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12/13/71 vehicle registration and license numbers. He noted that now if the number of a snowmobile were taken down, that you had to go to the Conservation Dept. during the day to find the owner; however, after this is implemented you will be able to call 24 hours per day at the State and via the computer to get the name out of it, so this will help the police. The President of the Club stated that some of the members had volunteered their machines and themselves to be on patrol and would patrol some of the areas that are giving us problems. He noted that the surrounding communities have curfews or other ordinances against snowmobiles and this is pushing the people in our village. They are trying to work out a trail site and provide maps of it. Mr. L'Allier noted that the County has an ordinance and the State has regulations so we need not have one. The Club President stated that the pressure will be relieved when the lakes freeze over sufficiently to run the machines on. Mr. L'Allier asked Mr. Locher's opinion on the suggestion by Mr. Jaworski. Mr. Locher stated that we would be all right as long as we gave a ticket, but you couldn't enforce the class attendance otherwise, since there would be nothing to do if they wouldn;t attend. But it would be ok to say on the ticket that it will be a warning if they voluntarily attend the class, and if not it will be a formal complaint. There was considerable discussion. Mrs. Schwankl suggested that there be a safety class for the adults since they don't realize the problems with the kids. She asked if they could get the use of the Village Hall for this; Mr. L'Allier felt they could. Mrs. Swanson asked if repeated violators could be forced to pay for a permit to operate the vehicle in the Village. Mr. Locher didn't feel we could discriminate against inside and outside the Village; that if a ticket were given on a violation we could make recommendations to the judge. Children under 18 would go to Juvenile Court under a delinquency complaint and perhaps not be allowed to opwate the machine for a year. Mr. L'Allier suggested that the Village Attorney be authorized to attend one of the evening classes for a few minutes going into the law and what it means regarding ramifications and penalties. Mr. Jaworski suggested setting up a committee including Mr. Myhre, himself and some of the Club members to cane up with some kind of program to follow that would be feasible to use, within 2 weeks or so. Mt..Bohjanen felt that an instruction meeting dbuld be set up to begin with, and if they have any problems we can set up a study committee. Mr. Jaworski moved that the Council go on record favoring the efforts by the Drifter's Snowmobile Club to set up a safety course for adults and also to authorize the Attorney at the request of the snowmobile club to appear at 1 of their meetings for the purpose of advising them on the law as it relates to snowmobiles. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously. Mr. Jaworski moved to table the suggestion that he had made .in regard to issuing tickets with the stipulation that the person must take the safety class. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried unanimously. Mr. L'Allier asked that the minutes show that the Council is agreeable to the Club using the Hall for the conducting of these classes and that this will depend upon the evenings available. Also, they should check with the Attorney to see what evening would be best. He thanked the members for coming. Mr. Rosengren reported that the gas tank and pump have been installed. The Clerk stated that the gas had been ordered and should be here tomorrow; Mr. Baekiin had taken care of the matter. Mr. Rosengren asked the Clerk to tell Mr. Backlin that several of the streets, particularly blacktop, were slippery, and to sand them, including Pine Street.