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21 February 9, 1976 Mr. Locher had checked the application for a license to sell cigarettes at retail at the Aragon Ballroom site. All was in order. Mr. McLean moved to approve the license. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Locher had checked the Purchase agreement from the Anoka County Park Department. There were several items he felt should be deleted. He would like to clear these with the County Attorney. Mr. McLean asked if he could have the items cleared by the next meeting? Mr. Locher said, Yes, but he felt the Council could pass a motion to approve this sale subject to the clearance of the items. Mr. McLean moved to approve the purchase agreement with Anoka County Park Department subject to the ex- ceptions noted by the Attorney, when cleared by the Attorney, the Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to sign the agreement. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Locher had asked the Clerk of Court for a break down on the dispos- ition of fines collected. There are some exceptions, but basically fines are split 50/50 between the County and the Municipality. Highway patrol fines are split 1/3 each for State, County and Municipality. There are also exceptions to this. Mr. McLean said considering the $2,500.00 paid in Attorney fees last month, can the City anticipate this rate of expenditure over the year? Mr. Locher said he cannot answer, it depends on the activity of the people and the Police Department. Mr. McLean was concerned that a private citizen can use the City Attorney and the City pays the bill such as the case of the complaint of an unlicensed dog. Two sessions before the Judge and the complaintant dropped the charges, therefore no fines were levied. Mr. Locher said, in this case, Yes, the City must defend it's Ordinances. Mr. Locher said the one areas this is very costly is the ISF checks. So far, this City has been fortunate in there has been very few cases. Mr. McLean asked if the City would be wise in considering paying a re- tainer such as Blaine does? This would make budgeting more accurate. Mr. McLean asked Mr. Locher what his charges would be on this basis. Mr. Locher said he didn't know, he would have to study the matter. He suggested the Clerk contact Blaine for their costs. Mr. Locher reported on the Union Contract with the Police Department. He said he had researched all sources for funds and found none. The Mediator had recommended a 10% raise for the two Patrolmen and the Clerk and a raise from $3.85 to $4.09 an hour for the part -time men. Holidays and overtime would not be paid at this time but a record would be kept for each person and the contract would be reopened on July 1, 1976 for the purpose of discussing wages, Holidays and overtime only. The Union had been asked to send a copy of the areas that had been agreed on by the City and the Union but this has not been received. Mr. McLean said the implication on the Holiday and overtime is this is to be retroactive. Mr. Locher agreed. Mr. Locher said he can only refer this decision to the Council. Mr. Zelinka said he could see no reason for the Council to ask for arbitration at this time. The Council agreed with Mayor Bohjanen stating the Council will wait for the letter from the Union and consider the whole matter at one time.