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Mounds View City Council <br />.Regular Meeting <br />Page Sixteen <br />July 27, 1992 <br />have been coming in and he listens to them. Mayor Linke stated after <br />advertising the budget meetings he was hoping to see people attend, <br />however, no one showed up. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that this was a statement publicly made <br />at the meetings. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Linke to approve setting a public hearing <br />for 7:15 p.m., August 24, 1992, to consider an ordinance implementing <br />a franchise fee on gas and electric utilities <br />5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried <br />G. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, reviewed Staff Report No. <br />92-338C regarding the designation of the St. Paul Pioneer Press <br />as the City's Second Legal Paper. Orduno stated that it would <br />be advantageous for the City to have a daily paper as a back-up <br />to the City's weekly paper in the case that deadlines that couldn't be <br />accomplished in a weekly could be met by a daily paper. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that she has a problem with putting <br />legal notices in a daily paper because many of the residents do <br />• not receive daily papers. Rickaby further stated that she noticed <br />that she sees many more Star and Tribune boxes than she does St. <br />Paul Pioneer Press boxes in the area. This would require that the <br />residents purchase daily a daily newspaper and those who didn't <br />wouldn't be aware of the legal notice. The City has two local <br />newspapers which are free. If back-up is needed, it would make sense <br />to place it in the other free newspaper where more residents would read <br />it. <br />Mayor Linke stated that sometimes there is a necessity to meet a <br />10 day deadline and a weekly paper cannot accomplish this. <br />Orduno stated it is rare that the City would have to use the <br />back up paper, but most cities do have one.. <br />Councilmember Wuori stated that if, inadvertently, there would be <br />a problem with the local paper not publishing a legal and there <br />is a 10 day notice period, the daily paper could run it right away <br />and the City could still meet its deadline. This would mean that <br />a public hearing or informational meeting would not have to be <br />postponed or rescheduled. <br />Orduno further stated that the City of Mounds View also receives <br />coverage from the St. Paul Pioneer Press and receives no coverage <br />from the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that it is a waste of money because <br />the St. Paul Pioneer Press would not reach all homes as the <br />