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HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000050_pg098PROCEEDINGS 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 April 23, 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 Acting Clerk - Administrator Anderson Attorney Meyers Councilmember Rowley asked that the April 9, 1979 minutes be corrected on Page 8 to read that she could not agree with Mr. Loeding's suggestions for changing the administrators description. MSP (McCarty- Hodges) to approve the April 9, 1979 minutes as corrected. 5 ayes CITIZEN COMMENTS AND REQUESTS Mayor McCarty gave an explanation of what he had referred to at the previous meeting in hiring Chuck Hubbard as a consultant. Roger Baumgartner stated that he would offer some free advise to the City, in that John Beardon had stated earlier that the Citizens Task Force report did not have a workable solution. Councilmember Rowley also stated that Mr. Beardon had made that statement. Neil Loeding, no address given, asked if the Council had the authority to prohibit citizen input at public meetings. Attorney Meyers replied that they did not at public hearings but that at informational meetings or Council workshops, that it was up to the chairman. He also explained that the open meeting law provides that any deliberation that may be voted on some day must be discussed in an open meeting. Mayor McCarty added that he did not believe there was a question in any Council members mind as to the openess of the Council. Larry Gehl, no address given, stated that he was interesting in develop- ing the Herbst property behind Perkins for a Consolidated Freightways truckers lodge but that he had spoken to Official Rose regarding City procedure and could not wait the approximately 90 days it might take to get approval. He explained that the building was to be occupied by August 25 and that the contractor would have to start building by June 15, and asked if there was any way to speed up the process. He also stated that they would be willing to put a road in to the proposed building from County Road H.