Document - Historical information/data - Eagan's first Village Council mayor and village council filings and election results. 68 pages total - 1/1/19721
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1 y. h wrings
d the Ml\ or- •
an election for
irsday. when voters
will select a' mach and
four cotmcilmen. .
The incorpoation plan
calls for thecouncilmen
to serve rms 'Sand stage gered wo years. To ac-
ro-i13Y4ih this. the follow-
ing formula will • be ad-
hered In in the first elec-
tion:
The councilman who
gels the •most votes will'
serve until ,l a n u a r y,
1976. The next two high-
est vote -getters will
serve to January. 1973.
and the lowest vole -get-
ter and the mayor will
serve until .1 is n u a r y.
1974. Then after. all,
seats. except mayor. will
be far three year's.
According to law•, eltt•
t.ions subset' ue'ntto .'i
Thursday can be held ei- , w
!her on the first Tuesday a
after the;first Monday in
December or at., the
same time;as the general • h
election in November. 1'
The new mayor and ' c
council will decide that up
issue along with the t
question of salaries. - ea
By ARON KAHN
Staff Writer
Sixteen pennons seek to
c•
sit as members of Ea-
gan's first village Coun-
cil.
The state's most polite
lated township (about
13.000) will become in-
corporate('
as a village
.Thursday. an eventuality
that follows a long politi-
cal and legal battle.
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The battle ended, in ef-
fect. last February in
Dakota County District
Court. There, Judge Rob-
ert Breunig ruled the
Minnesota Municipal
Commission (11MCI had
the constitutional right
to order incorporation
hearings for a township
without a vote of its resi-
dents. •
The Town Board. by a
2-1 vote. had challenged
the MMC on the constitu-
tionality issue and also
because residents in 1970
had voted against Fagan
becoming a city.
Supervisor A r 1. h u r
Rahn and former chair-
man John Klein voted to
challenge the Ma1C ac-
tion. Supervisor Paul
liselmann voted against
the measure:
• Klein did not run for
reelection to the board in
A'Iar'ch. R'illiam Rydn'ch
was elected andjoined
Uselmann and ahn.
who was named chair-
man.
;The MMC was created
by the state Legislature
In create municipal gov-
ernments to serve rapid-
ly "urbanizing" areas. It
deemed Eagan' as one
such area and only need-
ed a petition from 100
residents to begin incor-
poration hearings.
.ftece
ended
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FTrst Ea
Knob Road: Pilot Knob f •
Elementary School. 1436
Lone Oak Road: Cedar t,
Elementary Schaal, 2140
Hwy. 30. and at the fa- r.'.
pan Fire Hall. 3940 Rahn•
Road. I"'
Ilene are the candi-
dates:
. Mrs. Bigelow
MAYOR
PATRICK MCCARTHY.
Pilot Knob Hoad and
Hwy. 19. .
(The Dispatch did nut
receive a campaign
statcntentfrom Mc-
Carthy. :
JOHN O'BRIEN, 0125
Dodd Road. watts resi-
dents to know that if
they have a problem.
"they can contact me
any time at my place of
business."
O'Brien. 47. is owner of
0 'B r i c h 's Halfway
House. •t
A' former mayor of I.il-
)'dale (where he was
born). O'Brien has lived
in Eagan for 12 gars.
"1 would also like to
see property taxes at a
figure where our people
who are near retirement
• and' have their hones
paid for can stay in Ea-
gan, and also encourage
:new people to move into
our area instead of dis-
couraging them because
of high taxes."he said. .
O'Brien has a wife and
nine children.
11F:RBF:1t'1' 11. POI:
ZIX. 940 Blue Gentian
Road. feels his ,)early 30
years at Eagan treasur-
er and in ' s r n titer
gives n the experience
tort u,de the community
'-through .a "trying transi-
tional period."
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' Poizin. 65. a •retired
farmer and postal em-
ploye. Rants to see the
community government
change ,,'with .•a>.r..mini-•:
" mumr or, friction":''and'
prngress ' "on ' an even
keel." '
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"Concerned with rising
•taxes bnt_aiso with the.
needs of the community,
which require taxationlo
provide them."• Poizin
says he would serve •"on
a sound and sensible ba-
sis."
"Taxes and scr (
and -in -hand —
erviees'are do
osts-are boun
" he said, ad•
axes •will note
Ily go up."
Presently, the Town U
Board chairman re-• ratan
ceives $175 a month and. ,Dak
the two other board 'tivit
members, also called su--• red . c
pert isors. receive s150 •t 'lie
I�Ullllli
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u4ildcd
1'olzin -is chairman of
the Eagan Ad.t'isury
Planning Commission. A
lifelong. resident of Ea-
gan, he has a wife and a
SOIL
I'AUL J. USELNIANN,
3012 Woodlark Lane.
presently a 'Down Board
supervisor, says he be-
es the new village
'can maintain the cur -
tut level of services
'ithout •increasing taxes
t the village level."• •
'vices go
if; more
d to go
•
ding that
utomati-
scimano. 40. is chair -
of the board of' the
ota County Day Ac-
y Center for retard-
hildren and adults.
earned a bachelor's
`L/de in philosophy. 1 Ir
ficelingi
The tillage plan calls .
the appointment of a.. ;that , salaries for the
for
clerk and treasurer
cl or a "mayor and the four
single clerk -treasurer. . cilmen be $100 a month.
Residents which .would •• boutmorith,
from i dent. tray tote . -the combined equal
the ' to 8 9p.m at • !the three Tow salaries of
Town )Hall. 3793 Pilot n Board SU-
pervisors. He said this
n
Jensen Mrs.Kenned. Benson
would demonstrate the
council's concern for
"people's tax anxiety."
Uschnann works for
Jensen Printing -Holden
Industries. Minneapolis.
The 10-year resident of
Eagan has a wife and
four children.
COUNCIL
JOHN T. BENSON.
2085 Jade Lane. is a
Northwest Airlines pilot.
Henson. 32. is a college
Eraduate. He has lived in
agan for five years. is
married and has two
children. Ile did not sub-
mit a campaign state-
ment.
.IUDYTI1 BIGELOW,
1315 Dee.rwood Drive.
saws it's very easy for
eandidates tospout
"easy cliches" about ma-
jorissues.
Although she is against
auxiliary airport run-
. ways in Eagan, in favor
of a new Cedar Avenue
Bridge and for reduced
• spending, she said her
main duty would be "to
listen to the people."
"Mv most important
task is to remind myself
that. if elected. I will be
a representative." said
the - 31-year-old home-
maker.
"As an individual. I
may feel a certain action
is right. but if the Eagan
residents feel differently.
I would have to follow
them. If this weren't pos-
sible. 1 would be obligat-
ed to resign."
Mrs. Bigelow is mar-
ried and has three chil-
dren.
JOSEPH 1.. HARRI-
SON. 2811 Beam Lane. is
a mechanic for North-
-west Airlines.
Harrison. 51. is a mem-
ber of the Eagan Plan-
ning :Advisory Commit-
tee. is: married and has
two children.
Ile did not submit a
campaign statement. '
L Y L•E HFJIR. 1037
McKee St. says . he
"would promote an
over-all village plan that
would protect homeown-
ers from indifferent de-
velopers."
Heir,' 47, a postal em-
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ley
Krisnik
Ileir
ploye. also wants "to
promote a strong park
program that would in:
sure Fagan residents of
recreational facilities in
the future."'
Ile is married and has
one sun.
DRICKS. 3153 Hwy. 13.
opposes cxten:;ionof
Minneapolis -St. Paul In-
ternational Airport into
Eagan.
The 43-year-old self-
employed trucker says
he has no experience ill
politics. "hut having
keen a longtime resident.
I am able to understand
the problems of our com-
munity."
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• The 13-year Eagan res-
ident "would he avail-
able to the general pub- •
lie to hear their views.
opinions and problems."
.he said. •
.li end rkckssaid he
Would he "fair and int-
' partial:' ilc is married
and has 11 children.
DEAN L. .IENSEN.
4304 .1 a s p c r Drive.
"would work for a
smooth transition from
Smith
listlnumn
township to village form
of government. adding
services only when nec-
essary to keep otu• taxes
as low as possible."
Opposed to "any exten-
sion of the airport into
Eagan." .1 e n s c n. 4?.
"would work to attract
new industry and
strengthen building
codes and zoning laws
for public businesses and
apartment buildings."
:1 Honeywell produc-
tion control coordinator.
Jensen "would work for
reduction of speed limits
on county roads and in
residential areas"
A member of the Ea-
gan Volunteer Fire De-
partment and Rescue
Squad' and a past officer
of the Cedar Athletic As-
sociatiun. Jensen. who
has a wife and thrcc chil-
dren. "would Work for
continuation of good po-
lice and fire protection."
IIELEN M. KENNE-
Dl'. 3300'Heritage Lane. •
a .lustice• of the Peace.
seeks "proper education-
al and recreational facil-
ities" for youth in the
new village.
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"And for the elderly.
Eagan should he an area
of peace •and content-
ment." said Mrs.. Kenne-
dy. who is a member of
the state Commission on
Employment ofthe
Handicapped.
Tufts., Oet. 1Y. 781
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er you believe the:jobs
your current elected offi:;
c i a Is have done is'
satisfactory."
sion.
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Itydrych. who holds ai
bachelor's degree. said!
present park. traffic
and land -use plans can
also continue. 'all "with-
out uncontrolled
spending." ,
Continuation of "re-
sponsive poli_c and tire
fn otectio ' is also •on his
ist. He is 42. married
and has three children. ".
JAltIE:S A:. 1ITII.
