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1 L_J t MINVTEs REGULAR coUNCIL MEETING MAY 12, 19?? page 2 Councilman Black moved and it was seconded by Councilman Steele to amend the motion to read that the signs be automatically taken down on September 15th. After scone discussion the amend- ment was withdrawn by Councilmen Black and Steele. Upon a vote being taken on the original motion the following voted "aye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele, and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": Councilman Black. Motion carried. William Korstad, Attornoy for Mr. Boyd, owner of the Fairfield apartments, 1800 and 1818 W. Larpenteur Avenue, appeared before Council to request that Mr. Blyd b® allowed to install the fire alarm syste:a in his buildings, which are three s apartments, with only one alarm bell on the second floor to serve all the tenants. Ms Korstad also requested that Mr. Boyd be s3.3.ow®d to place the alarm`pu11 box in an area other than;that-?apecified by the Fire Chief. Mr. Korstad maintained that one alarm bell was sufficient to alert all the building residents and that the location of the pull box, as designated by Chief Renchin, was in an area where it would attract children, who would-fre=~ quently pull it, causing false alarms. Mr. Korstad stated that Mr. Boyd wanted the pull box located at the end of the hall, away from the heavily trafficed stair areas. Chief Renchin maintained that the purpose of the alarm system was to awaken all of the residents of the apart,~nents in the mid- dle of the night. and that the pull box should be near .the exits so as to be convient for residents when exiting during a fire. Councilman Steele moved and it was seconded by Councilman Black to table the matter until the next meeting at which time both Mr. Korstad and Chief Renchin would appear with documented opin- ions Pram experts in the field. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilmen Black, Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay'!: None. Motion carried. ~41 FIRE ALARM SYS~S IN- STALLATION IN BOYD APARTMENT (FAIRFI$LD} WM. KORSTAD AND CHIEF RENCHIN Chief Renchin informed Council he had made numerous inquiri®s REQUEST FOR BAND as to the coat of repairing the pua~ on the old fire truck. ISSUE FOR NEW FIRE Of the quotations he received the only feasible quote was from TRUCK - General Safety Compagy in North Branch, Minnesota, for $12,500. CHIEF RENCHIN The Compa~r estimated it would be 16-18 months before the work could be done. Most of the firms contacted stated they would only quarantee the pump. After lengthy discussion concer~3.ng the feasibility of repairing the pump in the old truck and how to budget funds for anew truck, Mayor Warkentien moved and it was seconded by Council- / man Labalestra to proceed to place a bond issue for $b6,000 for a new fire truck, on the ballot next November. tTpon a vote being taken the following goted "aye": Mayor Waxkentien, Council- men Black, Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay"; None. Motion carried. ONDS OF~ 9'~'~-1~EE EXHIBITG'~'~AT~rA~LTION ON GENERAL OBLIGATION RESOLU*~ION 77- 5A