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by him, and approving the signing by the Mayor and Clerk with the under-
standing, of course, that the roads are not accepted for maintenance until
they are put in. Glenn felt that the County.would sign the hardshells very
soon. Mr. Gotwald reminded Glenn that even though he will build his own
roads he must post a bond of 1 1/2 times the estimated cost of construction.
However, he can get building permits on lots fronting on Ware Road and Birch
Street upon approval of the final plat. W. L'Allier requested that the
County Surveyor and the Engineer call him and the clerk when everything is
approved for the signing of the plat.
Mr. Cardinal moved to approve the final plat of Shenandoah providing that
all the objections and stipulations are met, and that the County Surveyor
signs the plat, a call is received from the Attorney and the Engineer that
they approve the plat, that a bond in 1 1/2 times the amount of the Engineer's
estimate of road construction be posted, that the life estate of Maria
Lehman is taken care of, and the the Mayor and the Clerk- Treasurer be
authorized to sign the hardshell copies thereafter. Seconded by W.
Rosengren. Carried unanimously.
Mr. L'Allier asked W. Gotwald to send a letter to the Council confirming
his call that things are in order with the Shenandoah plat and that it can
be signed. W. Gotwald mentioned that he had already checked the plat in
accordance with the preliminary requirements, so it is up to the County for
approval.
W. L'Allier mentioned that the Clerk wished to know whether the Council
wanted to go into a double entry type of bookkeeping which will mean buying
a few more books and things. W. Bohjanen stated that he would like to
wait on this until tomorrow night.
Mr. Cardinal moved to pay the bills as audited. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski.
Carried unanimously.
W. Cardinal moved to adjourn at 10 :55 P.M. Seconded by W. Rosengren. Aye.
Minutes approved at the meeting of December 27, 1
Clerk Treasurer
The special meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on December 14,
1971 to consider the levy limitation for the 1972 budget was called to order
at 8:12 P.M. by Mayor L'Allier with all members present as well as W. Hill.
W. Cardinal moved to waive the requirements and notices for the special
meeting. Seconded by W. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
Mr. Bohjanen moved to adopt a resolution that it is the Council's intent
that the terms of the members appointed to the Enviromental Commission at
the meeting of December 13th run as follows:
W. Arthur Hawkins 3 year term
Mr. Gerald Clausen 3 year term
W. Arthur Robyn 2 year term
Mrs. Clifton Brisson 2 year term
Mrs. Delbert Sawyer 1 year term.
Seconded by W. Cardinal. Carried unanimously.
W. L'Allier asked Waily Hill his opinion on going into a double -entry system
of bookkeeping for the Village. Waily stated that the State recommended the
double -entry system, but that most smaller Villages used the cash basis of
accounting instead, noting that our system is adequate and well -kept. He
stated that he was not an advocate of double -entry since it does increase the
work load and is harder to understand. The Clerk noted that she had been
asked. several times during the year to provide the amounts of money which
various funds had yet to spend for the year, particularly in the Roads and
Civil Defense funds. She thought an accrual balance might be kept for this
purpose. Wally agreed. The general feeling was that separate budgetary
accounts might be kept for a trial period, but that it would be premature to
begin a complete double entry - system now. Mr. Hill felt that the status of
the budget for each fund might be released monthly on columnar paper.
Mr. Jaworski moved that effective January 1, 1972, the Clerk- Treasurer be
authorized to begin keeping accrual budgetary accounts so as not to be
against State statutes,.and also to purchase a binder to keep these records in.
Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously.
The matter of setting up additional fund accounts to keep track of the bond
sale money, construction of sewer and water utilities, hookup fees and
assessments was discussed. Mr. Cardinal moved to set up separate funds for
the following:
1.. A fund for the sewer hookup fees to pay off the balance of the
Metro Sewer Board assessment;
2. A fund for the sewer and water assessments to pay off the bond and
interest on the $550,000 Temporary Improvement Bonds of 1971;
3. A fund for the monies received from the above bonds to pay off the
construction of the sewer and water improvements.
Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
The discussion turned to determing the levy limitation. Mr. Hill stated
that he had consulted with the manager of Columbia Heights who was working
on their levy, and had received considerable information. He stated that we
would receive the usual per capita funds from cigarette, liquor and mobile
home taxes in 1972. The amount of State aids to be received in 1972 is
$48,463.07. The estimated 1971 population figure from the Metro Council was
3,801. Mr. Hill determined that the amount which Lino Lakes would need to
levy in 1972 would be $102,625 which included levies for bonded indebtedness
in the amount of $22,000. After working through Form No. 279 from the State
it was determined that Lino Lakes could levy $100,019 exclusive of special
levies and assessments. Mr. Hill stated that we were thus on safe ground
with our budget as previously determined. Based on the new assessed valuation
figure of $1,828,654 received from the County as of Nov. 15th, the mill rate
will be approximately 56.1 mills in 1972.
Following general discussion Mr. Jaworski moved to tentatively accept the
revised Page 3 and summary page of the 1972 budget to reflect the increase in
State aids, giving final approval if the figures tally with the additional
information yet to be received from the State. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren.
Carried unanimously.
Mr. Hill felt we should wait until the meeting of the 27th to certify the
budget. Mr. Jaworski moved to withdraw the previous motion and to move that
Lino Lakes re- certify this budget contingent on no additional figures or change
being received from the State. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried unanimously.
Mr. Jaworski felt that some of the State aids should go into the Parks fund.
The Clerk requested that the Council take action on approving the minutes of
the November 22nd meeting so that she might put them in the permanent record.
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Mr. Cardinal moved to approve the minutes of the November 22nd meeting as
corrected at the December 13th regular meeting. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren.
Motion carried with Mr. Jaworski abstaining, having been absent.
Mr. Jaworski moved to adjourn at 9:17 F.M. Seconded by
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Clerk- Treasurer
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12/27/71
The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council held on December 27,
1971 was called to order at 8:09 p.m. by Mayor L'Allier with all members pre -
sent. Mr. L'Allier noted that the proceedings were being recorded.
Mr. Jaworski moved to approve the December 13th minutes as corrected. Seconded
by Mr. Rosengren. Carried unanimously.
Mr. Cardinal moved to approve the minutes of the December 14th special meeting
as written. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
The Clerk reported receipt of municipal court fines in the amount of $82.50 and
gopher bounty reimbursement for $147.10. A copy of the proposed 5 -year program
of Metro Sewer Board capital improvements was received. The Mayor asked that
copies of the summary letter be made for members and that the Metro Sewer Board
be called for extra copies of the book since this copy should be kept in the
office. A letter had been received from North Central Public Service Co. on
the refund of previous rate increases. A letter from the League of Minn. Munie-
palities on complications arising from the tax levy limitation was received as
well as one regarding the. Metro Salary Survey for 1972.
The Clerk had made copies of a letter received from the State Highway Dept. on
the Village sign located in the triangle at Hwy 49 & Hwy 8 by the Blue Heron,
said letter stating that the sign must be removed in 30 days. Mr. Bohjanen
noted that the C&BDC had gone to some lengths to obtain permission to put the
sign there in the first place, and now they're rescinding it. The Clerk noted
that we had received our first billing from the Metro Sewer Board for 1972 in
the amount of $4,190.14 and asked what the Council wished to do with it. Mr.
L'Allier felt that the new Council would have to decide whether to pay it or
fight if in January.
The Springsted, Inc. booklet on the $550,000 bond sale was received. U. S. Lakes
had paid hookup fees for 8 houses in the Chamonix project. A call had been
received from Tom Wild of the NPCA requesting Lino Lakes' position on a request
by North Oaks to burn oak trees infested with oak wilt. After discussion, Mr.
Bohjanen moved to allow them to burn the trees. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal.
Carried unanimously.
The Clerk requested clarification on handling the billing for gasoline between
the departments. After discussion, Mr. Rosengren moved to transfer monies from
the other Funds into the General Fund ona quarterly basis for the gasoline
used. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried unanimously.
A call had been received from the County inquiring whether Lino Lakes had any
projects to be undertaken under the Emergency Employment Act. Mr. L'Allier
mentioned that Mr. Jaworski had once suggested cleaning the County ditches, but
we had received no answer on this. Mr. Rosengren suggested that if we were to
get the additional 20' right -of -way from St. Joe's Church on Sunrise Ave., that
the trees would have to be cut. Mr. Jaworski stated that the priest had no
objections to taking out the trees and cutting the bank, but he couldn't see