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14 September 24, 1979 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 8:00 P.M., on September 24, 1979, by Mayor Karth. Council members present; Kulaszewicz, McLean, Schneider. Absent; Zelinka. Mr. Locher and Mr. Gotwald were also present. Mr. Julaszewicz moved to approve the minutes of September 10, 1979 as presented. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion declared passed. Mr. McLean moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting held on September 12, 1979. Seconded by Mr. Kulaszewicz. Motion declared passed. Mayor Karth asked Mr. Gotwald to present his report on the proposed project 79 -1. Mr. Gotwald reported that eiht (8) bids were opened on September 21, 1979 at 10:00 A.M. The firm of Brown & Cris were the low bidders with a total of $709,390.40. Mr. Gotwald explained this was over the estimate but resulted because of some additional storm sewers that had been added to the plans and specifications. In adding this additional storm sewer, there will also be additional footage to be assessed, so the cost per front foot remains the same. Mr. Gotwald had contacted Drovers State Bank, NSP and Mr. Shannon at Springsted and none had bay objections to the revised plans. Mr. McLean moved to authorize Milner Carley Associates to draw up a contract for project 79 -1 but the letting of the contract be held until the band sale has been completed. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion declared passed. Mr. McLean moved to forward information on Project 79 -1 to El Rehbein & Son and ask for a letter from them agreeing to the inclusion in the strom sewer as proposed. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion declared passed. Mr. Robert Burman. County Commissioner, and Mr. David Torkildson, County Park Administrator were here to discuss the problem--with police service in the County Open Space. Several bills for police coverage had been sent with no response. Mr. Torkildson said he and only received one statement, however, a letter from the County Attorney's office made mention of the second statement of over $600.00. Mr. Torkildson said they had initiated their own park rangers who are responsible for patrolling the park. Mayor Karth said the problem is not with the patrolling but with the Anoka County Dispatcher. When calls come in to Central Communications, they are authoatically relayed to the Lino Lakes Police Department. Mayor Karth felt that if the Dispatcher was instructed to relay these calls to the Park Rangers, some of this expense could be avoided. Mr. Burman admitted that if these calls were realyed to the Lino Lakes POlice Department, then the County would be liable for the costs. How- ever, he was concerned with the emergency calls. He felt the nearest department should take care of those. Mayor Karth agreed but felt that the emergency calls are not creating the problem. Mr. Torkildson asked for copies of the cost statements and time to get some details on this matter. He will get some answer back to the Council as soon as possible.