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ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL
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2 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
4 JANUARY 8, 1991
5 1 . CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
R Mayor Ranallo called the Council meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. and the
9 Pledge of Allegiance was led by members of Boy Scout Troup #153.
10 2. ROLL CALL
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12 Present: Mayor Ranallo, Councilmembers Enrooth, Marks, Wagner and
13 Fleming
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15 Staff Present: City Manager Burt
17 2a. PRESENTATION AF APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE
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19 Mayor Ranallo presented Ron Hansen a Certificate of Appreciation in
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21 recognition of his six years of dedicated service as a Commissioner
22 of the Planning Commission.
�3 3. APPROVAL OF JANUARY 8, 1991 COUNCIL AGENDA
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26 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve the agenda for the January 27 8, 1991 Regular Council Meeting as presented.
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29 Motioncarried unanimously
30 4. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 18, 1990 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
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32 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the minutes of the December
33 18, 1990 Council Meeting with the following corrections:
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35 page 1, line 43.: Correct "Dorothy" to "Audrey"
36 page 1, line 47: Correct the spelling of the last name of the first place
37 winner of the Holiday Lighting Contest to "Czupryna"
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39 Motion carried unanimously
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4 1 Mayor Ranallo noted that the St. Anthony Bulletin had incorrectly reported
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43 the prizes for the Holiday Lighting Contest were given by the City Council.
44 He stated no tax dollars were used for this activity, but rather the prizes
LS came from the St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce who sponsored the contest.
46 5. LICENSES AND PERMITS
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49 Motion by Marks, second- by Wagner to approve a contractor's license for
50 the following firms:
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• ) Jack Dahlin, dba: Quality Home Remodeling, Minneapolis, Mn.
2 D.C. Taylor Company, Cedar Rapids , Iowa
4 Counci ]member Marks inquired what criteria must be met before a license
5 is issued. The City Manager responded, that applying for the license is
all that is required. No bonding nor any other requirements need to be
'7 supplied nor met. The Mayor felt property owners who used the services
R of a firm licensed by the City were afforded some protection just by
9 the fact they hada City-issued license.
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11 Mayor Ranallo requested information about the Iowa-based company. Staff
12 had no history but would pursue getting some.
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13 Motion carried unanimously
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16 6. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS
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18 A. Norwest Banks .
19 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve payment in the amount of
20 $126.75 to the Norwest Banks .
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22 Motion carried- unanimously
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24 B. Norwest Banks
�5 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve payment in the amount of
• 26 $128.75 to the Norwest Banks. Both payments -to Norwest Banks is for
�7 sewer revenue bonds.
98 Motion carried unanimously
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C. American National Bank
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31 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve payment in the amount of
32 $15,860.42 to the American National Bank. This is for registered interest.
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34 Motion carried unanimously
35 D. MacQueen Equipment
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37 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve payment in the. amount of
38 $4,489.00 to MacQueen Equipment for a tractor broom with a trade-in
39 allowance of $500.00 of a sander.
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41 Motion carried unanimously
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43 E. State of Minnesota
44 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
6S $435.00 to the State of Minnesota for its ten percent of the proceeds
46 from a forfeiture.
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48 Motion carried unanimously
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• 1 F. Hennepin County
2 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
3 $87.00 to Hennepin County for its twenty percent of the proceeds from
4 a forfeiture.-
5
Motion carried unanimously
R G. Crysteel
9 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
10 $2,857.00 to Crysteel for a crane.
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12 Motion carried unanimously
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14 H. Northgate Computer Systems
15 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
16 $1 ,799.00 to Northgate Computer Systems for computer equipment.
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18 Motion carried unanimously
19
20 I . Laughlin Electric
21 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
22 $32,509.00 to Laughlin Electric for Payment No. 1 for modification of
�3 Well House No. 3.
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• 25 Motion carried unanimously
26
�7 J. Dorsey & .Whitney
78 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
�9 $163.75 to Dorsey s Whitney for legal services rendered from November 1 ,
30 1990 through November 30, 1990 regarding the Foss Road Lift Station
31 dispute.
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33 Motion carried unanimously
34 K. Dorsey s Whitney
35 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment in the amount of
36 $1 ,915.00 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services rendered from November
38 1 , 1990 through November 30, 1990 regarding various Council matters.
