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December 12, 1977 43 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 8:00 P.M., December 12, 1977 by Mayor Bohjanen. Council members present; Karth, McLean, Schneider, Ansent; Zelinka. Mr. Locher was also present. Mr. Karth moved to approve the minutes of November 28, 1977 as presented. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. The Clerk presented the following items for Council consideration: ..A letter from the Minnesota State Highway Department notifying the Council of the planned changes at the intersection of Highway #8 and Highway #49. This will involve the installation of two street lights. The Department is asking the City to assume the responsibility of the cost of power. Mr. McLean moved to approve this. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion carried unanimously. ..A copy of a letter received from Mr. Robert Nethercut setting forth the ideas as dis- cussed at the meeting in Hugo. All Council members have a copy and this will be dis- cussed at a future date. ..Three copies of the Agricultural Inspector's Report had been received. This must be filled out by the weed inspector and mailed to Anoka County. ..The final figures for the footage on West Shadow Lake Drive had been computed by Mr. George Gotwald, Engineer, and a billing has been sent to Drovers State Bank. ..Anoka County Auditor's office is holding a dinner meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 1977, to discuss the Votomatic System with eommunities now using paper ballots. The Clerk and the Mayor -Elect will attend. ..The Clerk presented a list of unfinished business. The various items were designated to Boards, future agendas and to the Clerk. This list will be deleted from and added to and presented at the first meeting of each month. A towing proposal had been submitted by Gene's Towing. Al's Towing has had an exclusive contract on a trial basis for the past three months. This will expire at the end of December. This gentleman was under the impression that this would automatically be renewed. Mayor Bohjanen said there will be a change in the makeup of the Council and one Council cannot bind another Council. He did not mean to imply that the contract would not be renewed, nor would he say the contract would be renewed. This is the responsibility of the new Council. This matter will be considered at the first meeting in January. Mr. Duane Hillman was in the audience. He owns a lot on LaMotte Road, has sold the lot and had been in the office to prepay the assessments. The Clerk had said that the first year's assessments have been certified to the County and must be paid with the tax state- ment. Mr. Hillman had been to see the Auditor and Mr. Lefebvre had said this could be done by Resolution by this Council. Mr. Hillman's letter of notice had been returned to the City offices as undeliverable - there was no forwarding address. Mr. Hillman said he had notified Anoka County of his change of address. However, the print out received from data processing had not changed the address. Mr. Schneider moved to waive the first year's interest and allow Mr. Hillman to prepay the total assessment due to the error in the data processing printout. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Schneider reported that Mr. Anfinson, the Auditor, will be in the offices the week of January 9, 1978. Mayor Bohjanen introduced Mr. William Houle, who in turn introduces Dee Knaak, the Senator Elect for this District. Senator Knaak said she just wanted the Council to know that she is always available to