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283 6/12/72 "Mr. Bohjanen read the test of a letter he had written to the Attorney as follows: "Please explain Appointment Process on Page 53. At the last council meeting the council was accused of not using the correct procedure when hiring police officers because we have not gone to the State Civil Service Commission for the help which they offer. I feel the council has ac ted correctly when they have acted on the recommendations of one of its committees, the Personnel Commission and even if they did not have such a commission they would be authorized to appoint a police officer without going through the Civil Service Commission. Appointments were made on the basis of written and oral examinations. Is this not correct? Is not the help from the Civil Service Commission optional? Mr. Locher said it was optional, but definitely not required, in his understanding of the law (to have civil service help). Mr. Gotwald submitted his estimate of the Holly Drive improvement by letter dated June 12, 1972. The estimated cost of improving the road in its present location is $2,750.00. This includes widening from an average width of 9 feet to 20 feet, installing culverts and applying 3" of gravel. Cost of relocating the road to its proper locationwould be $5,500.00. Mr. Gotwald stated that if we are going to take the responsibility of this as a public road it should be widened. Gravel amounts to about $1200.00. Grading and widening would be considerably less then. If gravel were not added now, it would have to be added and filled in later. Mr. Marier moved to accept Mr. Gotwald's recommendation and widen the road(Holly Dr.) to 20 ft., and add two culverts and grade it in its existing location. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Gotwald advised by letter of June 12th that our ordinance requires a bond to be furnished by a developer to cover the cost of improving the streets in a subdivision. He therefore recommended that we request a street improvement bond from the developer of Shenandoah Addition. H & S Asphalt supplied a bid to Glenn Rehbein in the amount of $27,319.00, and he had talked to Glenn about this. Glenn would have to furnish a bond in an amount of 1=z times the estimated or bid price, which would come to $40,978.00. Mr. Marier moved to have the Clerk notify the developer (Glenn Rehbein) to furnish a bond. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Mr. Gotwald reported that he had received a request from Northwestern Bell Telephone to bury telephone lines on Holly Drive in the shoulder. Mr. Cardinal moved to allow these lines to be buried. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried with Mr. Marier abstaining. Mr. Bohjanen advised that the Plumbing Inspector has asked that a letter be sent to any residence that is red tagged, stating that they are in violation. Mr. Boyd himself noted that sometimes these tags fly off or kids pull them down, and the people don't see them. He also stated that there is no time limit now set on these red tags, and he suggested 5 days from the time of tagging for them to get the work done. Mr. Bohjanen suggested that he notify the Clerk when issuing a tag. After some discussion, Mr. Cardinal moved that a letter should be sent at the issuance of the red tag, telling that work must stop and court action will be taken if the work is not done within 14 days from the date of the issuance. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. It was decided that double fee means antoher fee of $10.00 rather than a $20.00 . fee the second time. Mr. Boyd stated that he felt a red tag was a serious violation. He tells people to fix it and then gives them a tag is they don't.