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Polder. CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1989
Document: CC MINUTES 03071989
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1 The meeting was called to order at 7: 32 P.M. with the Pledge of
2 Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. A work session with Buetow and
3 Associates, representatives related to the renovation of the Community
4 Center, preceded the Council meeting.
5 ROLL CALL
6 Present for roll call : Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske.
7 Also present: David Childs, City Manager
8 Sue VanderHeyden, Assistant to the City Manager
9 FEBRUARY 28, 1989 COUNCIL MINUTES
10 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve with the following
11 changes:
12 Page 4 , lines 18-23 : Substitute the following:
13 "Volunteers of America Week to be Observed in St. Anthony Week of
14 March 5-12
0 In approving the above, the Council also accepted Mayor Sundland's
16 suggestion that a proclamation honoring volunteerism in St. Anthony
17 would be made sometime after March 26th.
18 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to proclaim the week of March
19 5-12, 1989 as Volunteers of America Week in St. Anthony with the
20 understanding that St. Anthony volunteers would be specially honored
. 21 by a similar proclamation sometime after Easter Sunday. "
22 Page 5: lines 37 , 39, 43 : Correct spelling of "Nystuen" .
23 Page 6, lines 20, 22 : Identify "the volunteer" as "Sharon
24 Damsgard" .
25 Page 7: lines 21, 22, 23 : Rewrite as follows:
26 "know there had been some questions raised by the City's insurance
27 provider which indicated the city might be facing payment of a large
28 deductible if the float was covered under the City's umbrella
29 liability policy. "
30 Page 7, line 44: Substitute "northeast corner of the Community Center
31 parking lot" for "west side of the Community Center" .
32 Page 8, line 30: Substitute "Policy" for "Steering" before "Committee" .
33 Page 8, line 38: Insert "Court" before "policy" .
34 Motion carried unanimously.
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1 LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS
Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to grant a new heating license
3 to E. A. H. Schmidt & Associates and to renew the following licenses as
4 presented in the March 7 , 1989 agenda packet:
5 Bench
6 U.S. Bench Corp. , Minneapolis, MN
7 Bowling Alley
8 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. , Apache Plaza
9 Cigarette
10 Gas Unlimited, Inc. , Minneapolis, MN (Chuck's 365)
11 Woodside Enterprises, Minneapolis, MN (Baker's Square)
12 Contractors
13 Hage Construction Co. , Edina, MN
14 Twin City Exteriors Co. , Inc. , Crystal, MN
15 Gibraltar Mausoleum Construction Co. , Inc. , Indianapolis, IN
16 Pine Cone Nursery, Coon Rapids, MN
Rubbish Removal
8 Gallagher's Service Blaine, MN
19 Service Station
20 Speedy Markets, Inc. , St. Paul , MN
21 Dave's St. Anthony Mobil, 2616 Hwy. 88
22 Murphy's Service Center, 3501 - 29th Avenue N.E.
23 Vending Machine
24 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. , Minneapolis, MN
25 Motion carried unanimously.
26 CLAIMS
27 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $2,400.00
28 to the Hance & LeVahn law firm for legal services relative to St.
2.9 Anthony prosecutions during March, 1989. , .
30 Motion carried unanimously.
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I Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $564.86
40 to the Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services to the City of St.
Anthony during January, 1989.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $930.54 to
6 Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. for engineering services from December
7 25, 1988 through January 21, 1989 relative to the replacement of the
8 Foss Road sewage pumping station.
9 Motion carried unanimously.
10 City About $10,000 Ahead With Cable Franchise
11 Councilmember Enrooth made the above observation after viewing the March
12 1st letter from the North Suburban Cable Commission Administrator with
13 and the attached 1988 franchise check for $17,126.44 which he compared
14 to the billing for $1,035.00 representing the City's 1989 contribution
15 towards the NSCC costs.
16 Council Action
17 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $7,035.00 as
18 the 1989 franchise fee to the North Suburban Cable Commission.
4VMotion carried unanimously.
20 REPORTS
21 COUNCIL REPORTS
-2=2 Neighbors' Differences to be Mediated by dispute Resolution Center
23 Councilmember Makowske reported receiving several calls from neighbors
24 who had differed over one neighbor's snow plowing onto another
25 neighbor's driveway and path left for the mail carrier. She indicated
26 the matter would be referred to the Dispute Resolution Center. It was
27 generally agreed that the City Manager was correct in saying the Center
28 would be the "perfect forum" for airing neighbor disagreements like this
29 one which appeared to be of a longstanding nature.
