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Mounds View City CouncilUNAPpRo Page Two <br /> Regular Meeting April 26, 1993 <br /> SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: <br /> a. Mayor Linke read Resolution No. 4364, Resolution of Appreciation <br /> to the Members of the Regional Senior Center Task Force. <br /> MOTION/SECOND: Linke/Quick to adopt Resolution No. 4364, <br /> Resolution of Appreciation to the Members of the Regional Senior <br /> Center Task Force <br /> VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried <br /> Mayor Linke presented resolutions to Lulu Coury and Bill Woods <br /> for their contribution to this Task Force and commended them for <br /> their participation and dedication. <br /> Bill Woods thanked the Council and stated that he, as a member of <br /> the Task Force, would like to be able to pursue this project to its <br /> completion. Lulu Coury and Bill Woods thanked the City Council for <br /> their resolutions of commendation. <br /> Mayor Linke also presented Bill Woods and Lulu Coury with City <br /> Appreciation Awards from the City commending them for their work with <br /> the Senior Center Task Force. <br /> Mayor Linke stated that two other members of the Task Force, Jerry <br /> Skelly, Sr. and Charlynn Robertson were unable to attend the meeting <br /> but would be awarded their resolutions and plaques at the next <br /> regular Council Meeting. <br /> RESIDENTS REOUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR <br /> Bill Frits, 8072 Long Lake Road, stated that he had read in yesterday's <br /> paper a story about an elderly northeast Minneapolis man who had been <br /> stabbed to death in his home. Mr. Frits contends that the same thing <br /> happened in Mounds View, but nothing had been said. <br /> Mr. Frits stated that the Focus Newspaper reported that on October 14, 1992, <br /> an elderly Mounds View man was tied up in his home and it took him 14 hours <br /> to get loose, he was threatened with a shotgun and shots were fired in his <br /> home, he has spent two weeks in the hospital and now resides in a nursing <br /> home unable to stand up. <br /> Mr. Frits wanted to know who makes the decisions not to extradite the <br /> persons who committed this crime. Mr. Frits then referred to an article in <br /> the newspaper quoting Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, as saying Mounds <br /> View uses its own prosecutors, not those from Ramsey County. Mr. Frits <br /> stated that Mounds View hires a lawyer for $50. 00 per hour and that is why <br /> we get a lawyer that doesn't prosecute. Mr. Frits wanted to know who makes <br />