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0 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council was called to order at 8:05 p.m. on February 10, 1969, by Mayor L'Allier with all members present. Mr. L'Allier presented Mr. Bob Martin of Springsted, Inc. who handed out copies of their status report on the current bond market and spoke on the present market as well as the survey done for Forest Lake Schools. Mr. Martin stated that the current bond interest was now at its highest rate since the depression and that it was a good thing that we were not selling bonds now. This should be of no immediate concern to us as things might well change before the end of the year should Lino decide to build a new Hall. Mr. Martin thought it a good idea to visit Minnetrista, which had built a hall similar to what we are thinking about. He stated that very few municipalities in the Metro area don't have a regular Village Hall. Mr. Martin reported that Forest Lake Schools was resently digesting the report on field studies done for them by the University of Minnesota. It would seeem that a new High School is definitely in their plan, and they are seriously thinking of expanding the outlying elementary schools. However, Forest Lake had come pretty close to their bonding capacity. They have no definite plans for the Lino Elementary School; it depends on the airport site selection. The following corrections were made to the January 27 minutes: Page one; paragraph 8 Mr. Locher advised that it was not necessary to have a three -man. Board; the Health Of- ficer fulfilled the Statute's requirements. Page four, paragraph three -- delete 'met', insert 'talked'. Final sentence - -The majority still felt that a meeting would be ben- eficial. Mr. Jaworski moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. The Clerk reported that the Lino Lakes Mother's Club (under the new name of the Lino Lakes Parents Club) wished a permit for the playing of bingo at their meetings for social reasons with no charges to be made. Mr. Rosengren moved to issue a yearly bingo permit to the Club at no charge, providing that no fees are charged for the bingo games. &conded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. The Clerk reported that a check on the typewriter suggested by Mr. Rosengren had shown the machine to be 10 years old and that the repair work had been done two years ago. She mentioned the possible purchase of an electric portable forthe Deputy Clerk. Also, a Facit electric would be coming on trial. Mr. Bohjanen mentioned that he had seen an ad for rebuilt IBM's at $189.50. He will give details to the Clerk. Mr. Jawoski reported that he had attended the Sheriff's meeting at Anoka on the pro- posed police protection forthe County. The Sheriff', would take over for the local units of Bethel, East Bethel, Blaine, Lexington, Circle Pines, Spring Lake Park, and Lino Lakes. However, this would only add one squad car to the force. The Sheriff would negotiate a contract with each Village with the cost to be based on the assessed valu- ation of each at the rate of $5 per capita for those whose valuation was under $3 mil- lion and $8 for those whose valuation was over the $3 million mark. The population would be estimated for 1969 at the rate of increase of 2.4% per year since the last census. An accurate account of the work done in each Village would be kept; if the amount at the end of the year would be less than expected, the difference would be refunded. Mr. Talbot would be glad to attend a Council meeting to explain more fully. Mr. West stated that Spring Lake Park and Lexington had already turned down the plan. The concensus of the Council was that it would be too expensive for the service. Mr. Locher mentioned the time factor for one car to travel from the north limits to our area and that we would still pay for legal defense. It is possible that i the future there would have to be uniform Village ordinances within the County. Mr. in apparently feels that this type of County protection would help stave off a Metro Pol- ice force.