39
40 Motion carried unanimously
41
4I L. Verified Claims
43 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve payment of the verified
44 claims for the Accounts Payable list dated December 31 , 1990 and the
bS Liquor Accounts Payable lists dated November 30, 1990, December 12, 1990,
46 December 27, 1990 and December 31 , 1990.
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46 Motion carried unanimously
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1 7. REPORTS
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A. Council Reports
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5 Mayor Ranallo held a Mayor's Meeting on Saturday, January 5th. One
resident felt the Recycling Center area could be cleaned up. The need
7 for warming house attendants was discussed. A resident suggested in-
creased use of senior citizen volunteers should be considered. He related
9 the positive results being experienced with the use of volunteer senior
10 citizens in Sun City, Arizona.
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12 A third resident felt the City needed more visible signs of identification
13 placed in strategic locations. Identification signs would be a real
14 aid for visitors coming into the City as well as others. Mayor Ranallo
15 suggested a Boy Scout Troup. may want to consider some of these signs for
16 a future project. He also felt there should be signs to identify the
17 Apache Shopping Center and the St. Anthony Shopping Center. These two
18 areas are frequently confused with each other by shoppers from other
19 communities. The signs would particularly be of benefit to the Centers'
20 merchants.
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22 Mayor Ranallo met with the Mayors of Arden Hills, Shoreview and New Brighton.
�3 They discussed the anticipated shortfall in funding from the State and
24 possible avenues their respective cities could take to deal with
• 25 funding cutbacks.
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27 The City Manager has already discussed the shortfall with the City's
28 Department Heads and requested they explore areas in their departments
29 to cut back costs. He noted an anticipated shortfall of Local Govern-
30 ment Aids may be in the amount of $124,000. He recommended the Council
31 schedule a work session before February 1st to review department budgets.
32
33 Mayor Ranallo and Councilmember Wagner met with Dennis Cavanaugh of the
34 management firm for Apache Plaza. He indicated to them he recently has
35 sent lease agreements to four prospective tenants. Cavanaugh requested
36 the Council to review some refinancing options for the Shopping Center
37 to enable him to write down some rentals and to do some facelifting and
38 remodeling of the building.
40 Previously, the Council had authorized the use of some Industrial Revenue
41 Bonds for Apache Plaza management. This opportunity was not taken.
42 The City Manager stated he will contact the former City Attorney, Jerry
Gilligan, regarding the establishment of a new district and if this
44 could directly impact on the City's Local Government Aids allocation.
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46 Councilmember Wagner felt a more positive posture should be in evidence
47 when discussing Apache Plaza. Councilmember Fleming agreed and had
48 observed an attitude about Dennis Cavanaugh that appeared to not be
49 very flattering. She felt he appeared to be trying to improve the
50 Shopping Center and gain new tenants. Councilmember Wagner will be
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attending the next Merchant' s Association meeting at Apache Plaza.
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Mayor Ranallo noted that the Kinney Shoe Store's decision to move from
4 Apache Plaza was not due to its management nor overhead. He. also advised
5 that Minnesota Fabrics is interested in moving back into the Shopping
Center but have a ten year lease at their present location. The Bonanza
Restaurant is considering moving into a portion of the space formerly
R occupied by Minnesota Fabrics. Mayor Ranallo suggested they should
9 consider' a community room adjacent to this restaurant. There is a real
10 need for a meeting room where food would be available and banquet
11 facilities could be considered.
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13 Councilmembers Wagner and Fleming will be attending the Ramsey County
14 League of Local Governments orientation on January 19th. Councilmember
14 Fleming is also planning to attend the Conference for Newly-Elected
6 Officials sponsored by the League of Minnesota Cities on February 2nd
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and the special pre-conference sessions conducted by the Government
18 Training Service on February lst.
19 Mayor Ranallo referred to the recent article in the Northeaster news-
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21 paper regarding a bus route in the City and the request to alter the
22 route. The City Manager will draft a letter to the Metropolitan Transit
23 Commission for the Mayor's signature. Councilmember Marks advised the
24 Council of a very dangerous situation for pedestrians at a bus stop
• 25 near the cemetery.