30 Councilmember Enrooth Urges Implementation of Recycling Program in St.
31 Anthony
32 The Councilmember recommended the time lines for the program be updated
33 to allow enough time for the City Attorney and Solid Waste Committee
34 to review the final draft of the Refuse Licensing Ordinance, a
35 preliminary draft of which had been included in the Council's agenda
36 packet that evening. He said considering how long it could take to
37 review, publish and give the ordinance three readings, he was concerned
38 that the City's program might not be in place before the deadline when
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1 mandated to take it over. Mr. Childs indicated the preliminary draft
had been presented for Council feedback before it is put into final form
for the necessary reviews. He also indicated he thought Ms.
4 VanderHeyden should be complimented for the document in the agenda
5 packet which he perceived thoroughly covered all the issues involved.
6 The ordinance was discussed further during the City Manager's report
7 later in the agenda.
8 Florida Far Behind Minnesota When it Comes to Handling Water and Refuse
9 Problems
10 Councilmember Enrooth reported he had concluded the above while
11 traveling through Florida recently. He said the "mountains of trash"
12 he saw piled up in Florida made "Mount Trashmore out East" look like a
13 "molehill" in comparison. The Councilmember said it seemed to him that
14 Florida just didn't know how to handle these problems at all.
15 Councilmember Ranallo Appointed to Serve on League of Minnesota Special
16 Budget Committee
17 The Councilmember reported attending the first meeting of this Committee
18 that day when three new projects were initiated. He said he thought the
19 other Councilmembers might be especially interested in one of these
20 which would computerize property tax information throughout the state
21 in a modeling effort designed to compare the taxes imposed on
22 metropolitan and outstate communities.
• The Councilmember indicated the Committee also intended computerizing
24 a study on the effect of tax increment financing throughout the state
25 to provide a better basis for proposed legislation dealing with future
26 tax increment financing. The third program the Committee would be
27 undertaking would be a computerized comparison of municipal personnel
28 wage and hours according to population which cities could refer to when
29 they have to go to labor contract arbitration. He said metropolitan
30 municipalities are able to seek some of that information from the
31 Metropolitan Area Managers Association now, but the League study would
32 benefit some of the outstate municipalities who don't have access to
33 that data. The Councilmember indicated the League research would
34 incorporate similar studies by other organizations into a centralized
35 information bank available to all Minnesota cities.
36 Councilmember Ranallo then informed the Councilmembers that the costs
37 of the new Committee's research would be paid from a 1 .5% surcharge on
38 the League Insurance Trust. He then asked for suggestions from staff
39 and the other Councilmembers about other programs the Committee might
40 undertake which would benefit all Minnesota municipalities. The
41 Councilmember said he would present those suggestions at the next
42 Committee meeting, April 17th.
43 Light Rail Service to St. Anthony Given High Priority by Ramsey County
44 LRT Consultants
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1 Councilmember Marks indicated his attendance at the 4:00 P.M. meeting
of the Ramsey County Light Rail Transit Intergovernmental Advisory
Committee had caused him to be late for the Council work session with
4 the architects which had preceded the Council meeting that evening.
5 The Councilmember reported that this had only been the third meeting the
6 Advisory Committee had held and it was devoted to potential light rail
7 lines in Ramsey County which would be designed to access the other lines
8 being studied by other counties. One of the major considerations that
9 afternoon had been whether to build the LRT rails at the same level as
10 general traffic or at a higher elevation similar to the metro rail
11 system in Washington, D.C. The Councilmember said he perceived the
12 Committee members were leaning towards the latter because that system
13 had proved to be the fastest for moving riders in and out and it
14 provided the best handicapped access.
15 The Ramsey County consultants had identified a -number of potential
16 routes which could be utilized for light rail corridors, Councilmember
17 Marks reported. He said the Committee is studying them all with the
18 exception of the Midway corridor between Minneapolis and St. Paul where
19 it is most likely the first system would be built. Interestingly
20 enough, the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee member added, St.
21 Anthony, along with Roseville, Falcon Heights and Little Canada, had
22 been named in the Ramsey County Comprehensive Plan in respect to
23 transportation as deserving the next highest priority for light rail
24 service because they were the most developed communities in Ramsey
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26 Councilmember Marks reported further that:
27 -the concept of coordinating the light rail system with the existing
Ines servicing areas away from the Minneapolis and St. Paul
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29 downtowns was also explored;
30 -although the planning of light rail transit in Ramsey County might
31 be behind the Anoka/Hennepin study, the Committee, having held only
32 three meetings to date, has the necessary energy and initiative on the
33 Ramsey County Board to propel the concept into reality in that County
34 as well;
35 -his friend, George Isaacs, who is considered by some to be the
36 "foremost guru of light rail in the country" is also serving on the
37 Ramsey County LRT Board;
38 -Mr. Isaacs had given the Councilmember an advance copy of the survey
39 which had appeared in that morning's papers, which indicated there was
40 a high level of public interest in light rail, especially by young
41 people who are almost compelled to look for alternate means of
42 transportation.