2070 Marble Lane. says
changingZ-from: a town-
ship to a •village form of
goverpment.does not in
i t s c'1 f cause higher
taxes.
"Expansion Of village
services _will only be -In-
creased as the popula-
tion and tax base war-
rant." said Smith, 36..a
field representative .for
Retail Credit Co.
Smith. 'spvho holds a
"Work with state Ic is- .bu
siness }administration
g . degree.. also . said_:' he
lators so that Eagan gets would offer, a res ution
its -full share of the avail;
,; � cstablishing, a ode: oT
able tax dollars." ethics.•.wh ebytj{1flage
• rofficials wo Id' yol ftatl--
Krisnik. •4:i. works fort-`l� dlsclose'l'cli*� i;t4r
Koch Retiring. Ile holds ' interests: t:iv f n: '' e
-:a.,hachc:o•'s degree. i. • . . t, •r • r-;,:; .s -
;married :and has five '_,
AMbaekcr: E,'brderfv
children. 11e.'s,pn a Rose=..." „>
andresa:•ye h•-,growm
moun(' Schools 'lionvnit- , iand ofi!a;'youth pf'ograiti
tee and a c•onimittee to
study health needs in Ea' a ing). slifit •4saffj_ $,;lac{:_
gam mg r. SmiUi• se. 0_ sup-
• ports Eagan'st• anent
ARTHUR RAHN, 4100 parksprogram. t!' 4
Blackhawk Road. the ' , ,'•.• "
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Present chairman 'of the • ,' Ile, has ''a'i{ffc and
Town Board. feels his 19-' threechildren: ; , . :•
years experience on the , t _ ,'
board would help him TED WACHT R, 4550
v i s u a I i-z e @agan's •CBlackhawk. R future...-. - , : Neves r "we• 'm tt main-
"1 feel it is very impor- ? tain. a reasonajile eolith'!ant to mase a smooth miry. In ;changing from -
change from the town the township t form of .
g government. to th t of
form of government to village"' t
the village," he said, r -. -'.
adding that men with ex- -Wachter., 49i. a catpen;
perience are best suited . fef. has lived in F;Lgan
for the job. foe 30 years: "We hate
"I have helped Eagan"- had a stable"fiscal policy
progress in an orderly in jthis community. and
manner with low taxes weImust m'ainloin it." he
and I will continue to isaid. +-4',g ,' i•t •
work for good govern -meat and }ow taxes." :1nicitihcr of the .F.a-
said the 65-year-old for-- gait Advisory. Planning
•men farmer. Committee. Wachter has
"altiays •tried. to 'treat
Rahn. who is general the i-rroblems that have •
manager • of the Hillan- ,come before: me as :
dale Town House Proi- ti•ould'like •to;have thcht
ect. was a member of considered if 1 were on
the former Parks Cont.,: the: applicant's" side
mitlee of the county..! }lheta'bla' . t:i;•.
Planning. Advisory'•'+ -
Commission. believe •our ecologi-
. tic is a lifelong'Eagaut •cal problems are not has s
in-
urm untabke.." +• sta i d
resident and wvf(:'• • ,
and five children. 11ach er. who was ap-
• point to the Land Use
WILLIAM RVDR1'CH, . a n d ; .. Comprehensive
1330 Deerwood Drive. a .('Planning ' Committee in
Town 'Board supervisor. ' 1972.
says residents' votes .'•
Thursday: "will+serve as ' He is married'and has
a 'report card' on wheth- two children.
"Eagan has one of the
lowest mill rates in:the
metropolitan area. and.
Involved with tnam;af- this can continue.•
;a
fairs of the national Vet '.
erans of Foreign Rats "Eagan has been ex --
Auxiliary. she also was Iremely successful in at;
on the state Commission tracting quality industri"
Against Discrimination al and commercial de.-
for three vicars. velopment. the key to
low taxes —and this can
"There should he prop- continue," added- I1v=
er planning and land de-, drych. who is a program
velopment for the sake} 'director for Univac. ,
of those now living in
Eagan and the many He is a past member of
people who will reside the Eagan Advisory
here in the future." she, Planning Committee and.
said. ' ' the Dakota County Plan-.
' ning Advisory Commis-
Alrs. Kennedy holds a
bachelor's degree and
has been a medical tech-
nologist. She is married
and has hvo children.
.1OSEPH 1.. KRISNIK,
4195 S. Lexington Ave..
says he has a five -point
program• he would pur-
sue as councilman.
Krisnik, an unsuccess-
ful candidate for Town
Board, would work "to
protect the residential
character of our neigh-
borhood from haphazard
or careless -development:
"Guarantee our police
and fire departments our
maximum financial sup-
port.
"Consolidate village
departments whenever
this would reduce ex-
penditures. .
"Hasten construction
of a new Cedar Avenue
Bridge' and the upgrad-
ing of Cedar Avenue.
16 File For Positions
In Village Of Eagan
Sr. l':1i-L Dl,l'A t..ti
12 * Thurs., Oct. 5. '
16 In Race
For Eagan
Counci I
Sixteen persons want to
become members of Ea-
gan's first village council
to be elected Oct. 19.
That's how many had
filed for mayor and four
council seats when the fil-
ing period closed Wednes-
day.
AMONG THOSE listed
are three members of the
present Eagan Town
Board and two other
township officials.
As of election day, Ea-
gan will become a village
as ordered by the Minne-
sota Municipal Commis-
sion.
Mayoral candidates are
Town Board member
Paul Uselmann; township
Treasurer Herbert Polzin;
John A. O'Brien and Pat-
rick McCarthy.
COUNCIL CANDI-
DATES areTheodore
Wachter; James Smith:
Town Board chairman Ar-
thur Rahn; Lyle Heir;
Justice of Peace Helen
Kennedy; Joseph Krisnik;
Howard J. Hendricks; Jo-
seph L. Harrison: Town
Board member William
Rydrych; John T. Ben-
son; Dean L. Jensen and
Mrs. Judyth Bigelow.
Twelve persons wish to serve
on the new council. They are:
Ted Wachter. 4550 Blackhawk
Road; Jim Smith. 2070 Marble
Lane, field representative, Re-
tail Credit Company, Minne-
apolis; Arthur Rahn. 4100 Black -
hawk Road, general manager,
Hillandale apartments, Eagan;
Joe Krisnik, 4195 South Lex-
ington Avenue, refinery still -
man, Koch Refining; Howard
Hendricks, 3155 Highway 13,
self-employed trucker; Joe Harri-
son. 2811 Beam Lane, Northwest
Airlines mechanic; Dean L.
Jensen, 4304 Jasper, production
control coordinator, Honeywell;
William Rydrych, UNIVAC pro-
gram director; Lyle Heir, 1037
McKee, employee at Eagan post
office; John T. Benson, 2085
Jade Lane, Northwest Airlines
pilot; Helen M. Kennedy. 3300
Heritage Lane, Eagan justice
of the peace; and Judyth Bigelow
of 1315 Deerwood Drive. home-
maker.
Absentee ballots are available
at the town hall for those who
will be out of town on election
day. The number is 454.8100
Voters will be casting ballots
at the following locations; Pre-
cinct one, town hall; Precinct
two, Pilot Knob School; Precinct
three. Cedar School; and Pre-
cinct four, Eagan Fire Hall on
Rahn Road.
By ELISABETH KENNEALY
Staff Writer
EAGAN -- Sixteen persons are
seeking office In the newly cre-
ated Eagan village which is hold-
ing its first village election on
Thursday, October 19. One
candidate, Howard W. Nissen
of 2011 County Road 30. with-
drew after filing, Clerk Alyce
Bolke said.
The term of mayor has one
year, and the council terms are
staggered. There are four posi-
tions on the council. The person
receiving the most votes will
serve for three years, until Jan-
uary I, 1976. The next two vote
getters will serve two years un-
til January 1, 1975. The fourth
person will serve one year until
January 1, 1974. The mayor
serves until January 1. 1974.
The canvass of the election
will be done within two days,
and results are to be certified
by 10 days. and the council will
holds its first meeting within
30 days of the election. The
council may appoint a clerk or
a clerk -treasurer combination.
The Minnesota Municipal Com-
mission on September l ordered
Eagan to be a village October 19.
Town board members Arthur
Rahn and John Klein sought
action to give the residents a
choice of township or village
government, but it was denied.
It is expected that the law will
be amended to allow public
votes as previously.
Four persons are seeking the
post of Eagan's first mayor.
They are: Herbert Polzin, 940
Blue Gentian Road, retired; Paul
J. Uselmann, 3012 Woodlark
Lane, marketing account ex-
exutive, Jensen Printing; John
O'Brien. Highways 49 and 55,
operates Halfway House; and
Patrick O. McCarthy. 1330 Deer -
wood Drive, blacktopping busi-
DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Wachter First to File
For Election in Eagan
Theodore H. "Ted" Wachter, 4550 Blackhawk Road,
an Eagan resident for thirty years. was the first person to
file Sept. 21 for a council post in the first village election
slated Oct. 19.
