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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6A Proclaim Klein Bank Day Report Phone 952.447.9800 / Fax 952.447.4245 / www.cityofpriorlake.com 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: JUNE 26, 2017 AGENDA #: 6A PREPARED BY: FRANK BOYLES, CITY MANAGER PRESENTED BY: FRANK BOYLES AGENDA ITEM: PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING KLEIN BANK FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE PRIOR LAKE COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY DISCUSSION: Introduction Earlier this year the City Council approved 30 initiatives for city staff to pursue. One of the initiatives was to contact Klein Bank representatives to determine whether they would be willing to release the “priorlake.com” domain name. When the bank was Prior Lake State Bank, they utilized this domain name. Since the bank changed to Klein Bank the name has been inactive. At council direction, the staff contacted Klein Bank Prior Lake President Bob Facente to ask if the domain name would be available to the city. Bob checked with the Klein Bank Management Team and received authorization to “move” the domain name to the City of Prior Lake. The donation of the “priorlake.com” domain name from Klein Bank to the city immediately helps our communication efforts. Before, internet users who failed to include “city of” in the city website address were either directed to Prior Lake State Bank or more recently Klein Bank. We are very grateful that Klein Bank has made this contribution to their community to facilitate better communications for our city and its citizens. Our system numbers suggest that users are already utilizing “priorlake.com” in addition to “cityofpriorlake.com” to reach us. Representatives of Klein Bank including Alan and Jeff Klein and Bob Facente will be present at the meeting. The Mayor will read a proclamation thanking Klein Bank for their donation to our community and declaring Tuesday, June 27, 2017 as Klein Bank Day in The City of Prior Lake. There will be an opportunity for photographs as well. PROCLAMATION Declaring Tuesday, June 27, 2017 as Klein Bank Day in Prior Lake Whereas, Prior Lake State Bank was the community bank in the city for decades and became an outstanding corporate citizen; and Whereas, Prior Lake State Bank secured the domain name “priorlake.com” and used it successfully to promote communication and business within our city; and Whereas, Klein Bank has now purchased Prior Lake State Bank, changed the name to Klein Bank to reflect its 100- year heritage and no longer has a need for the domain name “priorlake.com”; and Whereas, the city has requested and Klein Bank has graciously agreed to transfer the domain name “priorlake.com” to the City of Prior Lake to facilitate improved community communications in the future. Now, therefore, I Kirt Briggs, Mayor of the City of Prior Lake do hereby proclaim Tuesday, June 27, 2017 as Klein Bank Day in the City of Prior Lake, And Further, do encourage citizens, other community businesses and corporations to join with the city in celebrating its gratitude to Klein Bank for its generosity, community spirit and support. Proclaimed this 26th Day of June, 2017. ____________________________________ Kirt Briggs, Mayor