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-7- There was a brief discussion of...some of the incidents reported in the• August Fire Department report beforethat. document.was ordered filed. Before.•the City Prosecutor's report on various matters conducted at the-. Hennepin County Municipal Court, August 6th was. ordered filed, Counci1member -Makowske expressed her concern at the number of DWI fines which had been stayed by the judge, from which she indicated she perceived. "he could have at least made them pay a part of the court costs". In reply to the Councilmember's inquiry about the proposed traffic light on Kenzie Terrace, Mr. Childs said Hennepin County had agreed to let the City put in the pedestrian signal at its own expense and -he would be coming to the Council for authorization to have the signs designed, but in the meantime, would be trying to find another source of funding to supplement the $20,000 in CDBG available for the project. The August liquor operation sales summary was ordered filed as informational without comment. During consideration of the September 2nd staff meeting notes, the Manager indicated the employee safety program the Risk Manaer was initiating was a smaller model of the one Mr. Flaten had just set up in Apple Valley. Mr. Childs' announcement that Dominic Cotroneo, a former St. Anthony Police Department Reserve would be taking the patrolman position in the Department..wasigreeted • with great enthusiasm, the perception being that he might provide the additional impetus to get the Reseve program working. The Manager alerted the Councilmembers to the fact that they would probably be involved in the Cancer Society "Jail and Bail " fund raiser at Apache Plaza in November. The June 30th study and evaluation of the City's internal accounting system by Stuart J. Bonniwell was discussed briefly with concurrence with the Manager's statement that he was quite comfortable with Mr. Bonniwell as the City's CPA and appreciated his rendering of the study in language which was easily understood. Mr. Childs indicated he perceived there had been nothing of a serious problem nature in the report and said staff had already instituted most of Mr. Bonniwell 's suggestions related to reimbursement of the City for administrative services by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, combining of utility funds and operations, and the establishment of separate budgets for each special revenue fund. The Manager next reported receiving an application for a conditional use permit to operate a bingo facility in approximately 9,000 square feet of the former LaBelle store at Apache from four charitable organizations: the March of Dimes; Disabled Veterans; Arrigoni 's House for Alcoholics;.. and Sister Giovanni 's Guadelupe Area Project.. Mr. Childs said because the request falls under the "assembly halls" category of permitted- uses in a commercial zone in the City Zoning Ordinance, the request would be first submitted to the Planning Commission for their recommendations September .16th, with possible return for Council approval , September 23rd. • The Council has a short time in which to respond to several portions of the application, including the request to operate seven nights per week until about 10:00 P.M. and one matinee each on Saturday on Sunday where state law requires a variance to operate more than four bingo occasions a week at one location. However, the Manager said, he had been told those variances are easily obtained, with variances for fourteen occasions not uncommon.