43 Councilmember Marks indicated that when the consultants had asked
4 whether there was anything they could do to enable the Committee members
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2 better demonstrate just where the rail lines were being proposed.
Ms. VanderHeyden reported she had been attending the Technical Advisory
4 Committee meetings and Councilmember Marks indicated his Committee had
5 requested to see the minutes of those meetings to give his Committee
6 more reliable information on which to base their own recommendations.
7 DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
8 -The only report in the agenda packet under that heading was the
9 February Liquor Operations Sales Summary, which was ordered filed for
10 future reference.
11 CITY MANAGER REPORTS
12 Possibility Explored of St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce Taking Over
13 Float Project
14 While Councilmember Makowske was consulting privately with a resident
15 who had come to talk about snow plowing differences, Councilmember
16 Enrooth commented that he understood the research he had done before he
17 left on his trip to Florida had "become moot" while he was gone, but he
18 wanted to report nevertheless that his study had estimated the Public
19 Works Department involvement in the float project as well as up front
20 insurance costs could run between $2 ,400.00 and $4 ,000.00. However, he
03 said he had also learned that the insurance factor was such as to almost
prohibit the City from contributing towards that portion of the float's
costs.
24 Councilmember Ranallo indicated he was certain the Float Committee was
25 still expecting the City to pay the insurance costs for the project and
26 he_ asked for further clarification of Councilmember Enrooth's
27 assumption, indicating he had understood from conversations he had with
28 the Mayor of Rochester regarding that city's float, that the City would
29 only have to pay a nominal amount like $50.00 to include the float under
30 the City's League Trust Fund umbrella liability coverage. Councilmember
31 Enrooth told him the basis for the City's lower umbrella liability
32 premium was that the City would have to carry higher deductibles which
33 would have to be absorbed by the City if an accident connected to the
34 float should occur. He said the City would have to pay the $10,000
35 deductible out of its own cash flow, if an accident occurred. Covering
36 the float could.therefore expose the City to a liability beyond what the
-37 Council had originally intended to include under its insurance
38 deductibles. Mr. Childs said he didn't have the exact figures of what
39 the City would have to pay to insure the float separately, but he was
40 quite certain the premiums would be the same as for any other commercial
41 effort.
42 The City Manager then reported that during the St. Anthony Chamber of
43 Commerce meeting he had attended that morning, several Chamber members
44 had indicated they perceived the float should logically be undertaken
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1 as a Chamber community marketing promotion. Mr. Childs said that led
2 to a discussion of whether there might be a need to change the public
perception of the Chamber from just a business organization to a
4 community promotion organization where community activities would no
5 longer be divided between the City and the Chamber. That conclusion led
6 to the proposal to lower the Chamber dues to between $10.00 and $25.00
7 a year to encourage not only more business membership but also as an
8 inducement for more City residents to join. Mr. Childs said hopefully,
9 this would bring more people, including VillageFest Committee members,
10 into the Chamber and make it possible to transfer the responsibility for
11 getting a float for St. Anthony from the City to the Chamber where it
12 probably rightfully belongs.
13 The City Manager said he thought the Chamber had the necessary
14 structuring under which both the Historical Society and the VillageFest
15 Committee could operate with the Chamber being in a better position to
16 file for the 501-3C classification necessary for the Historical Society
17 to solicit contributions and to extend whatever insurance coverage it
18 offers its directors to the VillageFest Committee who would then be
1.9 working within the Chamber on the float project. The City's involvement
20 in the project would not be lessened because he would just continue his
21 dual role of City Manager and Chair of the Chamber Marketing Committee
22 which includes working towards a float for the City. Councilmember
23 Marks agreed that a stronger Chamber of Commerce would benefit the City,
24 recalling how the Council could have used strong Chamber support when
25 they undertook the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project.
f7Council Amenable to Lending the VillageFest Committee $7,000 to Have A
Float Built Professionally
28 Mr. Childs relayed the above request which had been presented to him at
29 the last Committee meeting. He indicated the Committee was in the
30 process of planning fund raisers from which they could pay the City
31 back.
32 Councilmember Makowske downgraded the risk the City might be taking by
33 recalling that during the previous discussions of the City's role in
34 getting a float, she thought at least a couple of Councilmembers had
35 agreed with the Mayor that the float could be considered to be an
36 "Ambassadorpiece" for telling people outside the Village about St.
