HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.01.77 Special Council Minutes MINUTES
COUNCIL MEETING
SPECIAL
FEBRUARY 1, 1977
1. The Mayor opened the meeting at 5:00 P.M. and indicated that all of the
members of the council had been contacted by phone for this meeting and had
wiaved their right to mailed 48 hour notice and also that the press had been
notified and was in attendance.
Present: Mayor Akin, Councilmen Johnson, Kuchera, McElmury, Whittier
Also Present: Administrator Ford and Attorney Gorgos
2. The minutes of previous meeting were deferred.
3. The purpose of the meeting dealt with matters of annexation. The Mayor
indicated that at a previous meeting of the council it had been agreed that
all members of the council would study recommendations which had been made
by the Planning Commission and also the petitions for annexation which had been
submitted to the council and the Minnesota Municipal Board and would be prepared
to arrive, at least at a preliminary, decision as to what course should be fol-
lowed by the council.
4. The Mayor emphasized that the time schedule had now been altered by receipt
of correspondence from the Minnesota Municipal Board informing us of the date
of a hearing to be held by the MMB on February 28, 1977, which required immediate
action by the council as to the response and the preparation necessary for that
response. The Mayor was joined in by other members of the council in agreeing
that two types of decisions were probably necessary at this time. The first would
be a general decision as to whether or not any action toward annexation is called
for and secondly, if so, the engaging of special legal counsel. A fairly lengthy
discussion then took place. After the discussion, each councilman then expressed
his opinion that some annexation was proper and appropriate, the extent of which
however, was yet to be determined. Motion by Johnson, second by Kuchera that the
council engage the services of Attorney John McBrien as special counsel for
annexation. Voting for: Johnson, Kuchera, McElmury, Whittier. Voting against:
Akin. Motion carried.
S. Motion made and carried to adjourn at 6:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
`� William J. Ford
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