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the road would be Mounds View Boulevard within the City, and further down the road, it would be Coon Rapids Boulevard. He stated he would like to see some consistency, and possibly retain the County Road 10 designation m addition to the new name. Council Member Quick stated he would agree to this suggestion. Mayor Coughlin stated that the City of Mounds View would be assigned a new area code, as of January 1, 2001. He stated he believed it would be (763). He stated Mounds View is the only City in the County of Ramsey that presently utilizes the (612) area code. He suggested the Council direct staff to request the Public Utilities Commission consider including Mounds View in the (651) area code, along with the rest of Ramsey County. He stated he had mentioned retaining (612), but believed this area code would be reserved for the areas of Minneapolis and Richfield, and did not think this would be an option. Council Member Quick stated he would be agreeable to the (651) area code. Mayor Coughlin stated it was the consent of the Council to direct City Administrator Whiting to research this matter, and report his findings to the Council. Mayor Coughlin stated, upon re-reading the Charter the prior weekend, he had come across a stipulation, which requires the Council to read aloud all resolutions, unless they are waived by unanimous consent of the Council. He suggested, in an attempt to acknowledge the spirit of that clause in the Charter, and in consideration that most of these resolutions do not necessarily need to be read aloud during the Council meeting, he would include within the Approval of the Agenda, the Approval of the Waiving of the Readings of the resolutions presented on the agenda, unless otherwise specified. Council Member Quick stated he was agreeable to that. Mayor Coughlin stated it was the consensus of the Council to direct the City Administrator to add the appropriate verbiage to the agenda in this regard. Council Member Marty stated he had no report. Finance Director Kessel stated at the Work Session of the prior week, they discussed the certification of outstanding accounts receivable and utility bills. He stated the letters would be mailed this week, and the item would be listed on the Council Agenda within five to six weeks. He stated there will be a public hearing on any outstanding bills, and after that public hearing, the bills would be certified. Planning Associate Ericson updated the Council regarding the sale of rugs at the Holiday Stationstore. He stated the rug vendor did act in good faith, and the rug vendor was not Holiday Stationstore. He stated the vendor had come in to the City for a Solicitation Peddlers Permit, which is not the appropriate permit for this type of use. He stated this matter was not handled properly within the administration, and it was staff's responsibility that the rugs were being sold at that location. He added that, by no means was this something that Holiday Stationstore was attempting, after the City had approved their conditional use permit. He stated the vendor did agree to cut short his stay, and the rugs arae now gone. Council Member Thomason stated that 4 C:\ADMIN\MINUTES\CC\8-09-99.CC