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• 1 attention to the number of bench warrants issued for non-appear- 2 ance, saying they averaged three per day in this report. He 3 also found the number of complaints filed by the St. Anthony 4 police to be "incredible" . The Hance & LeVahn, Ltd. report was 5 then ordered filed for future reference. 6 Council Perceives Too Many Problems Involved in Allowing Pull Tabs in 7 City 8 Because the City Attorney' s services were only required in conjunction 9 with the continuance of discussions about amending the City' s charita- 10 ble gambling ordinance and the Lions Club proponents were present, the 11 Mayor, with the Concurrence of the other Councilmembers, moved the 12 matter up on the agenda. 13 The existing ordinance had originally been adopted in response to 14 proposals that a professional fund raiser operate a Bingo Hall to 15 include the sale of pull tabs on behalf of a consortium of charitable 16 organizations, including the March of Dimes and Sister Giovanni ' s 17 activities in St. Paul. 18 Since that time, the Council had received written requests to amend 19 the ordinance to allow the sale of pull tabs in municipal liquor 20 stores from the St. Anthony Lions Club and the Hennepin County Humane 21 Society. The St. Anthony Boosters Club had verbally requested the 0-2 same from Mayor Sundland. In the meantime, members of the Lions Club 23 had vigorously lobbied each Councilmember at home and the 24 organization' s President, Ken Girard, as well as Lions members Oscar 25 Norgren and Wes Henry, were in attendance for further input to the 26 discussions. 27 The Mayor recalled for the benefit of those present that the City of 28 Minneapolis had officially accepted this form of charitable fund 29 raising recently and said Ray Nelson, the City' s Liquor Manager, had 30 indicated he perceived the activity might benefit his operation. 31 The legal ramifications of having pull tabs sold in municipal liquor 32 stores had been fully explored in memoranda from both the City 33 Manager and Attorney, which had been included in the Council' s October 34 22nd agenda packet. However, a decision had again been deferred for 35 further information from the Lions Club related to the international 36 organization' s activities in Kenya, which had been of particular 37 concern to Councilmember Makowske. 38 Mr. Soth added to the information he had previously given by saying: 39 *if the Council simply approved the sale of pull tabs in 40 St. Anthony, Minnesota law would permit any applicant to get a 41 license from the state unless a resolution against that license - 42 were adopted within 30 days; 4143 4