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4/24/72 247 2. Receipt of affidavits of publication on Ord. 6U, Forrest Tagg rezoning. 3. Letter from Northwest Saddle Club. 4. Letter from Auto - Owners Insurance stating that the Plumbing Inspector is covered under the V illage's $10,000 blanket position bond. 5. The soils map had arrived at Al Fisher's office on April 13th; Mr. Fisher is available for the next Council meeting and P &Z meeting at 9 P.M. Mr. Marier felt it was unnecessary for Mr. Fisher to attend the P &Z. 6. Checked on the $5 filing fee for the truck loan, and was told that the Bank deducted this amount from their interest earnings - the Village did not pay the $5. 7. Deputy Clerk had complied the gasoline purchased from Oskey Bros. Petroleum (later North Star Oil Corp.); Clerk requested authorization to get the federal gas refund. Mr. Cardinal moved to authorize the Clerk to proceed with the gasoline tax refund. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. Mrs. Swanson asked if the new accounting system on gas would eliminate this tax; Clerk stated that the company automatically deducts the Federal tax. Clerk reported receipt of $160 in municipal court fines for March. Mr. Cardinal reported on the Park Board meeting held on April 19th following the County park presentation at the P &Z meeting. They had discussed and approved allowing the Peach Land League to use Sunrise Park on Tuesday and Thursday nights during the ball season. Mr. Cardinal moved to allow them to use the parks on the designated days. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Mr. Marier thought we had previously discussed letting the kids use the parks instead of the leagues, and asked if these was availability for the kids to play both hard and soft ball at the same time as the Leagues play. He was told that the Leagues only use one of the diamonds at each session, but that the kids couldn't play both kinds of ball after 6 P.M. on those days. Vote on the motion showed all members voting in favor. Mr. Cardinal stated that the Park Board had discussed charging outside teams for playing on our diamonds in the amount of $100 per season plus $50 towards cleanup fees. This $50 or any portion of it not used to pay our employees for cleaning up after the games would be refunded at the end of the season. Mr. Bohjanen asked for a definition of "outside leagues." Mr. Cardinal stated that the members of the Peach Land League are from our Village, but the Skyline League is from Lexington, and that if we went to Lexington we would have to pay. Mr. Cardinal moved to charge $100 for outside leagues to play on our ball diamonds per season along with a $50 deposit towards cleaning up after the games if necessary. Seconded by Mrs. Swanson. Carried unanimously. Mrs. Swanson asked if we would charge our own people; Mr. Cardinal said No. Mr. Cardinal moved to let the Babe Ruth Little League players use Lino Park on Monday nights. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Carried unanimously. Mr. Cardinal reported that they are getting bids to add 2 ball diamonds at Sunrise Park and one here at the Hall, as well as some grading to be done at the skating rink, some crushed rock, and levelling off the borrow pit at the Hall. He reported that Art Johnson is looking into the cost of remodeling the warming house at Sunrise Park. Mr. Cardinal stated that he had contacted the Forest Lake Schools Superintendent but had not gotten word back in conjunction with adding recreational facilities at Lino School. Mr. Marier asked Mr. Cardinal if he had made any headway on the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Cardinal said the Park Board had looked at the' County's park plan and had some questions on it, but no comments; they had done nothing on the comprehensive plan. Mr. Bohjanen