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MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting Page 3 June 9, 1980 Attorney Meyers stated that some complaints have been registered with the City regarding damages to their homes and vehicles during the painting of the water tower by the City Hall. The procedure the Council will follow is: 1) Citizens should register their complaints (in writing) to the City and include estimated costs for damage repairs. 2) The City will act as a coordinating body in this matter. They will refer these complaints to the contractor (who has the ultimate financial responsibility for the repairs). 3) Complainants should file their claims before the end of June (1980) 4) If the claims have not been resolved by June 30th, the City can then determine whether monies should be withheld from the contractor's agreement or whether the contractor's insurance company should be contacted. Gene Anderson, from the H A Water Tank Specialists, pre- sented his proposal on handling this situation: 1) He assume responsibility for the damages. 2) He will contact each person who has filed a complaint with the City by the end of this week. 3) He will then contact some body shops to find out where he could bring the vehicles to be repaired. He would like to select one body shop to do all the repairs. 4) He will refer the complainants to this body shop for their repairs. He will pay the body shop directly. 5) If a satisfactory arrangement cannot be made through this procedure, then the individual's recourse would be to contact his (the contractor's) insurance carrier. However, Mr. Anderson stated, he would prefer to handle it without contacting the insurance company. Some individuals who had filed complaints with th^ City were in th audience. They expressed concern about: 1) The reliability of the body shop that Mr. Anderson would select. (Mayor McCarty suggested that all the complainants meet with Mr. Anderson to discuss a mutually agreeable body shop). 2) They also were concerned about a potential lien on their car if the bill was not paid. (Mayor McCarty suggested they receive a receipt and /or full payment from Mr. Anderson in advance of repairing their car). Mr. Anderson also responded that he was ,.ole and willing to pay the bills, but,regardless of that fact,he was fully insured and the complainant would still have final recourse to contact his insurance company. 7. REVIEW OF PROJECT 1978 -9/ H A WATER TANK SPECIALISTS, INC. COMPLAINTS REGARDING DAMAGES TO VEHICLES /HOMES FROM WATER TOWER PAINTING