The township type of government ended in Eagan
Sept t when the Minnesota Municipal Commission signed
the order for incorporation
Wachter• a charter member of the Eagan Planning
Commission since its inception in 1959, was also on the
first advisory Planning Commission in the township
He was awarded the Dakota Conservation Achieve-
ment award for wild life and tree planting He is also a
member of the Land Use and Comprehensive Planning
Commission formed this fall.
lim Smith
statement
Jf Filing
EAGAN -- Jim Smith is a
idate for .one of the four
uncil seats to be elected on
tober 19 when Eagan Town-
ip becomes a Pillage. Fol-
ing is his filing statement:
I have discussed my candidacy
the new village Council with
y residents in the last few
eks. The most frequently
ntioned subject has been the
of taxes rising rapidly due
the change in government.
rrently, as Eagan Township,
have police and fire pro-
tion, street and utility de-
ents and a park program
lished. Expansion of these
age services will only be in-
ased as the population and tax
e warrant, not due to any
e in governmental struc-
I wil support only sound
t policies which will pro -
expanded services only as
ed.
feel this would be a most
. rtune time to adopt a Code
thics, including a strong re-
mendation for voluntary dis-
ure of interests. The citi-
s are entitled to know the
ngs and business Interests
each and every elected or
Lnted official of Eagan. I will
uce such a resolution.
agan's growth must be or-
y and responsible - - spot
must be avoided. I will
rt only development that
benefit the people of Fagan.
e have the beginnings of one
e finest park systems in the
000litan ar• .
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even more important in the future
as studies have shown we wil all
have more leisure time. If elect-
ed, I will strongly support this
program and its implementation.
The need for youth programs
becomes more and more import-
ant as our village matures. The
area lacks programs and facili-
ties for your young people. I
would urge the village Council
to study the possibility of es-
tablishing a representative Youth
Advisory Board. We must take
the initiative in meeting this
chal lenge.
Jim, his wife Jan and their
three children have lived at 2070
Marble Lane for eleven years.
He has been imployed as a
field representative for the Re-
tail Credit Company for thirteen
years, and is a graduate of St.
Cloud State College with a degree
in Business Administration.
Mrs. Kennedy
Statement
Of Filing
HELEN iIENNEDY
Helen M. Kennedy (Mrs. James
H.) Is now serving in her sixth
term as Justice of the Peace in
Eagan Township. Fdrr the past ten
years she has actively partici-
aated in this position presiding
)ver hundreds of court cases and
carrying out the mandates of her
office.
Mrs. Kennedy is a graduate
of the College of St. Catherine
with a B.A. degree. She took
two years of graduate work at
:he University of Minnesota, was
!mployed as a Medical Technolo-
fist by the Veterans Administra-
tion and the University of Min-
lesota where she taught medical
students and medical technolo-
1st students.
She has been an active mem-
)er of the Ladies Auxiliary to
he Veterans of Foreign Wars
and served as state president
n this organization in 1968 -
1969. As Director of the Na-
tional Legislative Program in
1969-1970, she was instrumental
in the creation of the Veterans
Affairs Committee in the United
States Senate. For three years
she served as a member of the
Minnesota State Commission
Against Descrimination, and now
is serving in her third year as
a member of the state commis-
sion to Hire the handicapped.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have
lived in Eagan Township for 21
years at 3300 Heritage Lane.
They have two children, Rosann
Kennedy Brown iMrs. George R.
Jr.) and James Michael.
Considering the position on the
Eagan Council, Mrs. Kennedy
holds in high priority the rights
and welfare of all Eagan resi-
dents. For youth she seeks pro-
per educational and recreational
facilities. There should be pro-
per planning and land develop-
ment for the sake of those now
living in Eagan and for the many
people who will reside here in the
future. And for the elderly, Eagan
should be an area of peace and
contentment.
With her ten year association
in Eagan Township in actively
participating in an office, Mrs.
Kennedy hopes to provide know-
ledgeable capable leadership as a
member of the Eagan Village
Council.
O'Brien
tatement
Of Filing
JOHN O'BRIEN
EAGAN -- Jahn O'Brien has
filed for the new position of
mayor of Eagan. The following
is his filing statement:
I have lived in Dakota County
all of my life. I have been in
business in Eagan Township for
12 years as owner of O'Brien's
Halfway House.
I was elected the first mayor
of Lilydale, and held that office
for 12 years when I resigned
FIRST ELECTION
VILLAGE OF EAGAN
OCTOBER 19, 1972
Mtnri'esota- Va11ey •Sun
Sept.'.28,1972
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', FIRST CANDIDATE TO FILE IN EAGAN for the village election on Oct. 19 was Jim •
Smith, 2070 Marble Lane. Watching as Alyce Balke, clerk, recorded the historic fil-
ing was Mary Mohahan, left, one of the coordinators of Smith's campaign. 1
Election - :
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First Candidate Files
•F.or ✓Election Eag ;.•, <i..
►n an
.—Jim Smith, 2070 Marble
Lane. was the first candi-
date to arrive at the Eagan
.' town hall on Sept. 21..when
filings opened for Eagan's
,. ,. first village election.
ON HAND TO share �•the
;4,',,historic moment with
. •.,,.Smith was Mary Monahan
who. with Barbara Ar•
' `lchambault, is serving as
coordinator for Smith's
)campaign for a post on the
. hew village council. ,.;.,,
..' Alta. Accepting the filing was
• Alyce Bolke. town clerk.
'•�;•' 'Eagan's form of govern-
: ment will change from a
t;.aownship to a village when
° • elections are held October
v;..
to name a- mayor and
four councilmen.. •!rJ,.t
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��`,tA�:' SMITH• COMMENTii ED
.LDtthat several surveys he has•
:x r.ead'1over;the past few
• months i to -a declining
;y trust xof'puffi .,, is ocia ls..ia
.'t7 '
The actions of some ••' hi " r.' 1
troduce a code of ethics for ;'-
communities.in adopting a all electedand appointed :Pt r `
code of ethics is a step in officials of Eagan, with the '' o-?�,
the right direction toward main emphasis on'a•public. w
re-establishing the electo- .disclosure resolution. ;:;rr„jth
rate's confidence in elected •'' -' �,_.T��. e;��
officials. Smith comment- ':In line with this, he said:- a'
ed. .he will file with the town an
. HE PLEDGED THAT, if clerk a statement of his y
.he is elected to the Eagan holdings and a record of his
village council. he will in- campaigncontributions '1 �'-�
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Election judges have
been named to serve in the
special Eagan village elec-
t tion on October 19, when a
mayor and four concilmen
will be named.
' - Serving in Precinct I will
be Lucille Atwood, June
Ketcham and Pat Kaeder.
• with Judith Miller and Ju-
dith Mundahl as alternates.
' Precinct II judges will be
include Lorraine Danielson,.
Ethel Groff and Regina
'! Utecht, with Frances Groff
_'. and Elaine Bazdicek serv-::
• ing as alternates. '
.:Filings opened Sept. 21.:
and will close Oct.'4'
;THE MAN ELECTED
mayor on Oct. 19 will serve
o,unUl January :1974. The
Carol Engebretson, 'Peg -,will be eligible to vote ih rnayor and six had filed for
Black and Alice Meyer's, -the October 19 election.: council posts by',l p:m_
;;with Mary Harrison and Registrations are accepted:.,. Tuesday.::y::: •g-?tn;.r.,+v._
-. Mavis Westbrook as alter:• ,during regular office hours. ' Seeking to become the,.
.nates. ,• r . 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.'Mon- -flitmayor of the Village Of.;
-SERVING IN PRE- day through Friday. •:`'Eagan are Herbert Polzin,.'
'CINCT II will be Anna Lou ,,a;; -
�••' 940 Blue Gentian Road. and
•Arneson. Caren LaBelle,. S.THE•TOWN HALL will.. Paul J. Uselmann. 3012
c,Donna Harmson and Marie remain open from 7:30 to 9. ` Woodlark Lane. :•._ "�:t. "''.>? '?':lane, with Barbara Ganger •' =:m. today',.(Thursda )- .to .,.r':'Seeking election to the
:?and Carol Vihovde a,alter- P`;_,.r..KLi:4:J`r• t_ ...t!' y,'� four
counci seats are Theo
.: nates. Precinct IV judges
4550
Blackhawk Road: James
Smith. 2070 Marble Lane:
Arthur Rahn, 4100.Black-'
hawk Rbad: Howard Hen- •
-
dricks: 'Joseph Krisnik. '
4195 Lexington .Ave. S., and
Joseph Harrison.'••2811
Beam Lane. :,v; %;., L, . r; ,'
Filings will close next -
Wednesday Oct 4. s -
- its',
•
councilman receiving the permit late registrants an;
highest number of votes opportunity to vote.
will serve a three year "ll
term, the two receiving the The villageenfmoffi:30 a.m.w.
next highest number will remain open from 8:30
serve for two years„and the ' jJ. . °O vct. is, to ana
•councilman receiving the 17 in give voters an oppor-
fourth highest number will tunny to register, if. they,
serve for one year. ' '-• have not done so. to vote in
•All voters over 18 years the November election.
of age registered by 9 p.m. •' .- ' ' . .r; r.-';,
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Cites .Qualifications ..
Paul Uselmann Files
For Mayor in Eagan
Paul J. Uselmann, Jr.,
currently serving his sec-
ond term as Eagan town
board supervisor. last week
announced that he had filed
for the position of mayor of
the new village of Eagan.
His decision to run is due
primarily, he said. to the
absolute necessity for con-
tinuity of experienced lead-
ership in the transition pe-
riod of Eagan from town-
ship to village.
"THE DEVELOPMENT
of our new municipal proc-
ess will be far more effi•
cient if we retain capable
leadership and combine
them with the newly elect-
ed officials." he main-
tained.
"The positive impact of
change to village will
spread the responsibilities
Uselmonn
Lists His
Committee
Paul
Uselmann
and result in a more respon-
sive local government." he
added. "I believe we can
maintain the current level
of services without increas-
ing taxes at the village -lev-
el
"TAXES AND SERV-
ICES go hand in hand If
more services are demand-
ed. costs are bound to go up
and only then would taxes
increase. Taxes will not
automatically go up.
