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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 3, 2014 Page 2 formation was available at their website: CTVNorthSuburbs.org/nscc or by calling 651/792-7515. Mayor Roe noted the 7th annual display at City Hall of quilts and wall hangings by the Minnesota Contemporary Quilters Group, on display through mid-April 2014; and avail- able for viewing during normal City Hall office hours. Mayor Roe announced new communication opportunities for the City of Roseville on Fa- cebook and Twitter, at "Like @rosevillemn; via a link from the City's website, or by call- ing Carolyn Curti at City Hall at 792-7026. Councilmember McGehee urged those residents having contacted her about their munici- pal water supply to contact their local legislators. At this time, Councilmember McGehee advised that there is no applicable Minnesota State Statute providing any protection for a resident in a community to have a continuous and uninterrupted supply of water/sewer services. Councilmember McGehee opined that this is a problem across the state and fur- ther opined that legislators should fix that to guarantee the privilege and right for munici- palities to provide further protections for water and sewer services. While recognizing that the Roseville City Council and City staff had provided some services, Councilmem- ber McGehee opined that this was an important issues and cities could do much better without, in her opinion, incurring liability. Since the Roseville City Council majority had made the choice to provide minimal service, Councilmember McGehee apologized for those residents suffering. Councilmember Laliberte provided a brief update on her recent attendance at the Ramsey County League of Local Governments (RCLLG) held on February 26, 2014, consisting of the regular board meeting followed by a question and answer session with those thir- teen (13) legislative representatives from the Ramsey County area that were in attend- ance. Councilmember Laliberte reported that topics discussed were similar to those of the previous Roseville City Council meeting when legislators had attended; in addition to e-cigarette ordinances from city to city and potential legislative action, with a bill written by Rep. Kahn currently stalled. Councilmember Laliberte further reported that more had been heard about the sales tax exemption for cities, and advised that it sounded as if they were planning to present language on joint powers agreements, further defining when and how applied with the exception being where those services competed with private com- mercial businesses, and not pertaining to municipal retail liquor stores. 5. Recognitions, Donations and Communications 6. Approve Minutes 7. Approve Consent Agenda There were no additional changes to the Consent Agenda than those previously noted. At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Patrick Trudgeon briefly reviewed those items being considered under the Consent Agenda.