9.i Staff Report-Newsletter
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: September 17, 2019
To: City Council
From: Brenda Eklund, Deputy Clerk
Re: Fall Newsletter
The City sends out two newsletters a year, one in April and one in October. Staff would like to get
the October newsletter out as soon as it can be reviewed by the City Council. Due to staffing
vacancies, the newsletter has not been prepared in a draft form for this meeting, and staff is
waiting on submission of articles.
At the August 7 Work Session, the following topics were suggested: message from the mayor,
articles on the tornado report, storyboards at Lilleskogen Park, update on the 201 sewer
inspections, notices on laws prohibiting pushing snow onto public right-of-ways (this has been
submitted by Cusick), Vinterfest and Vinterlights promotions, internet expansion, Community
Center needs assessment, GreenStep City Step 3 award, and the cycling improvements at the
Warming House.
Staff is anticipating that Council members and department heads will prepare articles for those
topics they are associated with. Once received, a draft newsletter will be prepared for the
October 2nd Work Session, with the mailing going out to all Scandia residents later in the month.