"I am proud of the fact
EAGAN -- Paul Uselmann,
candidate for mayor of Eagan
in the October 19 village elec-
tion, announced the organization
of the Uselmann volunteer corn-
mittee last week. Dale Everson
has been appointed chairman,
Carolyn Thurston, secretary,
Jim Fischer, treasurer, and
Barbara Schmidt and Mary
Monahan, publicity.
Precinct captains are: Pre-
cinct 1 -- Don Chapdelaino and
Pam Leimer: Precinct 2 - Lois
Osterhues and Paul Pahos: Pre-
cinct 3 - Jim Ingalls, Barb
Walstad and Ken Holmgren: Pre-
cinct 4 - John Atkins and Jan
Callenius.
Roger Donley, Bill Wallenta,
Kay Wernecke and .lim Kremer
will serve as assistants to the
chairman.
Anyone wishing to serve on
the campaign may call Dale Ever-
son, 454-2460 or contact the
captain of his precinct.
that. as supervisor in
charge of parks. 1 have
guided the newly formed
park committee in success.
fully retaining the services
of a professional planner.
passing a park bond issue.
and acquiring land.
"YOU CAN NOW see
construction in progress on
six sites throughout Eagan,
with additional develop•
ment planned for next year.
Eagan now has the begin-
ning of a fine park system.
"It is also apparent that
our town has made solid
progress in preparing for
the rapid and explosive
growth which will accom-'
pang the completion of
major highways 35E and
494.
"1 PLEDGE MY efforts
at maintaining balance dur-
ing this growth. My experi-
ence best qualifies me to
maintain this direction for
the good of all of Eagan."
Uselmann has been a res-
ident of Eagan for more
than ten years. He and his
wife, Joan. and their four
children live at 3012 Wood-
lark Lane
HE IS A MARKETING
account executive with
ensen Printing, Division of
Holden Industries, M►nne-
apolis, a member of the Cit-
izens League, Sales and
Marketipg Executives, and
currently serves as acting
hairman of the Day activi-
ty Schools for Retarded in
Dakota County.
H. Polzin
Statement
Of Filing
"I wish to announce my can-
didacy for the office of Mayor
of the new Village of Eagan, Da-
kota County Minnesota. Over the
past several months, following
the Minnesota Municipal Com-
mission hearings on incorpora-
tion of the town of Eagan, 1
have pondered at great length
whether or not I should run for
further public office. 1 have come
to the conclusion that, having been
a public official of Eagan for 30
years, the new Village Council
needs a man at the helm with a
great deal of experience and
sense of past history -- ofEagan
in order to guide this community
through what 1 anticipate to be a
trying transitional period.
"Recognizing the difference of
divergent groups In Eagan which
now exist, it is my fond hope
that I can serve all of the people
in the community in changing
from the township form of gov-
ernment to the village with a
minimum of friction, and smooth
the way for changes which will
inevitably come to Eagan be-
cause of its increasing sta-
ture and importance in the met-
ropolitan area.
"The business of operating Ea-
gan, even as a township, has of
late years becom? complex and
technical and has required much
work and a great deal of planning
on the part of all town officials.
many of whom have been asso-
ciated with the town for a num-
ber of years and have, in my
opinion, the background and
know-how to continue serving
Eagan for the times ahead.
"This Is not to say that
people and new ideas will
have a voice and be enterta
in the coming months and year
is only to say that until the
voices and new ideas have hat
test of time and experience in
gan, the community will 1
gress --but along an even
for the longrange benefit of
of its residents. My credert
for the job of Mayor are th
have been a lifetime resit
of Eagan. I have owned i
pert) and have farmed
worked for the U.S. Postal
vice, and I have seen at c
range the development of
gan from a completely rural r
to an increasingly urban ci
m unity.
"i have had the honor of s
ing as a charter comma
member of the Eagan Advit
Planning Commission since
beginning in 1959 and its 1
Chairman, and since 1968 a.
Chairman. I have been the t
Treasurer and Investment
facer for nearly 30 years
am fully aware of Eagan's [it
cial condition and its pre
and future needs. I am concet
with rising taxes but also
the needs of the community*
require taxation to provide th
"1 would like the supporto
people in Eagan to elect met
first mayor and continue for
the great start that the comn
ity has made in becoming pat
the metropolitan community
more importantly, serving
needs on a sound and serf
basis.
HERBERT H. POLZIN
ELECT EAGAN
HERBERT H. POLZIN
MAYOR
of new Village of Eagan
VOTE OCTOBER 19
• 30 years experience in Eagan Government
• Veteran Member of Advisor" Planning Commission
• Pledged to Economy & Lower Taxes and For on Orderly Transi-
tion to the new Village form of Government
Prepared and circulated by Herbert H. Polzin, 940 Blue Gentian
Rd , Eogan, Minnesota, on his own behalf
KEEP
USELIM
o 0 0 elect ihv
fl�ll
aao
USELMANN
.FOR continued experienced leadership.
• now in second term as Town Board
Supervisor.
.FOR continued planning for controlled land
use.
• will encourage effective controls on
multiple and commercial development.
• will consider establishment of zoning
review committee.
.FOR continued efficiency and economy in
government.
• knowledge and experience in budget
determination.
• knowledge of departments and service.
• cooperation with Federal requirements
to insure maximum Federal assistance
for future improvements - i.e., HUD!
.FOR continued responsibility in park de-
velopment.
.FOR EAGAN
.FOR YOU
"The only vested interest that I have are the people of Eagan."
Elect PAUL USELMANN Mayor
YOUR VOTE DOES COUNT'
WE NEED YOU!
VOTE - Thursday, October 19
Prepared by Uselmann Volunteer Committee, Dale Everson Chairman, 1780 Serpentine Dr.; Jim and Rosemary Fischer, Mary Monahan,
Barb Schmidt, Harvey Pellerin, Paul Pahos, Don Chapdelaine, Jim Ingalls, Jan Callenius, Ed and Lois Osterheus, Pam Leimer, Carolyn
Thurston, Jim Kremer, and Roger Donnelly.
CANDIDATE' S STATEMENTS
COUNCILMAN
JUDYTH F. BIGELOW ([iRS. E. BURT)
1315 Deerwood Drive
Homemaker
1. Attended Macalester and U. of `i. for short period.
2. I have a moral obligation to the community in which I live.
3. It's very easy for candidates to name "major issues", e.i.: airport
annex, new Cedar bridge. It's also very easy to say I'm against the
airport annex, for the new Cedar bridge. However, as a candidate
for council, my most important task is to remind myself that I will
be a representative. My main duty is to Listen To The People. As
an individual I may feel a certain action is right, but if the
Eagan residents feel differently I would have to follow them. If
this weren't possible I would be obligated to resign. As a small
community we have the opportunity to realize what the large, metro-
politan area often lacks: a government Of, By and For the People.
I want a Council that will listen and act on what Egan residents
want. There is only one "Major Issue"; listen to the people you
represent. I will.
LYLE HEIR
1037 McKee Street
Mail Carrier V.S.P.S.
1. Graduate of !Vashi.ngton High School
2.
3. Village Plan. A strong need for an overall village plan that will
protect the homeowners form indifferent developers.
Park Program. A park program that will assure Eagan residents of
recreational facilities in the future.
HOWARD HENDRICKS
3155 Highway 13
Self-employed trucker
1. 25 years small business - self employed, high school graduate.
2.
3. Opposed to any extension of the airport into Eagan. Opposed to a
tax increase and would work against it'unless'i.t can be clearly
shown that such an increase is vital to the village, and for the
betterment of the residents.
TED WACHTER
4550 Blackhawk Road
1. Course in Zoning and Planning at Inver Hills State Junior College.
2. Eagan Land Use and Comprehensive Planning Committee.
13 years on the Eagan Advisory Planning Committee.
3. I believe we must maintain a reasonable continuity in changing
from the Township form of government to that of Village. We have
a stable fiscal policy in this community, and must maintain. it.
I would like to represent all people, those who are not fully
informed.on the issues, and also the ones who are too busy to
become involved in their government.
CANDIDATE'S STATEMENTS
COUNCILMAN
DEAN L. JENSEN'
4304 Jasper Drive
Production Control Coordinator, Honeywell, Inc.
1. Two years Accounting School; Have taken many after hour courses at
Honewell such as Planning Seminar, Beginning Basic for HCN,
Production Planning and Inventory Control. Presently taking
Elements of Supervision.
2. Cedar Athletic Association, Boy Scouts, Charter member of Eagan
Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad.
3. A smooth transition from Township to Village form of government.
I would be for adding services only when necessary or if enough
people demand them. I will try to keen our taxes as low as pos-
sible. Work to attract new industry, to strengthen building code
and zoning laws for public businesses and apartment buildings.
Work for continuation of good police and fire protection and ser-
vices of the Public Works Department. Interested in reducing
speed limits on county roads in residential areas for the safety
of everyone. Am opposed to any extension of the airport into
Eagan.
HELEN M. KENNEDY (i:1RS. JAMES H.)
3300 Heritage Lane
1. College of St. Catherine, BA; Post grad work U. of M.;
Med. Technologist at VA and U of ".l; taught same to medical student
at University six years.
2. Active member of the VFW, served as State President and National
legislative director; Five consecutive terms (10 years) as Justice
of peace of. Eagan Township; Three year member of State Commission
Against Descrimination; presently member of the State Commission
to Hire the Handicapped.
3. Holds in high priority the rights and welfare of all Fagan
residents. For youth proper educational and recreational facili-
ties. Should be proper planning and land development for the
sake of those now living in Eagan and future residents. For the
elderly, Eagan should he an area of peace and contentment.
