The City Council kicked off a new year at last night’s Council meeting. The first meeting of the year is always reserved for organizational issues, such as selecting the City’s official bank, newspaper of record and appointing Council Members to assignments with external organizations where they will represent the City.
For example, Council Member Duckstad will continue to represent the City on the Joint City-School Facilities Task Force. Council Member Nelson will continue to represent the City on the Board of Directors of the Eden Prairie Foundation. Council Member Aho will continue to represent the City on the I-494 Corridor Commission and the Southwest Cable TV Commission. Council Member Butcher will continue to represent the City on the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust Board of Directors. She will also continue to represent the City at the Suburban Rate Authority and in her role as the Acting Mayor when the Mayor is absent from an official meeting or function. As for Mayor Young, he will continue to represent the City to the National League of Cities, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities and the Municipal Legislative Commission. He will also chair the City’s Housing & Redevelopment Authority.
Minnesota State Law designates the Mayor of every incorporated city to be the City’s official “Weed Inspector” for the purposes of determining when the condition of a property is not in compliance with a community’s standards for the height of the grass or the composition of its other plant life. Most cities, except for the very small ones, typically appoint a member of City staff to be the “assistant weed inspector” to handle the dirty work of this task. We did that last night. Our assistant weed inspector: Mr. Jeff Cordes. He’s a good one too.
Pictured in the photo is the Eden Prairie City Council, L-R: Jon Duckstad, Kathy Nelson, Mayor Phil Young, Sherry Butcher and Brad Aho.
