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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2004, 4:45 P.M. <br />CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 <br /> <br />1. Call To Order <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski callcd the meeting to order at 4:45 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Gregg Larson, David Grant, Brenda Holden, <br />Lois Rem <br /> <br />Absent: None <br /> <br />Staff present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Finance Director, Murtuza Siddiqui; <br />Operations & Maintenance Director, Thomas J. Moore; Recreation Supervisor, Michelle Olson; <br />Assistant to the City Administrator, Schawn Johnson; Community Development Director, Scott <br />Clark; City Engineer, Greg Brown <br /> <br />Others Present: Kay Andrews, Northwest Youth and Family Services; Rachel Caine, <br />Northwest Youth and Family Services; and Jim ToJaas, Ramsey County Engineer <br /> <br />Northwest Youth and Familv Services <br />Kay Andrews, Northwest Youth and Family Services (NYFS), provided the City <br />Councilmembers with a bricf overview of the programs and services provided by the NYFS <br />organization. Ms. Andrews mentioned that Northwest Youth and Family Services now offers an <br />educational and therapeutic service called NET (Northwest Educational and Therapeutic <br />Services) for emotionally disturbed youth in the community. The NET program is administered <br />in collaboration with local school districts 621, 622, 624, and 12. This program utilizes <br />therapeutic and educational learning techniques to assist youths from 4th to 10th grade deal <br />effectively with emotional and social issues at home and school. Staff levels at Northwest Youth <br />and Family Services have been increased to deal with the number of students that are currently <br />using the NET program. <br /> <br />Northwest Youth and Family Services currently assist 5,000 people on an annual basis. In 2004, <br />the City's contract with NYFS was $12,748. According to Rachel Caine, the total market value <br />of the contracted service that the residents of Arden Hills have received as of September 30, <br />2004, is approximately $29,250. The percentage breakdown of the NYFS expenditures for 2004 <br />is as follows: <br />. Program Services 81 %; <br />. Operation Expenses 12%; <br />. Management and General Expenditures 4%; <br />. Fundraising 3%. <br /> <br />\\Earth\Admin\Council\Minutes\W orksession\2004\11-15-04.doc <br />