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Page 4 City Council Minutes February 29. 1988 '-' e COUNCILMEMBER TRALLE MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 88-18. A RESOLUTION DETERMINING ASSESSED COST. OF IMPROVEMENTS AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL IN THE MATTER OF THE 1987 MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER DOBEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5- o. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO HIRE MR. ROBERT ELLER AS A CONSULTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER FOR THE LIGHTING ASPECT OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $5.000 AND THAT SUCH CONSULTING FEES WOULD BE ASSESSED OUT TO THE BENEFITTED PROPERTY OWNERS AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER DOBEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5--0. COUNCILMEMBER DOBEL MOVED TO HOLD A SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 4. 1988. AT 7: 00 P. M. AT HANDKE SCHOOL. FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS BENEFITTED BY THE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHOSE NAMES WERE OMITTED FROM PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS IMPROVEMENT. COUNCILMEMBER TRALLE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 7. Other Business e The City Administrator distributed a memo from the Street Superintendent. Phil Hals. regarding an asphalt distributor. The memo indicated the Superintendent would like to purchase an asphalt distributor in the amount of $1.660. The purchase of this distributor would increase productivity in the crack sealing operation of the City Street crew and allow the street crew to preserve or rejuvinate more street surface each year. The memo acknowledged that funds were not budgeted for such a purchase but that monies were available if other expenditures came in lower than estimated or were delayed until 1989. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A $1.660 ASPHALT DISTRIBUTOR FROM MR. MIKE MORTON FOR USE WITHIN THE STREET DEPARTMENT. COUNCILMEMBER DOBEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. The City Administrator indicated that when the liquor store annual report was presented during the 2/22/88 City Council meeting. a consensus of the City Council was to oppose the selling of wine in grocery stores and to oppose the proposal to have Minnesota move toward one classification of beer. The Administrator indicated that the Liquor Store Manager was lobbying against these efforts at the state legislature in conjunction with the Municipal Liquor Store Association. In this regard. the Administrator asked for the approval of a formal motion indicating the City Council position on these liquor related issues. e COUNCILMEMBER TRALLE MOVED TO DIRECT THE LIQUOR STORE MANAGER TO PRESINT THE CITY COUNCIL POSITION IN. OPPOSITION TO THE SELLING OF WINE IN GROCERY STORES AND THE OPPOSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS ONE CLASSIFICATION OF BEER TO AREA LEGISLATORS. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. ----------------------------