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Li a * i.:C b a. I i J L Mounds View City Council Page 4 Regular Meeting April 10, 1995 1 RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR: 2 3 Mayor Linke explained that this portion of the meeting was 4 designated for anyone who wished to speak to the Council on items 5 that were not on the Agenda. There were no comments or requests 6 from the floor. 7 8 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 9 10 There were no public hearings scheduled for this meeting. 11 12 COUNCIL BUSINESS: 13 14 A. Consideration of Action on Ordinance No. 553 Establishing 15 Chapter 512 of the Mounds View Municipal Code Entitled, 16 "Cigarette and Tobacco Products" 17 18 Councilmember Trude explained that this item had previously 19 been discussed at the February 27 Regular Council Meeting and 20 the last Work Session. The Ordinance was amended by the 21 deletion of the clause which stated that no person under the 22 age of 18 could sell tobacco products. The goal of the 23 Ordinance is not to impact young people looking for jobs, but 24 rather to keep tobacco products out of the hands of young 25 people. The Ordinance states that any clerk who furnished 26 tobacco products to someone under age 18 would be guilty of an 27 administrative offense and would be fined $25 . For a clerk 28 making minimum wage, the fine would be significant. 29 30 Trude remarked that the goal of the Ordinance was to get 100 31 percent compliance. She cited another community which adopted 32 a similar ordinance and had 100 percent compliance--Mounds 33 View has not yet reached that goal. 34 35 MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Hankner to Adopt Ordinance No. 553 36 Establishing Chapter 512 of the Mounds View Municipal Code 37 Entitled, "Cigarette and Tobacco Products" and Waive the 38 Reading 39 40 ROLL CALL VOTE: 41 42 Mayor Linke - yes 43 Councilmember Quick - yes 44 Councilmember Hankner - yes 45 Councilmember Blanchard - yes 46 Councilmember Trude - yes 47 48 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 49