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~nds View City Council <br />gular Meeting <br />• <br />Page Nineteen <br />November 25, 1991 <br />Dave Schwartz indicated it would be a separate line item on <br />your utility bill and residents will also be paying sales tax. <br />William Werner, Sr., stated to the Council that they were doing <br />the wrong thing. The City needs to learn to live with Less <br />services. <br />Bill Werner, Jr., stated that the Council is violating <br />democratic principles. The spirit of the process has been <br />violated and he stated he brought this up as a means of <br />observation only. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that she takes these comments <br />seriously. Bill Werner, Jr., was commending the Council last <br />meeting for their openness. Rickaby stated that tonight as <br />she observed she saw the openess vanish. <br />Mayor Linke stated that there were more people here tonight <br />than at the public hearing. Mayor Linke stated the meeting is <br />cable cast and what the Council does here is under public <br />scrutiny. <br />Naja Werner stated, "let's forget about process", this is a <br />lapse in_ethics. Ms. Werner asked if the City is forgetting the basic <br />principles of democracy. <br />Mayor Linke stated that he is comfortable with the process <br />both ethically and morally. <br />Councilmember Blanchard stated that if the Council voted again on <br />the first reading more people will get the opportunity to come <br />to the second reading. Councilmember Blanchard stated what she <br />was trying to decide was what would be more advantageous to the <br />residents to have a chance to speak up at second reading and then the <br />Council could get more of a concensus from a bigger group of people. <br />Blanchard stated that eight people in the audience are hardly the City <br />majority. <br />Bill Frits, 8072 Long Lake Road, stated he was out with three people <br />this afternoon and all were vehement about this. Mr. Frits asked <br />if those persons would come to the Council meeting with him and they <br />said, no they would just watch me on television." Mr. Frits <br />stated that we are kicking a dead horse around and that the Council <br />should make a motion to deny. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Rickaby/Blanchard to deny Ordinance No. 498 Implementing <br />a Utility Franchise Fee <br />• <br />