37 Anthony.
38 Mr. Childs reported he had informally discussed the possibility of the
39 City lending the Committee the necessary money to pay for the float with
40 the City Attorney, who had perceived a legal precedent had already
41 been established under which other municipalities had lent organizations
42 like the Boosters money to build baseball diamonds for which those
43 cities are now being paid back from fees charged teams who use those
44 fields.
45 Councilmember Ranallo reported Bill Sauer had been at the VillageFest
46 Committee meeting he had attended the previous evening and the resident
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1 had recalled that the City had provided seed money for the various
itWrangler Days which had been held in St. Anthony years ago and had
thought the City had gotten back most of its money after those events.
4 Mayor Sundland agreed that about $800.00 had been lent to cover the
5 initial costs of those events and that the committees in charge of the
6 events had paid back whatever they could from what they had taken in
7 during the celebrations. His own recollection was that about $600.00
8 had been raised to pay the City back. He said he would have no problem
9 lending the Committee the money it needs for a float with the
10 realization that they would make the best effort they could to pay it
11 back. The Mayor also wanted to see firm figures related to what the
12 insurance would cost, perceiving those figures could probably be more
13 easily gotten by the Chamber.
14 Councilmember Enrooth pointed out that $7,000. 00 was certainly not the
15 same as lending $800.00 for a community event and he urged a formal
16 document be developed for the loan so the impression would not be left
17 that everybody could automatically turn to the City to underwrite
18 future community activities without paying the money back. The
19 Councilmember also suggested eliminating any reference to the City
20 sponsoring the VillageFest from the letter the Committee is sending City
21 merchants to solicit food booth participants and financial donations for
22 the event. Mr. Childs agreed, saying the Chamber members he had talked
23 to that morning had certainly supported having the Chamber take over
24 that sponsorship.
Ms. VanderHeyden indicated she didn't think the VillageFest Committee
would perceive the transfer of the float to Chamber auspices as a loss
27 of control for themselves, but instead would see it as an opportunity
28 to get more people involved in the planning and making the float a
29 reality.
30 Mayor Sundland said he would welcome having the Chamber take over the
31 sponsorship of the celebration itself because he thought the Chamber
32 should share the role of marketeer of the community with the City.
33 There was concurrence that having the Chamber identified on the side of
34 the float as its sponsor would be no different than having other
35 community based organizations names acknowledged as the sponsors of
36 other community floats. The City Manager responded to the fear that the
37 VillageFest Committee might read the transfer of the float to the
38 Chamber as an indication that the Council was trying to get out of
39 involvement in the project by saying that many City departments are
40 working closely with the Committee and the fact that all the
41 Councilmembers and he and Ms. VanderHeyden intend to continue their
42 efforts to make the float a success. Offering a $7,000.00 loan could
43 certainly not be seen as a disengagement either, he added.
44 Mr. Childs was requested to develop a letter of understanding for
45 Council approval at their next meeting.
46 Presentation on Proposed Changes in Minnesota Human Services Licensing
47 Law Scheduled for Council's March 28th Meeting
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I Copies of the February 27th letter from the Ramsey County Community
Human Services Department asking whether the Council had such an
interest had been provided in the Council agenda packet. Councilmember
4 Marks indicated he certainly thought the Councilmembers should have an
5 opportunity to learn more about the proposed changes in the community
6 placement of group homes and to be able to provide City input to the
7 legislation. Councilmember Makowske who had reported previously on the
8 issue, commented that in its role of St. Anthony Human Rights
9 Commission, the Council seemed to be the logical body to receive the
10 presentation.
11 No VanderHeyden Again Praised for "Rxcellent" Refuse Licensing
12 Ordinance
13 The City Manager agreed with the above statement by Councilinember
14 Makowske indicating he expected the final document might be used as a
15 model for similar ordinances in other municipalities.
16 Various aspects of the March 3rd preliminary draft of the ordinance were
17 discussed with Councilmember Enrooth, who had served as the Council's
18 liaison on the Recycling Task Force, whose criteria had been established
19 in the ordinance.
20 The Councilmember explained that Subdivision 2 of Section A on Page 2
21 would license the collection of aluminum in the City, which, because of
22 its lucrative resale value, had even led some persons to tear the
aluminum right off the sides of buildings to sell.
