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COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 8, 1996 The advisory board appointments are made after vacancies are advertised and interviews held with interested candidates. In addition, the City Council has been requested by the citizens via 20/20 Vision to appoint a School District Liaison and an Environmental Board. These appointments will be discussed at a later date after additional information has been received. Acting Mayor - Council Member Kuether moved to appoint Council Member Neal as acting mayor. Council Member Bergeson seconded the motion. Motion carried. Legal Newspaper - Mr. Howard Lestrud, General Manager of ECM Publishers, Inc. (Forest Lake Times) presented a request to be appointed the publication of the official public notices for the City. He proposed to publish the public notices in The Times and the following issue of The Peach (not a legal newspaper) which has a much larger circulation. Mr. Lestrud explained that ECM plans to increase the circulation of The Peach which would serve the needs of Lino Lakes. The classified rate for The Times is $6.40 a column inch in 6 -point type at nine (9) lines per inch. Mr. Lestrud noted that EMC is planning to place another tube on each mailbox within The Peach service area. Ms. Michelle Larson, Advertising Director of Press Publications (Quad Community Press) presented a request to be appointed the publication of the official public notices for the City. She noted that the Quad Press covers all of the City of Lino Lakes as well as Circle Pines, Centerville and Lexington. Ms. Larson noted the cost per column inch in the Quad Press paper is $4.90 per column inch in 7 -point type at nine (9) lines per inch. She noted that the paper is free and should be going to every home and business in Lino Lakes every week. If a resident or business does not get the Quad Press, they should call Press Publications. Ms. Larson explained that the Quad Press has a circulation of approximately 7,780 for all four (4) cities but did know the circulation in Lino Lakes. She also noted that Press Publications was appointed the official newspaper in Hugo. Centerville, Circle Pines and Lexington will be making this appointment later this week. Ms. Larson was told that there had been some errors in the newspapers and this inaccuracy had prompted many irate telephone calls. Ms. Larson said that Press Publications strives to be accurate and if there was an error it would not have been intentional and should have been corrected in the next issue of the paper. Council Member Kuether moved to appoint the Quad Press as legal newspaper for 1996. Council Member Bergeson seconded the motion. Motion carried with Council Member Neal voting no. Legal Depositories - Mr. Schumacher explained that a list of legal depositories had been prepared and included in the Council packets. He noted that these institutions are used for check, savings and investing City dollars. Council Member Bergeson moved to appoint Norwest Bank, First Bank NA, Firstar Bank, Merrill Lynch, Dain Bosworth, Juran and Moody and Prudential Bache as legal depositories. Council Member Kuether seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. PAGE 2