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MINUTES City Council May 27, 1987 Bingo accounting and controls and certified audits every year. (Cont.) Rick Wylie, attorney representing LCCB, stated that it was his understanding that Assistant Attorney General Peg Bunch has written a letter to the City Attorney regarding the matter. 4lylie reported that he is to receive a copy of this letter, but was not in his office today to pick it up. Hlylie requested that the City Attorney read the letter. The City Attorney reported that he received the letter late this afternoon. The letter indicated that assuming a number of facts, the present arrangement of LCCB might be appropriate under State law. The City Attorney stated that he wants to review these facts according to the law, and will speak to the Assistant Attorney General in the morning. Wylie asked what these facts were. The City Attorney reported that at this point he preferred to speak with Peg Bunch. ~ylie reported that Peg Bunch informed him that the letter indicated in essence if LCCB trusteeship was unrelated to any of the charities and took no part in the operation of gambling, that LCCQ would not be disqualified under the regulation raised by the City Attorney last month. !dylie stated that as far as their position, that question has been answered. blylie reported that the charities have meet with the Gambling Control Board's Compliance Review Group on Friday, May 22. Prior to that meeting all information requested by Roger Franke was supplied. At the close of the meeting at the end of the business day, a request was made for more information. That information was submitted to the Gambling Control Board on Tuesday at 12:30 P.M., the Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend. !Jylie reported that the Gambling Control Boardquestioned the admission policy, internal controls of the charities and LCCB, and tabled the applications until their next meeting. Wylie reported that the charities have reached certain accomodations which he felt would answer the questions raised by the State and the Mayor regarding the censoring action that was taken last week. These include that there will be no Hall Association and that each charity will be responsible for their own accounting, bookkeeping, cash deposits and management. Each charity will have its own lease at a rent that is a pass-through of the rent paid the landlord, plus maintenance, taxes and insurance and utilities. Also, an actual time table will be established in which each charity will conduct games on a predetermined calendar basis. Each charity will hire and fire its own personnel. All expenses will be pro-rated and billed to the charities. There will be no governing body. No one charity or group will have control over any other charity. Page -19-