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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, August 21, 2023 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Mayor Roe read the Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation. <br /> Etten moved,Groff seconded,proclaiming September 15,2023 to October 15,2023 <br /> Hispanic Heritage Month. <br /> Roll Call <br /> Ayes: Groff, Strahan, Etten, Schroeder, and Roe. <br /> Nays: None. <br /> b. Receive 2023 League of Minnesota Cities Sustainable City Award <br /> Sustainability Specialist Noelle Bakken presented the League of Minnesota Cities <br /> Sustainable City Award to Mayor Roe and the City Council. <br /> Ms. Bakken introduced Mr. Luke Fischer, Executive Director of League of <br /> Minnesota Cities, and Mr. Larry Odebrecht, LMC Board Member and Stillwater <br /> Councilmember, who presented the City with the 2023 Sustainable City award. <br /> Mr. Fischer explained who the League of Minnesota Cities is as an association. <br /> Mr. Odebrecht talked to the City Council about the project that was submitted, and <br /> a video was shown. <br /> A brief recess was called in order to take a photo with Ms. Noelle Bakken, Mayor <br /> Roe, and the City Council accepting the award. <br /> Mayor Roe thanked the League of Minnesota Cities for the award and recognition. <br /> 6. Items Removed from Consent Agenda <br /> a. Approve Agreement with Alerus for Flexible Benefit and COBRA <br /> Administration <br /> At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon briefly highlighted this item <br /> as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated August <br /> 21, 2023. <br /> Councilmember Schroeder indicated she did not have an issue with the vendor but <br /> wanted to talk about a few details missing in this staff report. She thanked Mr. <br /> Trudgeon and staff for providing that information for her. What she would like to <br /> see going forward, is some of those details in future packets. For example, she <br /> would like to see the current vendor,the names of the other companies that the City <br /> received bids from, and also the cost. It was not apparent how much this contract <br /> was worth, and she knew there were other things involved other than the cost but <br /> that is important for her. Usually there is a spreadsheet showing the current vendor <br /> with costs,bids with the different line items, and the total cost of the bid. <br />