24 Ordinance to Address Yard Waste Hauling by Truck Farmers
25 Ms. VanderHeyden pointed out that the truck farmer who has been
26 collecting grass clippings from several residents including
27 Councilmembers could continue to do that without a license from the City
28 as long as they had an "account relationship" with the property owners
29 and complied with the ordinance requirements for hauling contained in
30 Subdivision 4. Mr. Childs suggested the City might want to issue a
31 license to such persons which would require them to keep the City
32 apprised of the weight of the clippings they hauled away and assure that
33 there would be no leakage from the vehicles used to do the hauling,
34 which was pretty well covered in the ordinance. There would also be an
35 attempt to coordinate these pickups with the recylcable collections on
36 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It was also recognized that in 1990 state law
37 would prevent yard waste from being disposed of in landfills.
38 Mr. Childs said he would give the ordinance to the City Attorney for
39 review as soon as possible. He commented that he expected only refuse
40 haulers to have questions after the document is published and then only
41 because the ordinance calls for some changes in what they are doing now.
42 The City Manager continued that he didn't believe there was anything in
43 the proposed ordinance which would prevent any of them from "doing
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1 reasonable business in St. Anthony" , especially since most of the
2 regulations would be state mandated in a year or so anyway.
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3 Mayor Sundland agreed that he didn't anticipate much opposition from the
4 residents themselves and said unless he was wrong, he perceived it might
5 be possible to shorten up the process by incorporating a couple of
6 readings into one Council meeting.
7 Staff to Continue Working With Haulers Regarding Recycling Incentives
8 and Containers
9 A joint City/hauler incentive program would be pursued further and the
10 possibility of the City providing recycling containers paid for from
11 County funds was also discussed. There was also recognition that unless
12 80% of the residents continued to chose Waste Management Inc. as their
13 hauler, that company would probably not be able to afford to provide the
14 recycling equipment it now does for the City Recycling Center, which
15 would have to be phased out. Mr. Childs reported that conversations he
16 had recently held with Waste Management Inc. indicated they weren't
17 closing the door completely on continuation of their existing non-
18 containerized collections in the Village. He thought they might even
19 institute a containerized program themselves under which their customers
20 would be charged for the containers.
21 NEW BUSINESS
f32 1989 Employment Agreement with David Childs to be Executed
Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adopt Resolution 89-008 which
24 continues Mr. Childs' employment as St. Anthony City Manager for 1989.
25 RESOLUTION 89-008
26 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE
27 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY TO EXECUTE THE
28 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAVID M. CHILDS
29 AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
30 Motion carried unanimously.
31 Rieke-Carroll-Muller Low Bidder to Provide Feasibility and Cost Study
32 for M.S.A. Roads
33 The three quotations received by Public Works Director Hamer to provide
34 maintenance evaluation of four concrete M.S.A. streets in St. Anthony
35 had been attached to Mr. Hamer's March 1st memorandum listing those
36 streets and recommending the Council accept the lowest bid.
37 Council Action
38 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to accept the low bid of not to
39 exceed $3 ,700.00 from Rieke-Carroll-Muller Associates, Inc. to do a
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1 feasibility and cost study of the following City streets from its
•2 Minnesota State Aid Maintenance Fund:
3 >33rd Avenue N.E. from Stinson Boulevard to Old Highway 8
4 >37th Avenue N.E. from Stinson Boulevard to Silver Lake Road
5 >Stinson Boulevard from 37th Avenue N.E. to Silver Lane
6 >Chandler Drive from 37th Avenue N.E. to Silver Lane
7 Motion carried unanimously.
8 Low Bid of $20,488.00 from MacQueen Equipment, Inc. Accepted for Park
9 Mowing Machine with Attachments
10 Mr. Hamer had recommended the above in his March 2nd memorandum to which
11 he had attached a copy of the Advertisement for Bids published in the
12 Bulletin as well as copies of the quotes from MacQueen, Akeny Tractor,
13 Inc. , and Key.
14 Council Action
15 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to follow the recommendations to
16 accept the low bid of $20,488.00 from MacQueen Equipment
17 Motion carried unanimously.
18 Low Bid of $17,188.00 for a Trailer Mounted Robotic Sewer Rodder
WAccepted From Flexible Pipe Tool Co.
20 The above recommendation had been made by Public Works Director Hamer
21 in his March 2nd memorandum in which he had addressed the three bids in
22 the agenda packet and advised, that the bid from Crysteel Truck Equipment
23 had not met the specifications for that equipment.
24 Council Action
25 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to award the $17,188.00 contract
26 for the robotic sewer rodder which would be trailer mounted, to the
27 Flexible Pipe Tool Co. , who had met the necessary specifications and
28 had also submitted the lowest bid.
29 Motion carried unanimously.
30 ADJOURNMENT
31 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the City Council
32 meeting at 8: 45 P.M.
33 Motion carried unanimously.
34 Respectfully submitted,
35 Helen Crowe, Secretary
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