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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 21, 2014 Page 4 School. R.S.V.P.'s are required by April 12th, and more information available by calling Danny Schurter at 612/337-3388, Ext. 137. Mayor Roe announced an upcoming ECFS sale at Parkview Center School on April 26, 2014, with additional information available at Scottbecker.com; and the book sale spon- sored by Friends of the Library, to be held at the Roseville branch— Ramsey County Li- brary from April 23 through 27, with additional information available from Director Sue Gehrz at sgehrz@rclreads.org or by calling 651/486-2213. Additional announcements by Mayor Roe included announcing a Human Rights Com- mission vacancy for a partial term, with the application deadline April 25th, and applica- tions available by calling 651/792-7001 or online at cityofrosevile.com/commissions. Councilmember Laliberte thanked the Human Rights Commission and City staff for their work on the recent Naturalization Ceremony, with fifty-four new citizens from twenty- seven different countries being naturalized. Mayor Roe echoed those thanks, and specifically acknowledged City Clerk Kari Collins for performing the National Anthem at the event. Councilmember Willmus suggested Ms. Collins be invited to at least annually sing the Anthem at a Council meeting; and echoed Councilmember Laliberte's comments that it had been a very impressive event, and looked forward to repeating it. Councilmember McGehee thanked speakers for coming forward, as a part of community engagement efforts, and suggested a response be given to those speakers and their issues rather than simply sitting at the dais with hands folded. Councilmember McGehee opined that the City had not done a good job with environmental efforts in the past, and thanked those contractors speaking at tonight's meeting, opining that the situation may not have otherwise been brought to the City Council's attention. Furthermore, Coun- cilmember McGehee thanked Mr. Callaghan for again coming forward to speak, and an- ticipated comments from the City Attorney about his situation. Councilmember McGe- hee recognized the difficulty in people coming forward to make public statements before the City Council, and suggested more was needed from the City Council than a simple nod of their heads. Regarding the statement read at the beginning of the meeting by Mayor Roe, while seeing nothing she didn't support in the statement, Councilmember McGehee expressed her distress over the weekend in hearing about the situation; and ex- pressed her hope that quick action allowed release of as much information as possible. City Manager Trudgeon announced that he had just heard today that Roseville's 2014 Human Rights Essay first place winner Elijah Sailer-Haugland had been named first place winner at the State level. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he would have additional in- formation available in the near future. 5. Recognitions, Donations and Communications