JOSEPH L. KRISNIK
4195 So. Lexington Avenue
Refinery Stillman
1. Graduate of U of M, B.S. degree in mathematics.
2. Member of Committee for Study of Eagan Health Needs; Rosemount
Schools Facilities Planning Advisory Committee; Worked with
Management - Labor Contract negotiations.
3. This is a very important formative year for Eagan, the things we
do will remain with us for a long period of time. We must retain
the residential character of our neighborhoods and protect us from
haphazard and careless development. With the projections of
growth for Eagan and the inevitable entrance of the shady element
into our village; we have to guarantee our police denartment our
maximum financial effort and show the people of the metropolitan
area that we want Eagan to remain a good glace to live and to
raise a family.
GET TO KNOW
TED
WACHTER
YOUR
COUNCILMAN
OCTOBER 19, 1972
7 AM TO 8PM
ACHTER
EAGANti4a8Y-
ANCf�RB�iEN1:VE oP ING COMMITTEE
13 YEARS ON THE EAGAN ADVISORY PLANNING COMMITTEE
DER
MINNESOTA OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMER IN 1957 AWARDED BY THE
JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CONSERVATION AWARD FOR WILDLIFE AND TREE PLANTING OF
DAKOTA COUNTY
MEMBER OF THE CARPENTER'S UNION LOCAL 1644
COURSE IN ZONING & PLANNING AT
INVER HILLS STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE
ROSEMOUNT SCHOOL STUDY COMMITTEE
PAST ROSEMOUNT SCHOOL PTA MEMBER
PRESENT ELDER OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF CEDAR GROVE
PAST PRESIDENT OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF CEDAR GROVE
14ETISUWAY SCHT4CHER 1
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TED WACHTER
AS A CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILMAN FOR THE NEW VILLAGE OF EAGAN,
MINNESOTA, I BELIEVE WE MUST MAINTAIN A REASONABLE CONTINUITY IN
CHANGING FROM THE TOWNSHIP FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO THAT OF VILLAGE.
WE HAVE A GREAT ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM HEADED BY TOWN CLERK ALYCE BOLKE,
AND POLICE CHIEF MARTIN DESLAURIERS, FIRE CHIEF BILL SCHULTZ, AND
UTILITY AND PARK DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BILL BRANCH. I KNOW WE WILL INVITE
CONFUSION BY ABRUPT CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT. WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD IT.
I AM NOT ADVERSE TO CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WHERE CHANGE HAS MERIT AND IS
WELL THOUGHT OUT, BUT CHANGING TO A VILLAGE DOES NOT PROVIDE MORE
REVENUE WITH WHICH TO RUN A COMMUNITY. THERE ARE MANY STATISTICS TO
SUPPORT THE FACT THAT VILLAGES ARE CONSIDERABLY MORE EXTRAVAGANT THAN
TOWNSHIP'S. WE HAVE HAD A STABLE FISCAL POLICY IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND
WE MUST MAINTAIN IT.
I BELIEVE THAT OUR ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ARE NOT INSURMOUNTABLE.
MY INTERESTS HERE ARE TESTIFIED TO BY MY APPOINTMENT TO THE LAND USE
AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE IN 1972, AND I WAS AWARDED THE
DAKOTA COUNTY CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR WILDLIFE AND TREE
PLANTING.
WE HAVE OWNED LAND AND LIVED IN EAGAN FOR THIRTY YEARS, AND I HAVE
BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EAGAN ADVISORY PLANNING COMMITTEE SINCE IT WAS
FORMED IN 1959. SERVING MY THIRTEEN YEARS ON THE EAGAN PLANNING
COMMITTEE, AND AS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO CHARTER MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP,
I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO TREAT THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE ME
AS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM CONSIDERED IF I WERE ON THE APPLICANT'S
SIDE OF THE TABLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPRESENT ALL PEOPLE, THOSE WHO ARE NOT FULLY
INFORMED ON THE ISSUES, AND ALSO THE ONES WHO ARE TOO BUSY TO BECOME
INVOLVED IN THEIR GOVERNMENT. MY FAMILY (WIFE, LEONE ,
P ) AND I LOVE AND RESPECT THIS COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE IT ON THE EAGAN COUNCIL.
I OCTOBER 19, 1972
VOTE
TED
ACHTER
FO
R
COUNCILMAN
Prepared and Paid for by the Wachter Volunteer Comittee
1465 Lone Oak Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55121
CANDIDATE'S STATEMENTS
MAYOR
PAUL USELMANN, JR.
3012 Woodlark
Account Executive - Jensen Printing
1. St. Francis, Milwaukee, BA
2. Current Supervisor - 2nd term, Chairman Dakota County Day Care
Centers for Retarded, Citizens League.
3. Continuity of experienced officials in transition of Eagan from
township to village.
Continuation of progress made on land use plan and oxen space
program.
JOHN O'BRIEN
3125 Dodd Road
Owner of O'Brien's Halfway House
2. Mayor of Lilydale for twelve years, (resigned). Was their first
Mayor and set up the new laws and ordinances.
3. I want the residents of Eagan to know that if they have a problem
or question I will be available to them at anytime. All meetings
will be open to the public so they can voice their opinions or
present a problem and be assured that it will be given considera-
tion and discussion instead of being pigeon -holed.
HERB POLZIN
940 Blue Gentian Road
Retired.
1. A farmer and U. S. Postal Employee all my working years. Have
taken various short courses at U. of M. College of Agriculture.
2. Eagan Civic Association. Treasurer and rhief Investment Officer
for Eagan the last thirty years.
3. Pledged to economy and lower
tion to the new Village form
form of government.
Also to very carefully
posed for the Village.
into a program of that
taxes. Also for an orderly transi-
of Government from the old Township
study the low cost government housing pro -
I have no intention of plunging headlong
type.
CANDIDATE'.S STATEMENTS
COUNCILMAN
JAMES A. SMITH
2070 Marble Lane
Field Representative, Retail Credit Company.
1. St. Cloud State College, Business Administration degree.
2. PTA, Knights of Columbus, Sioux Trail Tien's Softball League,
Participation in previous town hoard election.
3. I feel the most important issue is the concern that taxes will
increase due to the change to a village. We presently have the
essential services of a village, thus there will be no need to
raise taxes to maintain these services.
Eagan's growth must he orderly and responsible - spot zoning must
be avoided. I will support only development that will benefit
the people of Eagan.
Park and recreational programs •rill become even more important
in the future and I will strongly support this program and its
implementation.
WILLIAM RYDLYCH
1330 Deerwood Drive
Program Director, UNIVAC
1. U of P4, Batchelor of Electrical Engineering
2. ':agan Boardof Sunefvisors.
Past member of Eagan Planning Commission and Dakota County
Planning Commission.
3. Electing a mayor and village council with enough experience to
keep the government going without excessive disruption during the
transition to a Village, and that will be willing to represent all
of Eagan's residents.
Continuation of pagans policy of tight control of spending while
channeling the available funds to uses of benefit to the resi-
dents - such as police and fire protection, street lighting and
general safety, and parks.
An increased concern for existing residential areas when approving
new developments. An increased emphasis on acceptable buffer
zones, and development of a Land -Use Guide.
SUMMARY
EXPENSES AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEODORE H. WACHTER
OANDIDATE FOR VILLAGE COUNCIL
THIS STATEMENT FILED 10/26/72
CONTRIBUTIONS:
1) $19.20 LARRY STROHKIRCH
1819 CLIFF RD.
8T. PAUL. MN. 55122
2) $28.00 RON ZEIEN
HASTINOS, MN.
.20 TOTAL
EXPENSES:
1) $66.87
2) $29.12
8.) $19:20
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PRINTING OP BROCHURES
INSTY PRINT CO.
PRINTING OF POSTERS
DAKOTA CO. TRIBUNE
ADVERTISING
DAKOTA CO. TRIBUNE
TOTAL
RESPBOTFULLY SUBMITTED
.ROBERT A. ERICKSON.
1465 LONE OAK RD.
ST. PAUL, MN. 55121
SEC. / TREAS..
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Ted Wachter
Statement
Of Filing
TED WACHTER
As a candidate for councilman
for the new Village of Eagan,
Mimesota, I believe we must
maintain a reasonable continuity
in charging from the Township
form of government to that of
Arthur Rahn
Statement
Of Filing
"1 wish to announce that I
lwill be a candidate for the new
Fagan Village Council at the
election on October 19th.
"I am a life long resident of
Eagan and for many years farm-
ed the area now known as Cedar
Grove No. 5. My wife, Clara
and I live at 4100 Blackhawk
Road. We have 5 married chil-
dren and 10 grandchildren. At
the present time, I am General
Manager of Hillandale Town
House Project on Blackhawk
Road.
"I have served Fagan as Town
Board Supervisor for 19 years,
nine of which I have been Chair-
man of the Board. I have also
been a member of the Dakota
County Park Board. I am well
acquainted with not only Eagan's
background and growth, but I
DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Village. Advisory Planning Committee
We have a great administra-
tive team headedty Town Clerk
Alyce Bolke, and Police Chief
Martin DesLauriers, Fire Chief
Bill Schultz, and Utility and Park
Department Director Bill
Branch. I know we will invite
confusion by abrupt change in
government.
We simply cannot afford it.
I am not adverse to change,
especially where charge has
merit and is well thought out,
but changing to a village does
not provide more revenue with
which to run a community. There
are many statistics to support
the fact that vlllages are con-
siderably more extravagant than
township's. We have hadastable
fiscal policy in this community,
and we must maintain it.
