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Mounds View City Council <br />Regular Meeting <br />September 27, 1999 <br />Page 9 <br />Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. <br />• E. Authorize the Purchase of the Council Chambers Projection System. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated Video Producer and Production Coordinator, Patrick Toth, had provided <br />the Council with information regarding this matter, and the projection system, installed, is <br />estimated to cost between $7,000 and $9,000. <br />Mayor Coughlin suggested the Council consider a motion authorizing the purchase of the <br />Council Chambers projection system, not to exceed $9,000. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Marty. To Authorize the Purchase of the Council Chambers <br />Projection System, Not to Exceed $9,000. <br />Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. <br />Council Member Stigney asked if the Cable Franchise Fee was the funding source for the <br />projection system. Mayor Coughlin stated this was correct. He explained that the Cable <br />Committee has unanimously approved this item, and has allocated the money for this purchase. <br />He added that the projection system would not only be utilized for Council Chambers, but to <br />augment and modernize the presentation capabilities of the Community Center, as well. <br />Council Member Marty inquired if the projection system would be portable. Mayor Coughlin <br />• stated it would be. <br />F. Ratify Previous Council Actions of the August 23, 1999 City Council <br />Meeting. <br />Mayor Coughlin stated the Council had been provided with a list of three items, which were <br />passed on a two-to-one vote at the August 23, 1999 City Council meeting. He explained the <br />Council had inquired of the City Attorney, who was not aware of a City Charter amendment that <br />requires three votes to officially pass an item, and therefore, advised the Council that the two-to- <br />one vote would pass. <br />Mayor Coughlin noted although statutory requirements indicate that the majority of a quorum <br />passes a motion, it has been brought to his attention by Council Member Quick that the City <br />Charter specifically requires a vote of three in order to pass, regardless of the number in the <br />quorum. <br />Mayor Coughlin requested the Council move to ratify the previous Council actions of the August <br />23, 1999 City Council meeting, Resolution No.5363, a Resolution Authorizing a Golf Course <br />Assistant Position, Resolution No. 5361, a Resolution Approving Traffic Control Signal <br />Agreement for Edgewood Drive and TH 10, and the Authorization of Staff to Hire a New Code <br />Enforcement Staff Member, and to Upgrade the Planning Associate Position. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Marty. To Ratify Previous Council Actions of the August 23, 1999 <br />City Council Meeting, Resolution No. 5363, a Resolution Authorizing a Golf Course Assistant <br />Position, Resolution No. 5361, a Resolution Approving Traffic Control Signal Agreement for <br />