City Of Eden Prairie Publishes Friday Report For December 4

Minnetonka MN

06 December, 2020

2:35 PM

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Press release from the City of Eden Prairie: December 4, 2020 Environmental Stewardship Award The City was recently honored with the 2020 Environmental Stewardship Award for its achievements guided by the Sustainable Eden Prairie initiative. The Minnesota Chapter of the American Public Works Association presents this award annually to an individual or an organization which has shown a sustained effort demonstrating a commitment to environmental conservation or protection. The project must benefit the community and environment, and take into consideration cost-effectiveness, long-term operation and maintenance. Holiday Lights Recycling Recycle Your Holidays™ is a statewide holiday light recycling program. Residents can drop off unwanted light strands at any Eden Prairie Liquor location through the end of the year. Mosquito Control District Report In 2020 the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) was able to maintain inspections and mosquito control work with limited interruption. Throughout the season District Staff inspected almost 75,000 breeding sites for mosquito larvae and applied 198,678 acres worth of treatments. They also treated 290,126 catch basins in the seven-county metro, more than any previous year. View Eden Prairie's 2020 MMCD Report [PDF]. Real Talk With Rick Podcast "Best Wishes, Brad!" is the latest installment of the Real Talk with Rick podcast. City Council Member Brad Aho chats with Rick about why he decided to serve his community, his involvement in regional transportation issues and his plans after leaving the Council. You can listen to this and all previous episodes at edenprairie.org/RealTalk. Employee Recognition Event Yesterday we welcomed new employees, thanked 2020 retirees for their service and recognized employees for years of service milestones at the City's virtual Employee Recognition Event. 5 years Ayca Andrews Wayne Faue Gavin Giles Andre Kee Matt Kucera Bri Lesnau Josh Rockey Weston Smith Nancy Wagner 10 years Matt Bourne Travis Brown Rick Goodman Ted Vernon 15 years Kurt Buchanan Jeanne Klemp Tony Paron Tiffany Robinson Christine Ruzek Kevin Snyder Lonnie Soppeland 20 years Kim Cox Scott Demko Christine Fietek Jamie Good Jill Judlin Ryan Kuffel Tom Lowery Scott Schram Amy Smith Carter Staaf Lisa Vik 25 years Andy Allmann Pete Hammerlind Eric LeBlanc Kitty Porta Chad Sutherland 30 years Dwight Clement Mary Krause Marcia Pogatchnik Jim Schedin Greg Weber 35 years Steve Durham John Peters Beth Sams John Sams Tom Stowe 40 years Rod Rue New Employees Gennadiy Abramovich Wade Anderson Todd Bristol Thor Carlson Devin Daye Peyton Geis Juliette Glynn Jen Hassebroek Phu Hoang Justin Johnson Riley Lundeen Josh Mulvaney Jerad Payne Cole Peters 2020 Retirees Kevin Carlson Scott Cole Lisa Ramsey John Undesser October 2020 Construction News [PDF] Project Profile [PDF] Council Calendar [PDF] This press release was produced by the City of Eden Prairie. The views expressed here are the author's own.