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HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000049_pg007PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA A regular meeting of the Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor McCarty at 7:35 PM on January 8, 1979, at the Mounds View City Hall, 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112. Members present: Also present: Mayor McCarty Councilmember Hodges Councilmember Rowley Councilmember Ziebarth Councilmember Forslund Clerk - Administrator Achen Attorney Meyers MSP (Hodges- Rowley) to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of December 18, 1978, as presented. 3 ayes 2 abstain Mayor McCarty and Councilmember Forslund abstained from the vote. Councilmember Forslund stated she would like the January 2, 1979, minutes corrected in the third paragraph on page 1 to include the title of notary public for Dorothy Sandgren. Councilmember Forslund also stated that she would like the wording changed in the second to the last paragraph on page 2 to reflect that each Councilmember would be a liaison with each department head. Mayor McCarty stated he would like the minutes changed to read on page 1, third to the last paragraph, that Councilmember Forslund would fill the Planning Commission liaison position only. MSP (Ziebarth - Hodges) to approve the minutes of the special meeting of January 2, 1979, as corrected. 5 ayes CITIZEN COMMENTS AND REQUESTS John Pickar, 2299 Knoll Drive, asked Councilmember Forslund for a clarification of her statement that she wanted each Councilmember to be a liaison for a department head. He stated that in the past the City Administrator has directly supervised the department heads and asked if she wanted to change that policy. Councilmember Forslund replied that she was advocating that change since she felt the Council could expedite policy making decisions much quicker than the Administrator. Mr. Pickar asked Mayor McCarty for clarification of a statement he had made in his speech of January 2, 1979, stating he was against development of business property unless the developer could prove the development would be of benefit to the City. Mayor McCarty stated his actual position was that