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40 A letter from the Anoka County League with pending legislation on a possible health service was passed around. Mr. Locher stated that the bonds and application for the Oasis were in order. Mr. Cardinal moved to authorize the Sunday on sale liquor license for B.K.O.,Inc. dba Oasis Lounge. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Jaworski moved to approve the bingo permit for December for Circle -Lex VFW Post 6583. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried. Mr. Bohjanen moved to grant a Sunday liquor on -sale license for the Circle -Lex VFW Post 6583 stipulating that the papers must first be in order. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. The Clerk requested that more claim affidavits be printed. Mr. Bohjanen moved that 1000 copies of the claim affidavit be printed after revision of the p.o. address, etc. was made. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Carried. At 8:32 p.m. the meeting was turned over to Mr. Lyle Ricklefs of Springsted, Inc. concerning the bids on the bonds for the new municipal building. Mr. Ricklefs announced that they had received no bids on the issue. He stated that the market had gone up again; since Minnesota has a limit of 7 on such bonds, many buyers had gone to states where the limit is 8 %. He recommended waiting and holding off asking for bids until after the first of the year, at least until there was an improvement in the market. Springsted will advise and suggest a date to again advertize the bids. The problems are the high rate of interest and the fact that the dealers have a lot of bonds which have not been sold in the secondary market, and which they are trying to get rid of. There is no immediate anticipation of improvement. Mr. Bohjanen asked if there was a periodic change in the market. Mr. Ricklefs stated that Springsted employs some 20 people, some of whom only watch the market and advise when they feel a change is coming. A question from the audience asked if the sale had anything to do with the size of the building; Mr. Ricklefs assured him it did not and further discussion along the same lines insued. Mr. Ricklefs stated that Sauk Rapids had wished to sell two separate issues --one for $60000 had sold, but there had been no bid on the one for $800,000. There was considerable discussion on how much the building would cost, lowering the amount of the bond, bids, etc. Mr. Bohjanen mentioned that anyone with information could go to the building committee meeting. The Clerk mentioned that the letter from the State read at the last meeting requested a resolution on the turnback of Old Highway 8 from Hwy. 326 to 1-35. The feeling was that we actually had no choice in the matter; also that the County would get additional funds to do the roadwork. .Mr. Bohjanen moved that Lino Lakes adopt a resolution asking the State to turn back the portion of Old Highway 8 from 326 to I -35W and designate the same as a State Aid Road. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously. The Clerk stated that she had just received a lengthy letter from Mrs. Bohjanen prior to the meeting; it was addressed to the Council and the Personnel Commission. Mayor L'Allier thought that the letter should be read privately and taken up later privately. Mrs. Bohjanen objected since a tape recorder had been used at the Personnel Commission meeting. Mr. L'Allier stated that he had asked Mr. Scherer to keep the tape private. Also, the Council had received from the Personnel Com- mission a suggested procedure to take if an employee has a complaint against another employee or a member of the Council. Mr. Jaworski stated that he didn't have the minutes of the Personnel Commission with him, but gave the following general procedure using as an example the roads department: an employee with a complaint would go to the foreman of the roads dept.; if the complaint could not be resolved there, it would go to Mr. Rosengren, the Councilman in charge of roads; if the