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Mounds View City Council December 10, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 19 <br /> <br /> <br />City Attorney Riggs indicated that Council would need to take action on the matter at the January <br />7, 2002 work session due to the 60 day time limit. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Stigney. To Table this Matter to the January 7, 2002 Work Session. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />B. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 689, Revising Chapter 512 of <br />the City Code Relating to Tobacco Products. <br /> <br />Acting Chief Brennan indicated he had noticed the School District, NW Youth and Family <br />Services, Minnesota Institute of Public Health and the County Attorney for this hearing as well as <br />those establishments with tobacco licenses in the City. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Stigney opened the public hearing at 8:58 p.m. <br /> <br />Tom Manke indicated that his store has failed two compliance tests during the last nine years and <br />stated that whether the penalty is $5.00 or $5,000 it would not change how he trains his <br />employees. He then explained that they go over the laws monthly with existing employees and <br />carefully train new employees. He further explained that people that are of age and/or parents <br />purchase cigarettes and hand them to the underage kids. <br /> <br />Ian Anderson of 5380 Cliffton Drive indicated that kids are out on the streets smoking and asking <br />for cigarettes and the police drive by and do not do anything about it. He then suggested that the <br />authorities need to pull their weight to get kids to stop, including the School District and the <br />police department. <br /> <br />Paul Fidor of 9001 Stratford Crossing in Brooklyn Park indicated he was a resident of Mounds <br />View for 29 years before moving to Brooklyn Park and he operates Fidor’s Market and has gone <br />through a lot of changes and dealt with many issues on cigarette licensing. He then indicated that <br />his employees are told that if he fails a compliance check because of one of them they will be <br />fired immediately. <br /> <br />Mr. Fidor commented that he feels that increasing the fee for compliance violations does not <br />solve the problem. He then stated he feels that more time should be invested in young kids to tell <br />them and beat into their minds that smoking will kill you. He also indicated that they ask kids <br />who are smoking to leave because they do not want anyone to think that the cigarettes were <br />purchased from their business. <br /> <br />Mr. Fidor said he would hate to see his name as failing a compliance check but knows as they go <br />along they eventually will fail. <br /> <br />Chuck Durand of 2732 Highway 10 indicated that they do everything they can to stop smoking <br />by kids but they are forced to hire young kids because the pay scale does not allow college