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Mounds View City Council July 11, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 26 City Administrator Ulrich stated that it would be an annual fee that they would have to pay. He 1 explained that they wanted to be open during the July 4th weekend and they did not get their 2 paperwork in on time, as they had planned to close in June. He explained that they had to have a 3 license or at least one pending in order to stay open. He stated that it is anticipated that they 4 would close within the next thirty days. He stated that no pro-ration of the license was indicated, 5 only that they would have to apply for a new license. 6 7 MOTION/SECOND Thomas/Stigney To Approve Resolution 6576 Approving the Tobacco 8 and Gasoline License for Gas for Less located at 2525 Highway 10 9 10 Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried 11 12 Council Member Stigney asked to pull Item 9D, Resolution 6578 Approving a Contract for the 13 Scheduled Replacement of a Street Sweeper. He agreed that it is a nice sweeper but there is 14 nothing wrong with the one they are currently using. He stated that he personally feels that when 15 the City is experiencing, like last year, a 27.5-percent increase in the median value of a house in 16 Mounds View that now is the time to go out and buy a new sweeper. He stated that they could 17 purchase a new one when the old one breaks. He stated that he does not support the purchase at 18 this time, which why he pulled it. 19 20 Council Member Flaherty stated that the budget for this year has been approved by the City 21 Council noting that this item was included as a budgeted expenditure for this year. He stated that 22 this request should go forward as part of what has already been approved. He noted that the 23 sweeper is $12,000.00 more than what was budgeted and asked where the additional funds would 24 come from. 25 26 City Administrator Ulrich stated that the additional funds would come from the Capital 27 Equipment Fund. 28 29 Council Member Stigney stated that he did not vote for the budget approval and never has. He 30 stated that it irritates him to no end when he sees a replacement request just because it was 31 included in the budget. He stated that he actually questions whether it should even be included in 32 the budget at all. 33 34 Mayor Marty acknowledged Council Member Stigney’s concern and explained that the current 35 sweeper is 15-years old and is past its prime. He noted that they have been using the sweeper all 36 summer and they have been using it to vacuum the sewers. He stated that the additional sweeper 37 would cut staff time and would allow the staff to do twice as much work within the City. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND Stigney/ To Postpone Purchase of this Item at this time until the Current 40 Sweeper breaks down and there is a justifiable reason to replace the equipment. 41 42 Motion denied for lack of a Second. 43 44