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4/24/72 Mrs. Swanson asked_.Mrs. Sarner what was in the set of books which sits out, in her office. Mrs. Sarner said that they are obsolete, having been printed in 1965, but not used in 1966 when the County went to IBM cards, and the only information in them is the name, parcel number and legal description. Mrs.: Swanson asked if the material in the current books had been copied from that set; Mrs. Sarner said no, it was copied from a previous set which is now at the County office. Mr. .isakson, who lives on Otter Lake Road (Hansen's Road), stated that he would like to put an 18' extension on his garage, and wondered what the restrictions were on setback from the property line. Mr. Locher said it must be 10' for an attached garage. There was discussion on this. Since Mr. Isakson had only 5' for a setback, he was advised to either request a variance from the zoning code or perhaps buy an additional 5' from his neighbor and request a variance to do that. The Clerk read the police reports for March. The bills were audited. Mr. Myhre was asked to explain the towing bills from Skelly Oil Co. He stated that the 1970 Plymouth had broken down in Acton's driveway, it was towed to Juleen's house to be fixed, but Juleen couldn't fix it, so it was towed to Coon Rapids Chrysler - Plymouth. One other time the car wouldn't start in his own yard, so it was towed up here to see if it would start when it warmed up. Another time the car hadn't started at one of the men's homes and had to be towed up here. There was discussion on towing, with Mr. Myhre noting that he has Ed's Skelly do it as they are open 24 hours a day, the County uses them, that we used to get a lot of towing for nothing, that he doesn't tow unless he has to, and that they had tried to tow with the other car, but couldn't. Mr. Bohjanen asked him to check on rates at Other places. Mrs. Swanson asked the Clerk to put purchase order numbers on all the bills which were paid and had a purchase order attached. Mr. Marier said that we should have gotten bids for the electric work done in Sunrise Park. Mr. Jaworski and Mr. Cardinal both noted that we tried to get more bids but couldn't. There was more discussion on this and on the Marvin Rehbein bill. Mr. Cardinal moved that the bills #4446 to Rivard Electric and #4453 to Marvin Rehbein Contracting be paid. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried with Mr. Marier and Mrs. Swanson voting No. Mrs. Swanson wondered how we can go ahead and pay on the sewer construction when nobody can go out and size the job up as the place was horrible, a big fat mess, that she can't see how the job is completed, no one has seen the job, there were changes and discrepancies on the construction. Mr. Cardinal stated that he had seen the work and the change order. Mr. Marier asked if he knew how many feet the change order encompassed; Mr. Cardinal said the change order was at a meeting; Mrs. Swanson said there had been no change order. Mrs. Swanson wondered who is going to pay the $8000 over and beyond our bid, we haven't received the bill yet, and we shouldn't pay this until all the work is completed to our satisfaction. Mr. Locher said the construction was covered in the bond issue. Mr. Bohjanen noted that we had already okayed paying the bill, and that 10% or some $31,000 was being held back from payment before the final calculation is made. Mr. Cardinal moved to pay bills #4455 to #4474 except for #4468 (void), and to pay payroll checks #1715 to #1735. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.