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Mounds View City Council December 9, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 9 <br />• <br />Council Member Stigney indicated he did not see an analogy between gasoline and fireworks as <br />you do not light gas on fire. <br />Ayes - 3 Nays - 2(Quick/Stigney) Motion carried. <br />Council Member Marty asked why blocking a mailbox with a vehicle was removed. <br />Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated the issue was there is no law prohibiting it. <br />Council Member Marty asked why satellite dishes was removed. <br />Community Development Director Ericson indicated that it is not covered under the building <br />code and not something the City has ever charged for. He then said that given the more recent <br />popularity of dish systems there would be a large outcry if the City started charging for it. <br />Council Member Marty indicated he would like to refer the Community Center and the practices <br />over there to a work session for discussion. He then said that he was over there over the <br />weekend and looked at the telephone numbers of those using the open gym and only two had 763 <br />telephone numbers the rest were 612, 651, and 952. <br />Ayes - 4 Nays - 1(Quick) Motion carried. <br />7. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br />A. Public Hearing to Consider Resolution 5892 for the Adoption of a Revised Utility <br />Rate Schedule for 2003 for the Storm Water Utility. <br />Mayor Sonterre opened the public hearing at 8:15 p.m. <br />Finance Director Hansen provided information on the proposed rate increase. <br />Finance Director Hansen indicated the main thing happening this year is the City took a look to <br />see where City Staff was spending time and that caused some shift in personnel costs that <br />affected some budgets and in brief, after review, the water utility and sanitary sewer utility were <br />being overcharged for fulltime personnel and the general fund and storm water fund picked up a <br />full time which amounted to an operating deficit for 2003 and the need for a rate increase from <br />$3.99 per quarter to $5.50 per quarter. <br />Mayor Sonterre closed the public hearing at 8:21 p.m. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Marty. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 5892, a <br />Resolution Adopting a Revised Utility Rate Schedule for 2003 for the Storm Water Utility. <br />• <br />Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. <br />