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Mounds View City Council Page Twelve ~egular Meeting September 13, 1993 Mayor Linke closed the public hearing for the street light utility at 8:50 p.m. Councilmember Trude suggested that this ordinance be amended to adjust the rates to be just and reasonable. Councilmember Quick stated that the introduction of the ordinance could be approved at this meeting and amended at the next meeting upon the next vote. Bill Frits called for a Point of Order. Mr. Frits stated that the Council was .having a discussion with no motion on the floor. Mayor Linke stated that there are two processes that an ordinance receives. One of the processes is its introduction and the other process is its adoption and there has to be a 14 day span between the two actions. Bill Frits stated that during the public hearing the Mayor called the' residents to order. Orduno stated that there is nothing in the State laws that require an ordinance to have a first and second reading. The ordinance has an introduction and its adoption 14 days apart. More and more cities are ~oving towards these terms regarding ordinances. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/wuori to Approve the Introduction of Ordinance No. 528, Repeal of Sunset Provision of Street Light Utility and Waive the Reading of the Same VOTE: 4 ayes 1 nay Motion Carried COUNCIL BUSINESS A. MOTION/SECOND: Linke/Quick to Remove from the Table the Continuation of Action on Ordinance No. 529 Establishing a Surface Water Utility and Amending Mounds View Municipal Code by Adding Chapter 73 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reviewed Staff Report No. 93-617C Regarding Continuation of Action on Ordinance No. 529 Establishing a Surface Water Utility and Amending Mounds View Municipal Code by Adding Chapter 73. Orduno reported that at the August 23 Council Meeting, the. City Council tabled 'to the meeting of September 13 the continuation of action on Ordinance No. 529. In the interim time, staff was to examine an alternative rate structure which would lessen the burden of the utility charges to the City's business community. Rocky Keene, Short- Elliott-Hendrickson developed an alternative rate structure and presented it for Council review at the September 7 Work Session.