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Mr. Glen Dawson, a member of the Police Commiesion reported on the activities of that commission. He stated that the commission had interviewed throe men for the job as patrolman and after careful consideration+ recommended that Mr. Carter Caldwell be hired for tho job as patrolman. Melford Christensen then asked Chief Robertua if ho concurred with the comskission's recommendation and received an affirmative answer. The question of salary to be paid to Mrl Caldwell was then dis-. cussed and Mr. Robertus stated that he thought Mr. Caldwell should start at the same rate as previous patrolmen at $75.00 a month, retroactive to Juno let at which time Mr. Caldwell had begun his training with the Mounds View Village Police Force. Motion by Hodges, seconded by Malvin to hire Carter Caldwell as police or- floor at $75.00 per month retroactive to June 1, 1960. 4 ayes, motion oarried. Mr. Chris Piewhowski, Building Inspector for the village, appeared before the council and reported that he had received an application from a Mr. Theodore U. Holston for building of a double bungalow on land zoned class A residential. Mr. Piehoweki was instructed to return the application to Mr. Holston with in- formation that the applicant would have to apply for rezoning with the Clerk's Office and the application cleared through the Planning Commission in order to build double bungclows in the location desired. The subject of Northeast Construction building fonrplexea instead of duplexes as required in their building permits was again brought to the attention of the council. The Village Attorney, Mr. Meyers, reported that there are only two ways to correct the situation, Ono was to take them into Justice Court and the other by issuing an injunction against them. The ceeneil then instructed the building inspector to take action against tho proper parties concerned in Justice Court and see that the permits for duplexes be produced. Motion by Smith, seconded by Christen- son to instruct the Building Inspector that when court action is brought against the Northeast Counstruction Company (MA. Donald Babinski) that Mr. Babinski be instructed to produce his permit and plans for the duplexes and the Building Inspector determine whether Mr. Babinski is conforming to the plans or if not, coaso from the non conformance of said plans and that is such is not done by the builder, the council to take action in the form of an injunction against the builder. 4 ayes, motion carried. The question of licensing builders in the village was die cussed by the council as to what legal work can be carried on by the builder holding a General Contracting Liceneo. The council decided that all General Contracting applications should be ohacked for by the Village attorney for legality. Mr. Carl E. G. Larson appeared before the council regarding the zoning of His property which onco held a commercial zoning and was changed under tho new rezoning. Mr. Larson presented a copy showing the proper zoning of his land by legal methods in 1948, and ho mentioned that a former council had rezoned his land to commercial at that time. Mr, Larson was referred to thn Plan- ning Commission fur intvasLsgatian of the change in his zoning by that committee.