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26 Councilmember Enrooth said the next Village Fest meeting is scheduled
98 for Monday, January 14th. He indicated if all four members of the
29 Council who- serve on the Village Fest Committee continue to attend
30 its meetings, there is a potential for a violation of the Open Meeting
31 Law.
32 Councilmember Wagner, who represents the Kiwanis on the Committee, will
33 request some other Kiwanis member to replace him. Councilmember Enrooth
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35 stated his willingness to withdraw from the Committee as did Mayor
36 Ranallo. Councilmember Enrooth suggested this matter be discussed later.
37 Mayor Ranallo advised that the next agenda item was purposely delayed to
38 afford the Boy Scouts in attendance an opportunity to observe local
40 government in action.
41 B. City Manager's Report
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4-3 1 . Interpretation of Sign Ordinance
44.
br. Jamie Kagol has requested permission to install an identification sign
46 in front of Wilshire Park Elementary School as part of his Eagle Scout
47 project. He will be constructing the sign.
46
Jamie explained that the sign has 111ilshire Park School" routed on both
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• 50 sides and it will be painted and stained. He and his father figured the
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• 1 the approximate costs of the sign before the project was begun and received
2 $70.00 from the Sports Boosters. He will return an audit of the project
to the Boosters if more funds are needed.
4
5 Councilmember Wagner suggested the word "Elementary" should also be
added to the sign. Virginia Kagol , Advancement Chairperson of Boy Scout
7 Troup #153, responded this was intentionally omitted as no 'one is
R sure if this facility will remain an elementary school .
19 The City Manager advised that the location proposed for placement of
11 the sign is. zoned "recreational/open space." He contacted the City
12 Attorney for an opinion regarding what type of City approval may be
13 necessary for the sign. He concluded the sign does not _appear to fall
1y within the list of prohibited signs nor within the list of signs re-
15 quiring no permit.
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17 No provisions pertaining to recreational/open space districts are
18 specified in the ordinance, therefore the ordinance is silent on this
19 location of a sign. The City Attorney recommended a sign permit be
20 issued dependent upon the City Manager setting reasonable standards.
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22 Motion by Ranallo, second by Marks to direct the City Manager to issue
23 a sign permit for the sign proposed to be located at Wilshire Park
24 Elementary School and to waive the customary fee for this type of sign.
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26 It was noted that the vagueness in this section of the ordinance will
27 be resolved when the section is recodified.
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29 Motion carried unanimously
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30 2. New City Stationary
32 Burt advised the Councilmembers that some costs. could be avoided if
33 names of the Councilmembers were eliminated from the bottom of the City' s
54 letterhead stationary. The Council concurred this would be cost-effective
35 and so directed the City Manager to delete their names .
36
36 3. Budget Update
38 The City Manager has rzquestdd each department head to cut their budget.
39 by 5% which would result in a budget decrease of approximately $100,000.
40 He has met with heads of the Police, Fire and Finance Departments and
41 will be meeting with the Public Works Director.
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43 It is the City Manager' s plan to not replace a full time member of the
44 Police Department. He has some concern for the 1991 Local Government
bS Aids funding as well as that of 1992.. Noting that the State wilt probably
46 be recommending cutbacks for both years, he is drafting some options for
47 the Council ' s consideration. If the shortfall is much more than $100,000
48 he felt there may be a need for lay-offs or reductions in services .
49 If the present level of services were to be maintained, a large tax
• 50 increase may be necessary.
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1 The City Manager advised that the State' s fiscal year is from
2 July through June, unlike most municipalities. He felt the State
3 may hold back Homestead Credit funding and Minnesota State Aid
4 funding for roads. Funds for training of City personnel may also
5 be interrupted. It is the City Manager's goal to make reductions
in the City budget which will not reduce nor affect services and he
is maintaining some flexibility in light of the State' s anticipated
R $1 .5 billion dollar deficit anticipated in its 1992 budget.
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10 Mayor Ranallo suggested organizations in the community with pull tab
11 operations could be approached for funding of equipment needed to
12 be purchased.
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i4 The Mayor recently saw an article in the- Northeaster newspaper
15 requesting volunteers for the Reserves . He felt retirees as well
16 as young adults should be encouraged to volunteer for some of the
17 services of the community.
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19 Councilmember Enrooth, recalling the expense involved with the clean
20 up and branch chipping done after a summer storm, stated that this
21 type of activity wi-ll cease. All of these-activities were very costly
22 and there were no funds in the budget.
�3 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS
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-26 There were no public hearings.
