have any objections to Weltz in and explained she will contact her to discuss the appointment and report at a future meeting. Council expressed no objections to Hansen pursuing this matter. SI'ATUS REPORI'; Councilme:mber Hansen questioned the status of the hiring ACCOUNTANT HIRE process for the new City A=untant position. The Clerk Administrator advised employment advertisements were placed in the st. Paul and Minneapolis Newspapers, as well as several govermnent organizations publications . RECYCLING Mayor Sather questioned if a staff person is currently aJORDINATOR servin;] as the "recycling coordinator". . Berger advised the former Public Works SUpervisor handled the recycling coordination and it has been handled by the Clerk on an occasional b3.sis.