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MINUTES City Council April 8, 1987 Bingo Idylie also explained the rotation system in place at LCCB where (Cont.) the charities rotately monthly the evenings they operate bingo. In this way the charities are attempting to equalize the amount of earnings of each group. Hlith regard to the lawsuit that P~r. Kirch has indicated will be filed, Wylie reported that LCC6 has not received notification of this suit. Wylie felt that the threat of a suit had to be taken into perspective. l~ylie noted that numerous organizations and businesses are periodically and regularly sued and pointed out that some claims are well founded and others are not. Wylie noted that it is unfortunate that problems that should be brought to the Board of Directors of LCCB are being brought to the City Coiancil. Wylie noted that no lawsuit has been brought to LCCB for resolution. Wylie indicated that he has represented the LCCB since October of 1986 when his firm became involved in a lease dispute. Fahey asked for the names of the gambling manager or personnel who are running LCCB. Wylie reported that Ron Clarke is Treasurer, and that Ray Masman is the General Manager of LCCB. Mr. Masman indicated that Ed Amaro is working as a handyman on the premises. Fahey stated that assuming the State finds the organization of the Hall Association legally permissible, what measures are in place to ensure individual accountability of each charity on any given night. Wylie noted that the accounting is centrally located and is done for each charity on an individual basis. LCCB supplies the accounting data to the various charities. Wylie also noted that the individual charity's gambling manager is present on the night the charity is operating bingo. If there is a dispute, the gambling manager is present to resolve it. Stan Babel, accountant for LCCB, reported that the gambling manager is in charge of the evening's bingo event. There are employees of LCCB hired to carry out various functions like the actual moving of money, daily paperwork for each bingo session, and these procedures are uniform for each charity. Money is deposited into an account and an accounting made to the charity at the end of the month with money ~isbursed to the charities at that time. Fahey asked for a clarification of Ron Clarke's duties. Babel explained that there is a lot of paper work prepared each evening, and there is separate work completed for bingo and pull-tabs. This information is compiled by the office staff and its accuracy is determined that same evening. If there is a problem with accuracy, Page -11-