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3. • 1 In his opinion, the Senator felt the- Special Session would address tax issues 2 specifically, but would probably address the SCORE bill as well . 3 4 Councilmember Marks expressed his concern in meeting the mandate of the Open 5 Meeting Law as it applies to interviewing candidates for the position of City 6 Manager. He noted that at the present .time the St. Anthony City Council is in 7 the position of doing just such interviews. He stated it has been particularly 8 difficult as candidates were placed in an awkward position if their interviewing 9 were made public and it also may eliminate possible good candidates. Senator Marty 10 recognized the dilemma and how it could inhibit qualified people. Councilmember 11 Marks requested the law be reviewed and some amendment be considered for "sheltered 12 personnel issues." 13 14 A resident in attendance felt property taxes on rental property should receive 15 some discount for improvements to the property. He felt an increase -in valuation 16 resulting from improvements served as a negative reinforcement to rental property 17 owners. 18 19 Discussion continued regarding the Ethics Bill authored 'by Senator Marty. Some 20 members of the Council felt it would have a severe impact on elected officials 21 and was, indeed, requiring some personal information of .public officials that 22 was not.,pertinent to their service. • 23 24 Councilmember Makowske had recently attended a Ramsey County League of Local 25 Governments meeting where the proposed one percent sales tax to be levied by . 26 municipal governments was discussed. She felt this could be devastating to �7 small communities. 28 �9 Mayor Sundland advised the Senator that all cities in the State were having a 30 problem setting their budgets and noted that to pass a tax bill was the primary 31 reason the legislators were sent to St. Paul . Senator Marty noted he was as 32 shocked as anyone when the Governor vetoed the tax bill . 33 34 Ranallo observed that the vetoed tax bill would not have benefitted the City 35 of St. Anthony. He requested that the Senator review how all of the cities 36 in his district would fair with any proposed tax bill as well as any other 37 issues which may be introduced in a Special Session. 38 39 The resident at 2500 34th Avenue N.E. requested that the Legislature pass 40 some guidelines regarding municipal liquor operations. Senator Marty res- 41 ponded that he preferred municipal liquor control , rather than private. 42 - He felt there is better control with municipal liquor operations, and that 43 the sole interest was not only profit. 44 45 Councilmember Marks - felt the Legislature has made a serious .mistake regarding 46 vehicular .speeding by passing the Dimler Amendment which has resulted in a 47 reduction of courtesy and caution. The Senator noted he 'doesn' t expect the 48 Amendment to be repealed. 49 50 Senator Marty invited all members of the City Council: to call or write him