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Charles Roberts Administrative Intern City of Centerville 8/18/2017 Education and Outreach Committee: I was the Administrative Intern with the City of Centerville from February to August, 2017. During my internship, I was highly involved with the City government, learned a great deal and developed skills which will help me professionally in the future. My internship with the City was an amazing experience and I am grateful for the opportunity. Thank you for awarding Centerville a grant which assisted them in covering the cost of my internship. Your work and dedication, along with the internship program is helping to shape the next generation of public servants. During my time as the Administrative Intern, I was given many different duties and involved with a wide variety of projects. Many of the projects were directly identified by the Centerville City Council during their goal setting sessions early in 2017. One of the goals identified was the re -structuring of the city's Economic Development Authority. During the Great Recession the EDA had become inactive, however with the economy improving, the City Council desired to re -invigorate the EDA. I researched Minnesota State Statue regarding the creation and modification of City EDAs. Next I worked with the City's bond attorney to draft and publish a public hearing notice in the local paper. After the public hearing, the City Council adopted the new EDA structure and I worked with city staff to publish an advertisement for new memberships. Another goal identified by the Council was to increase the use of technology and decrease costs by the City Council. The Council wanted to use technology to help reduce waste 21