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COUNCIL MEETING June 26, 1989 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order by Mayor Benson, Monday, June 26, 1989 at 7:00 P.M. Council Members present: Bohjanen, Reinert, Bisel. Council Members absent: Neal. City Attorney, Bill Hawkins; Engineer, Ron Stahlberg; Planner, John Miller; Building Official, Pete Kluegel; Chief of Police, Dean Campbell; Administrator, Randy Schumacher and Clerk - Treasurer, Marilyn Anderson were also present. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES Work Session, June 12, 1989 - Mr. Bisel moved to approve these minutes as presented. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Regular Session, June 12, 1989 - Mr. Bisel moved to approve these minutes as presented. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS, JUNE 26, 1989 Mr. Bohjanen moved to approve the Disbursements. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion. Mayor Benson noted a memorandum from the City Clerk indicating that a typing error occurred on the item for the Centerville Tree Farm under Interim Construction. The amount to be paid the Tree Farm is $146.00, not $46.00. Mr. Bohjanen and Mr. Bisel accepted the correction and the motion passed unanimously. OPEN MIKE Centerville Councilman Peterson and Councilman Burglsathler, Centerville Police Contract - Mr. Peterson told the Council that last year, a new Mayor and three new Councilmen were elected to that Council and explained that some of the momentum to elect a new Council stemmed from the controversy regarding the renewal of the Police Contract with Lino Lakes. Mr. Peterson explained that one of the first items addressed by the new Centerville Council was the appointment of a Police Liaison. Therefore, the Centerville Council was disappointed to read in a local paper that Lino Lakes had drafted a new police contract for $85,000.00 without ever contacting Centerville regarding the matter. Mr. Peterson further explained that this is a 51% increase in the current level and Centerville has not budgeted this nor is the money available in a reserve fund. He said he was disappointed in the handling of this matter as he had thought efforts had been made to promote better communication. He felt it was to the best interest of both cities to continue the current arrangement since it enables Lino Lakes to reduce taxes and allows Centerville the opportunity to have efficient police protection. Mr. Peterson felt the action taken by the Lino Lakes Council works against the process and Centerville cannot operate with this situation. Mr. Peterson asked the Council to designate a representative to discuss the current contract and ways to introduce some stability and certainty into the contract. He said the Centerville would like to discuss how the two cities can work together in this matter.