I believe that our ecological
problems are not Insurmaurt-
able. My interests here are
testified to by my appointment
to the Land Use and Compre-
hensive Planning Committee in
1972, and I was awarded the
Dakota County Conservation
Achievement award for Wildlife
and Tree Planting.
We have owned land and lived
in Eagan for thirty years, and I
have been a member oldie Eagan
also believe I can visualize its
future.
"1 feel It Is very important
to make a smooth change from
the town form of government to
the village, and this, I think,
will best be served if the voters
elect capable, experienced coun-
cilmen to guide Eaganthrough Its
transition period.
"1 have helped Eaganprogresa
in an orderly manner with low
taxes and I will continue to work
for good government and low
taxes.
"My faithful and conscientious
service speaks for itself and
merits your support in the up-
coming election. If you feel that
I have done a good job for Fagan
in the past, then I urge you to
come out at election time and
insure the continued good gov-
ernment you and I have enjoyed
for many years in cur com-
munity. Respectfully, Arthur
Rahn."
at nce it was formed in 1959.
Serving my thirteen years on
the Eagan Planning Committee,
and as one of the only two chart-
er members of this group. I
have always tried to treat the
problems that have come before
me as I would like to have them
considered if I were on the ap-
plicant's side of the table.
I would like to represent all
people, those who are not fully
informed on the issues, and also
the ones who are too busy to
become involved in their govern -
mere. My family (wife, Leone
and two children, Pam and Kar-
ma) and 1 love and respect this
community, and I would appre-
ciate the opportunity to prove it
on the Eagan Council.
Councilman
FOR THE NEW VILLAGE OF
EAGAN
OCTOBER 19
Volunteers or Contributions Appreciated
Coll the Wachter Volunteer Committee
454-1688
PAID ADVERTISMENT - Prepared by the Wachter Volun-
teer Committee. Larry Strohkirch, Chairman, 1819 Cliff Rd..
Eagan, Minn. 55122, for which the regular advertising rates
have been paid.
vote
SMITH
OCT 19
council
A VAN CF...
cobmrnon sense
sound judement
A «AN FOR THE PEOPLE
EA3AN RESIIDENT 11 YEARS
electJIM SMITH
sACTIVE IN THE CGMUNITY
BUSINESS ADMINI9TATICN DEGREE
Frep red by Jim Smith for Council Volunteer Committee, Mary Monahan 44p,
ant Barbara Archambnuit, Coorilnatora, 2840 Highview Terrace
61130
HlWS'
war
son
VOTE
JIM
SMTH.
OCT. 19
ELECT
•
ARTHUR F. RAHN
COUNCILMAN
FOR
NEW VILLAGE OF EAGAN
VOTE OCTOBER 19th 7 A. M. to 8 P. M.
RAHN FOR COUNCIL
•
°19 Years experience as town board
supervisor and chairman of board
Dedicated to continued good and
economically sound government
for Eagan
•
PREpAREd by ANd FOR ARTIIUR F. RAN, , 4100 BIAckhAwk Rd., EAc,AN, MINN.
Vote
RYDRYCH
RESPONSIVE
ESPONSIBLE
HE WILL WORK FOR
* Parks and Playgrounds
* Balanced Development —
Growth on Eagans Terms
* Local Control/A voice
for Eagans residents
* Improved efficiency in government
* Holding the line on taxes
HE UNDERSTANDS YOUR PROBLEMS
A resident of Eagan for 12 years, Th years in Cedar
Grove and 41k years semi -rural, Bill has tried to solve
the problems of Eagan. Active in civic affairs, he is
currently a member of the Eagan Board of Supervisors,
and is a past member of the Eagan Planning Commis-
sion and the Dakota County Planning Commission.
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE
Since election to the Board of Supervisors, he has:
• Initiated action to develop a Land -Use Guide
for Eagan.
• Initiated action to install street lighting at
major intersections.
• Actively encouraged neighborhood participa-
tion in planning "adjacent" developments.
• Served as "Vice -Chairman" of the Board of
Supervisors, responsible for Planning/zoning,
Police and Fire Departments.
• Been a leader in the opposition to the
Eagan Satellite airport.
HE KNOWS HOW TO CONTROL COSTS
Bill has 12 years of management and financial
experience at UNIVAC. He knows what has to be
done - and has the proven abilities to get it done.
WHERE HE STANDS
' "Eagans development should follow a plan. Our
residential areas should be protected."
• "We need industrial and commercial development
for a healthy tax base - but we should encourage
development in areas now zoned."
▪ "The path to increased services is through in-
creased efficiency not increased taxes."
"The parks we have acquired should be developed,
to allow current residents to benefit from what
they are paying for."
i
Think - Before You Vote!
Informed
Concerned
* Choose positive solutions
instead of promises!
Experienced
* Choose dedication to
solving Eagans problems!
* Choose a stable, progressive
government for Eagan!
"VILLAGE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE
TO LEAD TO INCREASED TAXES. THE
PEOPLE YOU ELECT ON OCTOBER 19th
WILL DETERMINE WHAT TAXES YOU PAY."
RYDRYCH
(FOR VILLAGE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 19)
Prapareld & paid for by RyOrych Volunteer committee. Jon Marble, Chairman, 4311 Jasper Drivel. Eagan
ELECT
JOSEPH L. KRISNIK
Councilman
Eaaan
Oct. 19, 1972
Resident of Eagan for 16 years
Veteran, U.S. Army, World vier II,
Europe
Bachelor of acience Degree, University
of Minnesota
Member of Oil, Chemical, and Atomic
ri or kers of America
Former PTA president
Chairman of Rosemount school Facilities
Planning Advisory Committee
Member of Committee for :study of Eagan
Health Needs
My first concerns as a council member will be:
1. To protect the residential character of our neighborhood from
haphazard or careless development, public or private,
2. To guarantee our police and fire departments our maximum
financial support,
3. To consolidate village departments whenever this would reduce
expenditures,
4. To hasten construction of a new Cedar Avenue bridge and the
upgrading of Cedar Avenue,
5. To work with state legislators so that Eagan gets its full
share of the available tax dollars.
Thank You For Your Support
DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Wm. Rydrych
Statement
f Filing
1
WM. RYDRYCH
EAGAN - - William Rydrych
has filed for a position on the
new Eagan council. The follow-
ing is his filing statement;
With the change -over to a Vil-
lage form d government on Oc-
tober 19, Eagan is enteringa new
era. The Township form has ser-
ved Eagan well in the past, and I
would hope that many of the ad-
vantages present under the cur-
rent government can be carried
over to the new Village govern-
ment. Whether this can be suc-
cessfully done depends onthe de-
cisions you, as voters, make on
October 19th.
To a certain extent your vote
on October 19th will serve as a
"report -card" on whether you
believe the jobs your current
elected officials have done is
satisfactory. and the path they
have followed Is the proper one.
Eagan has one of the lowest mil
rates in the Metropolitanarea--
and this can continue. Eagan has
been extremely successful in
attracting quality industrial and
commercial development, the key
to low taxes - and this can con-
tinue. Eagan has embarked on a
comprehensive program of park
acquisition and development,
traffic safety, and Land -Use
ping - and this can continue.
Eagan has efficient, responsive
police and fire protection for its
residents - and this can continue.
Change to a new form of gov-
ernment can be a traumatic ex-
perience for a community. In
Eagan's case, it can be a smooth
transition. I believe you, as
voters, want an ernciert govern-
ment, which holds spending to a
minimum. This is what you have
gotten in the past. This is what
you can get in the future - plus
a more responsive, concerned
government resulting from the
broader representation.
My 6-1/2 years on the Eagan
Planning Commission, plus the
experience gained from my cur-
rent position on the Eagan Board
d Supervisors, will allow me to
aid in this smooth transition.
With a careful selection by
J. Krisnik
Statement
Of Filing
JOSEPH L. KRI.SPIIK
EAGAN -- Joseph L. Krisnik,
4195 So. Lexington Avenue.
Eagan, 454-6418, hasfiledforthe
Eagan Council. The following is
his filing statement:
Age 45
Military service: U.S. Ariny,
World War II, Europe.
Education: Bachelor afSclence
degree, University of Minnesota.
Family: Wife, Yvonne; chil-
dren, Joe, Jeanne, Anne, John
andJ .
you on October 19, Eagan can be-
come a Village without uncontrol-
led spending. Think over your
vote carefully - who you elect
on October 19th will determine
the path d Eagan for many years
to comp.
BIOGRAPHY:
• Resident of Eagan for 11-1/2
years, 7-1/2 years in Cedar
Grove and 4 years semi -rural.
• Married, 3 children (3, 5,
7), currently residing at 1330
Deerwood Drive.
• Program Director, UNIV AC
Corporation.
• Current member Eagan
Board d Supervisors, past mem-
ber Eagan Planning Commis-
sion and Dakota County Planning
Commiss ion.
I have decided to file for the
office of councilman in the newly
formed village d Eagan, becau se
I am very concerned about future
possibilities for cur area The
residential character of Eagan
must be maintained. Eagan gals
good place to live and caste a
family. Nothing should interfere
with this. We have an excellent
police force and a dedicated group
d volunteer firemen. R is our
obligation to these men to give
them our maximum support.
Without a doubt, the prime
concern d the Eagan Council,
as well as the officials of all
of northern Dakota County, must
be the early construction eta new,
safe, Cedar Avenue bridge and
the upgrading of Cedar Avenue.
I have been a resident&Eagan
for 16 years. During that time I
have worked on management -
labor contract negotiations and I
have served as PTA president.
At present I am chairman of
the Rosemount School Facilities
Planning Advisory Committee
and am one of the five members
of the Committee to Study the
Health Needs of Eagan, meeting
with the Metropoittan Health
Board and hospital administra-
tors.
