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July 12, 1976 a service contract and was told the service contract had been dropped after one year. Mr. Zelinka asked about taking the machine into the company for service, he also suggested that in the 1977 budget a new machine be budgeted. Mr. Gotwald suggested that a leasing program be considered. They find this method most fea- sible. Mr. Zelinka seconded Mr. Schneider's motion. Motion carried unanimously. The Clerk asked permission to purchase copy paper and Mr. Zelinka moved to auth- orize the purchase of copy paper not to exceed 8 rolls. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka had no report and in view of the financial condition, he would delay action on the proposed salary increase for Mr. Volk until funds are better known. Mr. Schneider asked the basis for the 5% increase and Mr. Zelinka said the Personnel Commission felt that Mr. Volk had worked for two years without a raise, and they felt this was because of problems not of his making. Mr. McLean asked if the Personnel Commission was questioning the judgement of the Council and Mr. Zelinka said, apparently they were. All he is doing is passing on their recommendations. Mr. Schneider asked how the salary compared with other communities and was told the salary range here is about $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 lower. This was for the year 1974/75. The City is low in comparison to the salary scale, but then Mr. Volk doesn't have the years of experience. Mr. Zelinka said he had talked about this before but felt that something should be done to require that house numbers be visible from the street. He said that for the Police or the Fire Department to find a home when the numbers are not vis- ible is almost impossible. He suggested this matter be considered by the Planning and Zoning Board with a recommendation to the Council that all house numbers be put on all residences or on the driveways in numbers large enough to be visible at night. He offered several suggestions - either home owners, the City or a ser- vice organization provide these numbers. There are three areas that should be handled 1) get numbering corrected; 2) some streets have illogical numbering; 3) make house numbers mandatory for new construction. Mr. Zelinka moved to direct the Planning and Zoning Board to resolve this problem. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. All new house numbers to be approved by the Building Inspector. Mr. Locher discussed the new Bingo Law and felt that until an interpretation of the law is available, the Council should pass a Resolution to deal with the permit requested by St. Joseph Church. The general consensus was this law needs to be studied. Mr. Zelinka moved that St. Joseph's Church does not have over five bingo per year, the requirement for a bingo manager be waived. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. There was discussion on the current requirement of 22 acres for transfer of title. Mr. McLean felt that since variances will be approved for less than this amount of land, the law should be changed. Mr. McLean felt that one figure should be set and not required a variance for each parcel that does not meet these require- ments of the present law. Mr. Gotwald had inspected the request from Northwestern Bell Telephone for per- mission to install buried cable on Peltier Lake Drive. He recommended approval