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27 9. NEW BUSINESS
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30 A. Set Date for Board of Review
31 The City Manager stated that the value of the average home in St. Anthony
32 had increased 4% as there is a good market for homes. in the City.. The
33 average in the County was 2%. Councilmember Enrooth noted that the value
34 of rental property appears to be decreasing.
35 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to establish April 9, 1991 , at
36 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers to be the date, time and place
37 for the annual Board of Review.
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40 Motion carried unanimously
41
47 B. Approval of Minnesota State Aid Engineer for 1991
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Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to appoint the firm of Maier Stewart
44
6S and Associates to serve as the Minnesota State Aid Engineer fo.r 1991
46 for the City of St. Anthony.
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48 Motion carried unanimously
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C. Resolutions
? 1 . Resolution No. 91-001 , Re: Mayor Pro Tem for 1991
Motion by Wagner, second by Ranallo to adopt Resolution No. 91-001
5 which would designate Councilmember George Marks as Mayor Pro-Tem
I for calendar year 1991 .
R Roll call : Ranallo, .Enrooth, Fleming, Wagner - aye
9 Marks - abstain
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11 Motion carried
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14 2. Resolution No. 91-002, Re: Signatures on City Financial Accounts
5 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to adopt Resolution No. 91-002
1authorizing the following persons to make certain transactions per-
15
16 taining to City financial accounts: . Mayor Clarence Ranallo, City
18 Manager Tom Burt and Roger A. Larson, Sr. , Finance Director.
19
20 All checks require two signatures.
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22 Motion carried unanimously
23
24 3. Resolution No. 91-003, Re: Legal Newspaper
25 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to adopt Resolution No. 91-003
26 designating the Bulletin as the legal newspaper of the City of
27 St. Anthony for the year 1991 .
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29 Mayor Ranallo explained the Northeaster newspaper did not meet the weekly
30 publication requirements and the Star Tribune was too costly.
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32 Motion carried uanimously
33 4. Resolution No. 91-004, Re: Cut Off .Date for Public Improvement
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5 Petitions
3Motion by Marks, second by Ranallo to adopt Resolution No. 91-004 which
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36 establishes March 15, 1991 as the cut off date for receiving petitions
38 for public improvements.
39 Motion carried unanimously
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42 5. Resolution No. 91-005, Re: Official -Depository for City Funds
4-3 Motion by Enrooth, second by Wagner to adopt Resolution No. 91-005 which
44 designates Firstar St. Anthony Bank as the depository for City funds.
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46 Motion carried unanimously
47 6. Resolution No. 91-006, Re: Public Health Officer
48
49 Motion-by Marks, second by Wagner to adopt Resolution -No. 91-006 which
50 designates Dr. Carr as the City's Public Health Officer.
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Motion carried unanimously
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7. Resolution No. 91 -007, Re: Additions to List of Recyclables
Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to adopt Resolution No. 91-007
5 which expands the definition of recyclables to include the following:
7 Newspapers and advertising supplements, corrugated cardboard,
R glass food and beverage containers, metal food and beverage cans ,
9 and plastic bottles which mean those bottles with necks.
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Motion carried unanimously
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13 10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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15 A. Ordinance No. .1990-11 , Re: Cable Television - Second' Read i ng
16 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the second reading of
17 Ordinance No. 1990-11 which is an ordinance relating to the St. Anthony
18 cable television franchise and community television programming, trans"
19 ferring community television programming responsibilities from the
20 franchisee to the City and amending appendix IV of the 1973 Code of
21 Ordinances.
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23 Motion carried unanimously
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5 B. Delegate to National League of Cities Congressional Conference
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Mayor Ranallo felt due to the budget restraints the Council must consider
that only one Councilmember should attend this Conference. Councilmember
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27 Wagner will be attending the Conference.
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30 C. Council Salary Survey
31 The City Manager distributed copies of a survey he took. which addressed
32 salaries in other communities which would be in place in 1992. He noted
that the last salary increase for members of the St. Anthony City
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Council was in 1990.
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35 The survey included cities which provided services similar to St. Anthony,
36 were first ring suburbs and had similar population counts.
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38 11 . ADJOURNMENT
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41 Motion by Marks, second -by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m.
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43 Motion carried unanimously
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yr, Respectfully submitted,
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47 Jo-Anne Student, Council Secretary,
48 Mayor Clarence Ranallo
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50 ATTEST:
City Clerk