1982-08-17171
August 17, 1982
SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting of the City Council of
the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, was held at 5341 Maywood Road in
said City on August l7, 1982, at 7:30 P.M.
Those present were: .Mayor Rock Lindlan, Councilmembers Pinky Charon, Robert
Polston, Gordon Swenson and Donald Ulrick. Also present were: City Manager
Jon Elam, City Clerk Fran Clark, Cable T.V. Consultant Tom Creighton, Cable
T.V. Committee Members: Marsha Smith, Bruce Wold, Harold Pellet, Dr. Ken
Romness, Helene Borg, Kent Borg and the following interested persons: James
Kutzner, David Herzenach, Shirley Romness, Phyllis Jessen, Lee Jessen, James
Bryant, Patzy D'Avia, Jerry Kohls, Wm. Barkly and Ron Gehring.
The Mayor opened the meeting and welcomed the people in attendance.
ELECTION JUDGES
The City Clerk presented the Council with a list of persons recommended for
appointment as election judges to serve at the Primary election September 14,
1982, and the General election on November 2, 1982.
Swenson moved and Polston seconded the following resolution.
RESOLUTION #82-223 RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE ELECTION JUDGES AS
RECOMMENDED FOR THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS
SEPTEMBER 14, 1982 F NOVEMBER 2, 1982
The vote was unanimously in favor.- Motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING - CABLE T.U. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (R.F.P.)
The City Manager introduced the .Cable T.V. Committee and their Consultant,
Tom Creighton. He explained that the Committee has tried to design a
program for the community that will meet its' needs. The purpose of
tonights public hearing is to get input from the citizens of Mound and
adopt the Request for Proposals.
Tom Creighton went over the Request for Proposals, in great detail, for
the Council and the citizens present. He then gave an explanation of
how Cable T.V. works.
The Mayor then opened the public hearing for citizen input or questions.
Three persons asked questions about the cost of cable T.V.
Tom explained that the cost would all depend upon the number of
channels a resident wanted to have access to and what they wanted
from those channels.
The Council explained that the City is not going to try public ownership.
The Mayor closed the public hearing.
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Polston moved and Ulrick seconded the following resolution.
RESOLUTION 82-224 RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
(R.F.P.) AS PRESENTED ~ AUTHORIZE THE CITY
MANAGER TO SEEK BIDDERS
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
The Council thanked the Cable T.V. Committee and the Consultant for the
fine work that has been done in preparing the R.F.P.
Polston moved and Charon seconded a motion to adjourn at 9:10 P.M. The
vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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Jo Elam, City Manager
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Fran Clark, City Clerk