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City of Gem Lake City Council Meeting Minutes May 16, 2023 1 | Page
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<br />City of Gem Lake
<br />City Council Meeting – May 16, 2023
<br />Meeting Minutes
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<br />Mayor Gretchen Artig-Swomley called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers Jim Lindner, Laurel
<br />Amlee and Ben Johnson were present. Councilmember Len Cacioppo was remote from his home on Labore Road.
<br />Also present: City Attorney Kevin Beck, City Treasurer Tom Kelly, City Building Official Mike Johnson, Acting
<br />City Clerk Melissa Lawrence, Commissioner Cummings, and residents Kim Anderson-Uzpen, Sharon Roland, Nick
<br />Cress, Jim Wilson, Jeremy Charles and Jeff Tschetter.
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<br />May 16, 2023 Agenda
<br />A motion was introduced by Councilmember Linder to accept the agenda, seconded by Councilmember Amlee.
<br />Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted.
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<br />Minutes
<br />A motion was introduced by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Amlee to approve the April 18,
<br />2023, City Council Meeting Minutes. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted.
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<br />A motion was introduced by Councilmember Lindner, seconded by Councilmember Amlee to accept the May 9,
<br />2023, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted.
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<br />Special Presentation
<br />None
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<br />Consent Agenda
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<br /> Resolution #2023-008 May 2023 Donation to White Bear Lake Area Food Shelf
<br /> Resolution #2023-009 May 2023 Kristina Pratt Scholarship
<br /> Monthly Financial Report(s)
<br /> Claims
<br />All items on the consent agenda were reviewed by the Council. Councilmember Lindner introduced a
<br />motion to approve all the items listed on the consent agenda as is, seconded by Councilmember Amlee.
<br />Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, consent agenda is approved.
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<br />Committee Reports – Planning Commission
<br />Commissioner Cummings shared with the Council that progress is being made with the expansion and improvement
<br />of the existing Nuisance Ordinance. City Planner Evan Monson created a draft Ordinance with suggested language
<br />changes and suggested additional language to be added and some to be removed. Input was also gathered from those
<br />in attendance from the public. City Planner Evan Monson is going to continue with his current draft and use the
<br />feedback from the last meeting to tighten up the Ordinance even more. The Commission is hoping to have
<br />something to recommend for approval in the near future.
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<br />Old Business
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<br /> Newsletter
<br />The next copy of the Newsletter will include topics such as the new signs that were approved for along the
<br />trail, the joint clean-up event, scholarship award, the nuisance ordinance, audit, barking dogs and possibly a
<br />piece on the many sirens happening along County Road E in Vadnais Heights.
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<br />Joint City Clean-Up Day
<br />The Mayor shared with those in attendance and the Council a reminder that the joint clean-up day with
<br />White Bear Township is happening Saturday, May 20 at Otter Lake Elementary School (1401 County Road
<br />H2) from 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. with paper shredding from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The items accepted at the
<br />clean-up are Appliances, tires, mattresses, furniture, carpeting, household fixtures, TVs, electronics, lawn
<br />mowers (all fluid must be drained), building materials, scrap metal, tree limbs & brush.
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