I feel capable of workigg with
our legislators for our goals and
to make sure that Eagan gets
its full share of the. available
tax dollars.
Elect
BIGELOW
for Eagan Council
Judy Bigelow
will listen
Skewi�Ktakeqovt
Cw «i&ib& iftij.
Elect JUDO
BIGELOW
for Eagan
Council
Tke'wLA oq Oueisuijai6ue.
„AQuayo £i6eic t ike peope."
WANT TO HEAR
WHATYOUHAVE TO SAY.
VOTE OCT. 19
BIGELOW
X
VOTE SMITH
+ + + STRONG ETHICAL CODE
+ + + SOUND ZONING PRACTICES
+ + + RESPONSIBLE BUDGET POLICIES
+ + + SUPPORT PARK PLANS
+ + + YOUTH ACTIVITIES
* .. *
Residence 2070 Marble Lane - 11 years
Occupation Field Representative
Retail Credit Company
Jim Smith for Council Volunteer Committee, Mary Monahan,
Barbara Archambault, Don Chapdelaine, Ruby Kubista,
coordinators, Bob Losinski, Treasurer, 2840 Highview Terr.
I HAVE DISCUSSED MY CANDIDACY FOR THE NEW VILLAGE
COUNCIL WITH MANY RESIDENTS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THE MOST FREQUENTLY MENTIONED SUBJECT HAS BEEN
THE FEAR OF TAXES RISING RAPIDLY DUE TO THE CHANGE
IN GOVERNMENT. CURRENTLY, AS EAGAN TOWNSHIP, WE
HAVE POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION, STREET AND
UTILITY DEPARTMENTS AND A PARK PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
EXPANSION OF THESE VILLAGE SERVICES WILL ONLY BE
INCREASED AS THE POPULATION AND TAX BASE WARRANT,
NOT DUE TO ANY CHANGE IN GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE.
I WILL SUPPORT ONLY SOUND BUDGET POLICIES WHICH
WILL PROVIDE EXPANDED SERVICES ONLY AS NEEDED.
I FEEL THIS WOULD BE A MOST OPPORTUNE TIME TO
ADOPT A CODE OF ETHICS, INCLUDING A STRONG RECOM-
MENDATION FOR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST.
THE CITIZENS ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW THE HOLDINGS AND
BUSINESS INTERESTS OF EACH AND EVERY ELECTED OR
APPOINTED OFFICIAL OF EAGAN. I WILL INTRODUCE
SUCH A RESOLUTION.
EAGAN'S GROWTH MUST BE ORDERLY AND RESPONSIBLE --
SPOT ZONING MUST BE AVOIDED. I WILL SUPPORT ONLY
DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF EAGAN.
WE HAVE THE BEGINNINGS OF ONE OF THE FINEST PARK
SYSTEMS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. PARK AND RE-
CREATIONAL PROGRAMS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE IMPOR-
TANT IN THE FUTURE AS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN WE WILL
ALL HAVE MORE LEISURE TIME. IF ELECTED, I WILL
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLEMENTA-
TION.
THE NEED FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS BECOMES MORE AND MORE
IMPORTANT AS OUR VILLAGE MATURES. THE AREA LACKS
PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I
WOULD URGE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL TO STUDY THE POSSI-
BILITY OF ESTABLISHING A REPRESENTATIVE YOUTH
ADVISORY BOARD. WE MUST TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN
MEETING THIS CHALLENGE.
JIM, HIS WIFE JAN AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN HAVE
LIVED AT 2070 MARBLE LANE FOR ELEVEN YEARS. HE
HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AS A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR
THE RETAIL CREDIT COMPANY FOR THIRTEEN YEARS, AND
IS A GRADUATE OF ST. CLOUD STATE COLLEGE WITH A
DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ip,
OPEN LETTER TO T1IE CITIZENS OF EAGAN
FROM JOHN J. KLEIN
FORMER CHLAIRMAN OF TIIE EAGAN TOWN BOARD
APRIL 1963 - APRIL 1972
MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON YOUR
GOVERNMENT ON OCTOBER 19TH. YOU WILL NOT! I THINK YOU SHOULD
KNOW WHY.
AFTER THE 1969 LEGISLATURE, I HEARD THROUGH A MEMBER OF THE MIN-
NI•ESOTA MUNICIPAL COMMISION (MMC) THAT THE RIGHT TO VOTE HAD BEEN
TAKEN FROM US. I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS WHO COULDN'T
BELIEVE THIS AND SAID THEY HAD SPECIFICALLY VOTED FOR THIS RIGHT.
UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS LEARNED THE WORDS HAD BEEN OMITTED IN
THE REVISOR'S OFFICE AT THE CAPITOL, AND WE WERE DEPRIVED OF OUR
VOTE.
1 COULD NOT BELIEVE, THAT IN THIS COUNTRY, GOVERNMENT DOES NOT
COME FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. ON AUGUST 3, 1971, AND AS
YOUR BOARD CHAIRMAN AT TITAT TIME, I ASKED TO APPEAL TI!IS. SUPER-
VISOR ART RAHN CONCURRED. MR. PAUL USELMANN, WHO IS NOW ASKING TO
BE YOUR MAYOR, VOTED "NO"! HE DID NOT WANT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR -
HIGHT TO VOTE.
TIIE COURT EXAMINED TIIE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND
DISCOVERED THAT NOWHERE DOES IT GRANT US THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON OUR
FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THIS RULING CAME ON FEBRUARY 23, 1972.
IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO GO TO TIIE LEGISLATURE AND ASK FOR
THAT RIGHT TO BE REINSTATED. THIS IS DANGEROUS TO THE MMC, WHICH
IS A BODY OF ) POLITICAL APPOINTEES. GILANTING YOU THE RIGHT TO
VOTE WOULD DIMINISH THEIR POWERS.
THEY IIELD'HEARINGS, REQUIRED BY LAW, ON MAY 10, 1972. AT THESE
HEARINGS, MR. PAUL USELMANN AND MR. WILLIAM RYDRYCH ASKED TO INCOR-
PORATE EAGAN AND NEVER ONCE DID THEY ASK FOR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE OR
TO' DELAY THE DECISION UNTIL WE COULD REGAIN THAT RIGHT AT THE LEG-
I5LATURE.
A LIST OF 100 SIGNATURES ASKING FOR INCORPORATION WAS PRESENTED.
TWO COUNCIL CANDIDATES, MR. RYDRYCH ANI) MR. HARRISON, AND TIIE TWO
CAMPAIGN COORDINATORS FOR MR. SMITH, MRS. MARY MONA1MN AND MRS.
BARBAIRA ARCFL1MBAULT, SIGNED THE PETITION. PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TAK-
TNG UP THE PETITION URGED EXPEDIENCY KNOWING FULL WELL THEY WERE
CONTRIVING TO DEPRIVE YOU OF YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE.
I PLEADED, AS DID OTHERS, THAT TIIE PEOPLE OF EAGAN DESERVED THIS
HIGHT. THAT TIIEY 1!:1D ALWAYS ACTED INTELLIGENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY
TOWARD GOVERNMENT, IIAD SHOULDERED MANY BURDENS, AND HAD EARNED TFIE
RIGHT TO VOTE. I FURTHER ASKED THEM TO DELAY THEIR DECISION UNTIL
THE LEGISLATURE CONVENED.
'SE ARE NOT IN TROUBLE. TIIE TOWN IS OPERATING VERY WELL, AS -ALL
THE TESTIMONY BEFORE THE MMC DOCUMENTED, AND THERE IS NO URGENCY ----
EXCEPT TO THOSE WHO DON'T WANT YOU TO VOTE.
-over-
ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1972 THE MMC ORDERED US TO INCORPORATE INTO A VIL-
LAGE. THIS ORDER IS SO CORRUPT IT STATES THAT "NO PARTIES APPEAR-
ED AGAINST SAID PETITION". THREE OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OF-
FICE APPEARED FOR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. THEY WERE MAYOR CANDIDATE
HERB POLZIN AND COUNCILMAN CANDIDATES TED WACHTER AND ART RAHN. MR.
1.EO MURPHY GAVE ONE OF THE FINEST BRIEF DISSERTATIONS ON DEMOCRACY
SINCE PATRICK HENRY. IF THE MMC HAD HAD A CONSCIENCE, YOU WOULD BE
VOTING ON YOUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. A. LIST OF 400 SIGNATURES WAS
PRESENTED AGAINST THIS INCORPORATION, AND STILL THE MMC STATES THAT
NO PARTIES APPEARED AGAINST.
IT '.AS VERY IMPORTANT TO MR. USELMANN, MR. RYDRYCH, MR. JOE HARRISON,
AND TIIE TWO CAMPAIGN COORDINATORS FOR MR. JIM SMITH THAT THIS BE
RUSHED THROUGH BEFORE YOU COULD BE PERMITTED TO VOTE. SUDDENLY,
HOWEVER, YOUR VOTE HAS VALUE! NOW THEY WANT YOU TO ELECT THEM TO
OFFICE IN THE NEWLY DICTATED VILLAGE.
THE PRINCIPLE HERE I5 NOT ONE OF WHETHER YOU WANT A TOWNSHIP OR A
VILLAGE, DUT RATHER ONE OF SELF DETERMINATION BY THE VOTERS.
