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March 5, 1973 Mr. Cardinal moved to authorize Mr. Locher to meet with the MSB and re- negotiate this agreement. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. Mr. Marier broght the subject of the bonds and how are we to pay for them to the attention of the Council. He asked the Clerk to Compute the figures on how much we have spent, how much we have collected and how much we have invested for the purpose of paying these bonds. Mr. Cardinal reported that he had taken the electrical specifications to Mr. Rivard and Mr. Rivard had asked Northland Electric for a bid for the electrical work necessary at the l i ft station. Northland Electric said they needed more information and Mr. Cardinal felt that we might as will forget about them. Mr. Cardinal also felt that we would be more likely to get a more economical job from Batzli since they were the org i na l contract- ors. He felt that we could ask for an itemized statement from Batzli as to materials and labor. There was discussion on handing out an open end bid such as this. Mr. Zelinka said they would be glad to submit an itemized bid, but in order to do that, they would have to send an engineer out to the project and that would add aproximately $75.00 to the cost. He felt that the charges would be fair and that the cost would be less than the $500.00 estimate. Mr. Zelinka moved to accept the bid of Batzli subject to an itemized listing of materials used and hours spent. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried with Mr. Marier voting, No, because of the open bid submitted by Batz I 6. Mr. Bohjanen said he had several request for Mr. Gotwald to attend the open meeting on the Blaine landfi 11 being held in the Centerville School on Thursday evening. This meeting has been called by the Rice Creek Water Shed District. Mr. Marier questioned why our Engineer should be there. We have sent a Resolution opposing the landfill and he felt that is all that is necessary. Mr. Jaworski felt that Mr. Gotwald would bean a position to present evidence inopposition to the landfill. He asked Mr. Cardinal if he could give any indications on the feelings of the District Board. Mr. Cardinal said that the only concern of the Board is the protection of the water, not whether the people did or did not want it there for personal reasons. He said that if they can assure the Board that they can carry through with the way it is set up, then it 'would be hard to turn them down. He added thatthis was a personal opinion and not one of the Board. He said that some people just don't want it there and there are some who just dont care, the Board will be looking at the posibility of water pollution and if this occurs, who cleans it up. Would the pollutants be removed or would the whole thing simply be abandoned. Mr. Zelinka asked if the main objection wasn't the possibility of Golden Lake being polluted? Mr. Cardinal said, Yes. Mr. Cardinal explained the plans for this landfill and how they plan for the control of the water in order to avoid polluting. Mr. Cardinal said there wasn't to be any garbage dumped. Mr. Jaworski disagreed with him, saying that the garbage from the Twin City area is to be dumped here. He felt we needed our own Engineer there to refute some of these claims. Mr. Jaworski moved to authorize Mr.