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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />A regular meeting of the Mounds View City Council was called to order <br />by Mayor Neisen at 8:03 p.m., on October 28, 1974, at the Mounds View <br />City Hall, 2401 Highway #10, Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 <br />Present: <br />Mayor Neisen <br />Councilman Hodges <br />Councilman Baumgartner <br />Councilman Johnson <br />Councilman Pickar <br />Also Present: <br />Clerk- Administrator Achen <br />Attorney Meyers <br />Engineer Bearden <br />MSP (Hodges - Baumgartner) To accept the minutes of October 15, 1974. <br />5 Ayes <br />Mayor Neisen asked public works superintendent Decheine to present the <br />facts as he understood them regarding George Brooks' sewer problem. <br />Councilman Johnson noted that a tape recorder was being used by a member <br />of the audience. Mayor Neisen stated that it was Council policy to <br />prohibit tape recording of proceedings and requested that the recorder <br />be turned off. <br />Superintendent Decheine stated that the cast pipe at Mr. Brooks' <br />residence had shifted breaking a section of the clay connecting line <br />and causing sand to filter into the main sewer line. <br />Attorney Meyers stated that because there had been no shifting of the <br />city's main line it seems apparent that only the clay line shifted and <br />was thus responsible for the breakage. Therefore the responsibility <br />lies with the owner. <br />Mr. Brooks, 8482 Spring Lake Road, stated that these were just theories <br />and his own theories were at least as good as those of the public works <br />superintendent. He stated that it was untrue that the cast pipe had <br />shifted. He theorized that the inspector had errored when the installation <br />was originally made, because the inspector had no prior experience with <br />the contractor involved on the job. He feels that, because the clay <br />connecting pipe was broken, the city is responsible for its repair. <br />Mayor Neisen read the statement of cost for repair submitted by Mr. Brooks. <br />MSP (Neisen- Hodges) that the facts presented indicate that the owner's <br />cast pipe shifted causing the damage and that payment of Mr. Brooks' claim <br />be denied. <br />Pickar Aye <br />Baumgartner Aye <br />Johnson Aye <br />Hodges Aye <br />Neisen Aye <br />