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Mounds View City Council Page 7 <br /> . Regular Meeting November 14, 1994 <br /> of the 1994-1995 deicing chemicals for winter. Since the <br /> start of the City's snow and ice removal policy, the budget <br /> for deicing chemicals was almost depleted by the end of the <br /> year. The City was purchasing chemicals for the <br /> November/December season and then purchasing again right after <br /> the first of the year. Ulrich cited the harsh winter season <br /> last year when the City's vendor ran out of salt, forcing the <br /> City to purchase salt from a more costly vendor. <br /> Staff is requesting Council to authorize the purchase of <br /> deicing chemicals for the 1994-1995 winter season, utilizing <br /> $15, 000 from the Franchise Fee Account and transferring it <br /> into the Snow and Ice Control Budget which would save the City <br /> some handling of materials and possibly many hours of labor. <br /> Councilmember Wuori clarified that the deicing chemicals would <br /> be purchased for the entire winter season which would overlap <br /> from one year into the next. <br /> Ulrich stated that there are very low funds remaining in the <br /> 1994 Snow and Ice Control Budget. <br /> MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Wuori to Authorize the Transfer of Funds <br /> from the Franchise Fee Account to the Snow and Ice Control <br /> Account for the Purchase of Deicing Chemicals for the Total <br /> 1994-1995 Winter Season <br /> VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried <br /> D. Discussion Regarding Term Limits Charter Amendments <br /> Jim Thomson, City Attorney, explained that approximately two <br /> months ago the Charter Commission came forward with a ballot <br /> proposition regarding term limits. At that time, the City <br /> Council—had to fo-r-mulate the ba-1-lot language and—there_was <br /> some discussion as to whether it was appropriate for the City <br /> Council to do that in light of the questionable <br /> constitutionality of the provision. The Council did vote at <br /> that time to put the issue on the ballot. The provision did <br /> pass and the question of constitutionality still remains. <br /> Under State law, the City Clerk is required to send a <br /> certified copy of any Charter Amendments to the Secretary of <br /> State and the County Recorder. <br /> A lawsuit has commenced, in the meantime, against the City of <br /> Minneapolis which elected not to put their Charter Amendment <br /> proposition on the ballot. That case is now pending before <br /> the Minnesota Supreme Court. The briefing is scheduled for <br /> • the first week in January and a date for the oral hearing is <br /> expected shortly thereafter. Thomson felt a ruling from the <br />