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<br />Mr. Palzer indicated he would prefer to have a professional house mover move the house <br />rather than an individual who attempts to move it and the City end up with a house that is <br />moved off the foundation and sitting there. Council Member Capra indicated that any <br />offer of purchase the City receives she would assume would involve using a professional <br />house mover to move the house. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg asked whether the City is required to obtain bids for the house. City <br />Attorney Hoeft indicated there were no requirements to follow. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson indicated that she liked the house mover but suggested <br />attempting to lower the costs. <br /> <br />Council directed Staff to get more bids to clean up the site. <br /> <br />Council Member Travis indicated he felt the bid was expensive for removing a <br />foundation. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that she would approve this amount if Staff <br />is not able to find something lower. <br /> <br />7. Holiday Party (Update) <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that she had included in Council packets information from <br />the League of Minnesota Cities concerning City sponsored events for employees. She <br />then indicated that if a prior understanding existed with the employees that the holiday <br />party was part of the employees' compensation it may be okay to do so but the <br />information suggests that it is better to avoid City sponsored events. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated she had called Majestic Oaks and was told that no reservation <br />was made but one could still be made if it was done right away. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes suggested that it would be more appropriate to ask employees to pay <br />their own way for the holiday party. She also indicated that Staff had suggested using the <br />money the City would have used for the holiday party toward the volunteer event in the <br />sprmg. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated that there were two different events the one for <br />volunteers at Kellys and the other was a dinner for Staff. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson indicated that individual dinners at a restaurant may have been <br />more money than the City was planning to spend for the volunteer event. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated she would like to allocate the money that was used for <br />the Kelly's party for the volunteer event in the spring. <br /> <br />Page 19 of25 <br />