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~nds View City Council <br />gular Meeting <br />Page Eleven <br />November 12, 1991 <br />asked permission of each member of the Council if he <br />could step down and turn this item over to the Acting <br />Mayor as he is the Lion's Club President and the Chief <br />Executive Officer, which makes him the person directly <br />asking for this approval. Granted permission, Acting <br />Mayor Blanchard then called on Bob Wharton of the Lion's <br />Club to explain the request for approval. <br />Mr. Wharton supplied the Councilmembers with a list <br />of donations made by the Lion's club to the City, <br />youth groups and schools. The total amount of these donations <br />was $167,351. <br />Acting Mayor Blanchard commented that it is always <br />amazing the amount of money the Lion's put back into the <br />community. Blanchard further stated that the majority of the money <br />stays in the community. <br />Mr. Wharton stated that donations also are spent on leader dogs <br />for the blind, hearing dogs, and the Lions Club International <br />Foundation. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Rickaby to approve Charitable Gambling <br />License and Locations for Mounds View Lion's Club <br />4 ayes 1 abstention 0 nays Motion Carried <br />3. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reviewed Resolution No. <br />4139 which calls for the repeal of the presidential primary. Orduno <br />stated this will be the first presidential primary ever and the cost <br />is to be borne completely by the cities. Senator Marty of .Roseville <br />is on the Elections Committee and is asking that cities support <br />the repeal of this primary in order that full funding may be approved <br />at the state level, eliminating the need for any local government <br />costs for conducting this primary. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Blanchard/Wuori to adopt Resolution No. 4136 <br />Calling for the Repeal of the Presidential Primary <br />5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried <br />4. Mary Saarion, Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director, reviewed this <br />item regarding the appropriation of $792 for Senior Citizen <br />Community Center Survey. The Senior Community Center Task Force <br />has looked into the feasibility of contracting survey services with <br />Decision Resources. The total cost would be $5,500 for a 500 person <br />survey. This would be a telephone survey, .100 persons from each <br />city and then 100 questions specifically to senior citizens of the <br />quad city population. The percentage of funding for the City <br />of Mounds view's share would be $792.00. <br />