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City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting Minutes April 16, 2024 3 | Page <br /> <br />Councilmember Lindner introduced a motion to approve the fee schedule updates, seconded by <br />Councilmember Cacioppo. Voice vote taken, all in favor, motion carried. <br /> <br />Gem Lake Villas – Seeking Permission to Place Bird Houses and Duck Houses on Public Land <br />On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the City Council discussed a request brought to them by members of the HOA <br />Board and Architectural Control Committee (ACC), Jim and JoAnne Wilson, to put up a couple small bird <br />houses on city property and a couple duck houses near the pond on city property. For residents to put <br />personal items on city property the City must first give permission to do so. Councilmember Johnson asked <br />if the HOA and ACC would be the ones to maintain these bird and duck houses, and the response was yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Lindner introduced a motion to approve the placement of bird and duck houses on the <br />public land with maintenance handled through the HOA and ACC, seconded by Councilmember Cacioppo. <br />Voice vote taken, all in favor, motion carried. <br /> <br />Gem Lake Trail Reseeding / Tree Planting <br />White Bear Township Public Works is working on getting the city some quotes for reseeding and tree <br />planting along the north and west areas of the Villas on the public land. At this time, no quotes have been <br />received and the Council would like to table the discussion for the May and or June meeting. <br /> <br />Councilmember Lindner introduced a motion to table the discussion on reseeding and tree planting until the <br />city obtains quotes to review, seconded by Mayor Artig-Swomley. Voice vote taken, all in favor, motion <br />carried. <br /> <br />Heritage Hall Maintenance <br /> <br /> Spring Window Cleaning Quote <br />Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence requested a quote from Squeegee Magic for inside and <br />outside window cleaning. The Council doesn’t recall the windows ever being professionally <br />cleaned. The spring cleaning would include all windows inside and outside and all interior <br />windows for a total of $378.23. <br /> <br />Councilmember Lindner introduced a motion to approve the spring window cleaning quote in the <br />amount of $378.23, seconded by Councilmember Amlee. Voice vote taken, all in favor, motion <br />carried. <br /> <br />Fall Window Cleaning Quote <br />Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence requested a quote from Squeegee Magic for outside window <br />cleaning. The fall cleaning would include all windows outside for a total of $200.70. <br /> <br />Councilmember Lindner introduced a motion to approve the fall window cleaning quote in the <br />amount of $200.70, seconded by Councilmember Amlee. Voice vote taken, all in favor, motion <br />carried. <br /> <br />Holiday Lights Quote <br />Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence requested a quote from Squeegee Magic for holiday lights. <br />The holiday lights would include lights being placed on the front of the building and around the <br />two entry poles for a total of $812.50. The lights on the side of the building were requested to be <br />removed by the Council and they were deemed unnecessary. <br /> <br />Councilmember Lindner introduced a motion to approve the holiday lights quote in the amount of <br />$812.50, seconded by Councilmember Amlee. Voice vote taken, all in favor, motion carried. <br /> <br />Janitorial service Quotes <br />The city received two quotes for janitorial services of Heritage Hall. The city’s current contracted <br />janitorial service just hasn’t seemed up to par lately, so Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence <br />requested quotes from Team Clean and Coverall. Team Clean is based out of Minneapolis, MN