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1 1 COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 1989 Mayor Benson said that assuming that Voto, Tautges, Reardon Ltd was not in business, would this system be compatible with other auditing firms. Mr. Tautges said yes. Mr. Bisel asked Mr. Tautges if he were sitting in the Council's position, what would the City need to do to expedite or improve. Mr. Tautges said that the reports should be evaluated on an interim basis. He said the Council should judge what they see and then direct the staff to make alternative reports. He also said that future needs such as training and evaluating should be an ongoing process. Mr. Bisel moved to approve the contract with Voto, Tautges, Reardon, Ltd for the 1989 audit. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. ATTORNEY'S REPORT - BILL HAWKINS Consideration of Ordinance No. 09 - 89 Amending Lawful Gambling Code, First Reading - Mr. Hawkins explained that there has been new legislation in 1989 regarding this matter and suggested that the City take advantage of this new legislation that authorized cities to increase the amount of expenditures that they can require licensed gambling organizations within the city to expend. This proposed amendment addresses two concerns of this Council. The first concern was that organizations were coming into the city and taking receipts and expending them elsewhere. The new legislation authorizes cities to require up to 100% of all the lawful expenditures that an organization makes be spent within a trade area as defined by the city. This proposed ordinance amendment requires that 50% of the lawful expenditures be spent within the trade area of Lino Lakes. Mr. Hawkins has defined the trade area as within the municipal boundaries of the city. The second concern of the Council is in reference to the definition of members of the organization applying for the lawful gambling license. This concern was especially evident during the consideration of a lawful gambling license for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society several months ago. This organization defined a member as any person who has donated to this organization. Section 611.02A of the proposed ordinance amendment requires that in order to be considered a member a person must take an active part in the organization. Mr. Bisel was concerned regarding the requirement that 50% of the lawful expenditures be spent within the trade area of Lino Lakes. He explained that if legislation is amended to allow the VFW to use some of the proceeds to building the new VFW building, this may impact this requirement. Mr. Hawkins explained that if the building is constructed in Lino Lakes, the VFW would be in compliance with the amendment. Mr. Bisel said he would like to sit down with Mr. Hawkins to review Page 3