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LINARPROVED Mounds View City Council Page Four Regular Meeting April 26, 1993 there was no reason to object to the sidewalks as the citizens/residents didn't have to pay for them. Mayor Linke addressed the statement regarding Samantha Orduno's report on the legislation taking away the prosecutions from the City of Mounds View and stated that the City Council was deathly against losing this right at that time and also feels the same way presently. Mayor Linke stated that Mr. Frits owes Mr. Karney an apology because Mr. Karney does prosecute several persons for the City of Mounds View. Mr. Frits asked why there is no report of prosecutions in the paper. Mr. Frits further stated that if Mr. Karney is prosecuting and giving that information to the papers, then he said he owes Mr. Karney, the County and the Police Department an apology. Is it the paper that is not printing the information? Mr. Frits stated that the citizens of Mounds View need to know what is going on. Mr. Frits stated that he is not a mushroom to be kept in the dark and fed horse manure. Mayor Linke stated that the prosecutions are listed in the St. Paul paper. Mayor Linke explained that the prosecutions are taken by the newspapers from the court docket. Mr. Frits stated that the Bulletin is the official paper and the City should be on them to print the information in the Bulletin as the City does pay a significant amount of money to print legals and other notices. Councilmember Rickaby stated that the crime committed was probably a felony and that our prosecutors handle misdemeanors and the County prosecutors would handle felonies. Councilmember Quick stated that if this case is a County case then Mr. Frits should call his next door neighbor as his neighbor was the County Commissioner at the time of the crime. Mr. Frits asked why the two perpetrators are not being extradited for this crime and are incarcerated in Georgia. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, suggested that Mr. Frits call Ramsey County regarding this issue. Alice Frits, 8072 Long Lake Road, asked how much money the Contingency Fund started out with and how much is left in this fund at the present time. Frits stated that the City is taking $40,000 per month out of this fund. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that only $50, 000 per year is put into the Contingency Fund. Orduno invited Ms. Frits to visit the City Hall offices and examine her records regarding the establishment of Contingency Funds in other cities.