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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting Page Two October 11, 1993 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: There was no special order of business. CONSENT AGENDA Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, read the Consent Agenda. Mayor Linke asked if there were any items the Council desired removed from the Consent Agenda. No items were removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. MOTION[SECOND: Quick/Wuori to adopt the Consent Agenda as amended. Item E. was amended by changing Resolution No. 4426 to 4429. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried RESIDENTS REOUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR There were no requests nor comments from the residents at this meeting concerning any issues not on the agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS There were no public hearings scheduled for this meeting. COUNCIL BUSINESS: A. Consideration of Resolution No. 4423 Opposing Federal and State Mandates and Declaring October 27,.1993 as "Unfunded Mandates Day" Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, explained that. each year more and more state and federal mandates are placed on cities. This creates a tremendous burden on cities trying to balance service demands with limited resources. Orduno explained that the League of Minnesota Cities in conjunction with the National. League of Cities has declared Wednesday, October 27, "Unfunded Mandates Day" in cities throughout the nation. It is a day in which all cities will help educate citizens and lawmakers about unfunded federal and state mandates that impact cities. Orduno further stated that the Mayors of cities will be sending letters to state and federal legislators asking that no more mandates be placed on cities. Mayor Linke gave an example of an un€unded mandate that appears on the citizens water bill that is collected by the City and given to the State.