EAGAN IS NOT BEING PERMITTED TO VOTE ON INCORPORATION. WHY? ARE
OUR PEOPLE CONSIDERED TO BE NOT INTELLIGENT OR NOT CAPABLE? NO,
WE HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY CHEATED OF THHIS RIGHT, AND IN THE PRIVACY
OF THE VOTING BOOTH I SINCERELY HOPE YOU WILL REMEMBER IT AND VOTE
FOR:
HERB POLZIN, MAYOR
TED WACHTER, COUNCILMAN
ART RAHN, COUNCILMAN
PREPARED AND RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF EAGAN IN THE
INTEREST OF GOOD GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
y SbIIN J. KLEIN
:'1495 LONE OAK ROAD
'EAGAN, MINN. 55121
October 27, 1972
OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF EAGAN
FROM PAUL J. USELMANN, JR.
FORMER SUPERVISOR EAGAN TOWN BOARD
APRIL, 1969 - NOVEMBER, 1972
I am concerned about Eagan. I am concerned about all of its citizens.
That is why I must set the record straight, even though I am no longer
your elected representative.
I feel I was personally slandered by John Klein's llth hour letter
released the day before village elections, at a time when no response
was possible.
The other side of the issue should be brought out.
When the Town Board, chaired by Mr. Klein, was debating the
issue of whether to appeal the MMC incorporation order in
court, I argued that the MMC order was in fact law, and no
purpose would be served in spending $5,000 to $10,000 of
your money in an attempt to argue the constitutionality of
a law which had been adopted by the Legislature after full
and fair hearings. I then proposed we call a special Town
meeting and have a vote of the citizens to determine whether
we should pursue this matter in court. John Klein vehemently
objected and proceeded with his motion to spend your money
without your vote.
Was I fighting for your right to vote?
Was Mr. Klein afraid of the vote of the people?
Why was it so important that we remain a township?
Why is Mr. Klein still trying to control your vote?
Further, contrary to the impression which Mr. Klein obviously
tried to leave in his recent letter, I had nothing to do with
the petition submitted to the MMC ordering Eagan's incorpora-
tion -- even though I favored incorporation.
I know that the four other people mentioned in Klein's letter
who were actively involved in the incorporation petition were
doing so in the best interest of the community and not to
purposefully deprive anyone of his right to vote.
I was directly advised to step aside and not run for Mayor.
I was warned I would lose.
I think the Citizens of Eagan are being had if they allow letters like
John Klein's to influence their elections. Is real estate broker
John Klein guilty of unfair interference in the October 19 elections
of the Village of Eagan?
You have both sides of the picture now.
Paul Uselmann took no action which would operate to deprive you of the
right to vote.
Paul J. Uselmann, Jr.
3012 Woodlark Lane
Eagan, Mn.
Prepared and respectfully submitted to the Citizens of Eagan in the
interest of openness and fair play in politics.
TAXES
NOBODY KNOWS HOW THE TAXATION WILL.GO WITH A CHANGE
TO CHARTER CITY, BUT IT IS SAFE TO DRAW COMPARISONS OF
AVERAGES.
THE SEPTEMBER 1970 CITIZENS LEAGUE REVENUE SHARING RE-
PORT STATES, "THE AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR TOWN-
SHIP GOVERNMENT IN 1969 WAS 18 MILLS, COMPARED WITH 97
MILLS FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT."
THE CHART BELOW SHOWS WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU, THE
TAXPAYER, IN DOLLARS.
AVERAGE MILL LEVY FOR TOWNSHIP AND MUNICIPAL PURPOSES
IN MINN.
MARKET VALUE TOWNSHIPS MUNICIPALITIES DIFFERENCEIN
OF HOME -18 MILL AVERAGE 97 MILL AVERAGE TAX DOLLARS
$18,000 $32.40 $174.60 _$142.20
$24,000 $46.80 _$252.20 _$205.40
$30,000 561.20._ $329.80 $268.60
$36,000 $75.60 .1407.40 _$331.80_
$42,000 $90.60_ _ $485.00 $395.00
THESE DIFFERENCES ARE OVER AND ABOVE PRESENT TOWN,
SCHOOL, AND COUNTY TAXES.
I •�
MEMO 35
TO: Luther Stalland -
FROM: Rob Groth
DATE: September 7, 1972
RE: Campaign Contributions for the Eagan Municipal Elections
1. Unlawful Advancements of Money
It is a felony for any person to directly or indirectly advance, pay,
contribute, furnish or pledge any valuable thing or consideration to
or for the use of any other person with intent that such advancement or
pledge shall be expended or used in bribery at any election. MS 210.05.
2. Unlawful Expenditures
A candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor if, within 10 days before any
primary held to nominate the candidate for such office or who within
60 days before election at which an incumbant is to be chosen for such
office, he directly, or indirectly givescr promises to pay, wholly or
partly, the expenses of giving or providing any food, drink or enter-
tainment to or for any person with intent to corruptly influence such person
or affect his vote. MS 210.17.
3. Filing Statements by Treasurer
Every treasurer or other person who receives any money to be applied to
any of the election purposes for which expenditures are permitted by law,
who fails to file the statement and account required by Chapter 211 within
the time prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. MS 210.18.
4. Concealment of Accounts
Every treasurer or other person who receives any money for the purposes
aforesaid and who fails to keep a correct book of accountcontaining all
the statements and details required by law, with intent to conceal the
receipt or disbursement of any sum or to conceal the existence of any
unpaid debt or obligation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. MS 210.19.
5. Failure by Candidate to File Statement
Any candidate for nomination or election to any elective office, who fails
to make and file the verified statement of moneys contributed, expended
or promised by him or by others for him,
1) so far as he can learn within the time and with the details. required
by law
Rl
or 2) who enters upon the duties of any such office
or
3) who receives any salary or employment therefrom before he has so
filed such statement, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
MS 210.
6. Unlawful Contributions by Corporations
It is unlawful for any corporations organized for pecuniary profit that
are the subjects of public supervision to make a contribution of moneys from
its corporation funds to any political committee or to any person for the
purpose of aiding in carrying on any political canvass for the nomination
or election of any person or persons to any office whatever. MS 210.21
amended.
7. Legal Expenses
The expenditure of money or other thing of value by any candidate, personal
campaign committee, party committee, or political committee for political
purposes other than those provided in this section is prohibited. The
following are permitted expenditures:
1) Salaries, wages and fees;
2) Communications, mailing, transportation and travel;
3) Campaign advertising;
4) Printing;
5) Office and other space and necessary equipment, furnishings, and
supplies incidental thereto;
6) Other expenses, not included in the above, which are reasonably
related to the conduct of election campaigns. MS 211.02 amended.
8. Limit on Expenditures
No disbursement shall be made and no obligation, express or implied, to •
make such disbursement, shall be incurred by any candidate or his personal
campaign committee for any office in his campaign for nomination and elec-
tion, which shall be in the aggregate in excess of the amounts herein
specified:
1) For any county, city, village, or town officer who, if nominated
and elected, would receive a salary, a sum not exceeding one third
of the salary for the office in the year the election is held, with
the minimum sum allowed, $100. If such person, when nominated and
elected, would not receive a salary, a sum not exceeding one third
of the compensation which his predecessor received during the first
year of such predecessor's incumbency, with the minimum sum allowed,
$100. If such officer, when nominated and elected would not receive
a salary and if such officer had no predecessor, and in all cases
not specifically provided for, $100, and no more.
2) The disbursements authorized in this sectionlby a candidate for
elective office shall be deductible as expenses for production of
income or a business deduction under Chapter 290. MS 211.05 amended.
9. Solicitation of Contributions Prohibited
No person shall demand, solicit, ask, or invite any payment or contribution
to any religious, charitable, 'or other causes or organizations, supposedly
to be primarily for the public good, from any candidate for nomination or
election, or subscribe for the support of any club, or organization, or to
buy tickets to any entertainment or ball or to pay for space in any book,
program, periodical, or publication, nor shall such demand or solicitation
be made upon any committee. This shall not apply to the solicitation of
any business advertisement in periodicals in which the candidate was a
regular contributor, prior to his candidacy, nor to ordinary business
advertisements, nor to regular payments of any organization, religious,
charitable, or otherwise, of which he was a member, or to which he was a
contributor for more than 6 months before his candidacy, nor to any
ordinary contributions at church services. MS 211.07.
10. Prohibited Solicitations
No person shall solicit, receive, or accept any money, property, or other
thing of value, or any promise or pledge thereof, constituting a disburse-
ment prohibited by this chapter. MS 211.09 amended.
11. Treating by Candidates Prohibited
No person or candidate shall, either by himself or by any other person,
while such candidate is seeking a nomination or election, directly or
indirectly, give, provide, or pay, wholly or in part, the expenses of
giving or providing any meat, drink or other entertainment or provisions,
clothing, liquors, cigars, or tobacco, to or for any person for the purpose
of or with intent to influence that person or affect his or another's vote.
MS 211.11.
12. Not to Pay for Time Lost at Polls or Transportation Thereto
1) It is unlawful for any person to pay another for any loss or damage
due to attendance at the polls or in registering.
2) No person shall pay for personal service to be performed on the day of
a caucus, primary, convention, or any election, for any purpose connected
therewith, tending in any way, directly or indirectly, to affect the
result thereof, except for the hiring of persons whose sole duty it is
to act as challenger and watch the count of official ballots.
3) No person shall buy, sell, give, or provide any political badges,
buttons, or other insignia to be worn at or about the polls on the day
of any primary or election and no such political badge, button, or other
insignia shall be worn at or about the polls on any primary or election
day.
4) No person or committee, or organization shall convey or furnish any
vehicle for conveying or bear any portion of any expense of conveying
any voter to or from the polls, but this provision shall not apply to
_4_
persons in the same household, nor shall it prohibit 2 or more voters
from providing transportation for themselves by mutual agreement at
their own expense. MS 211.14 amended.
13. Disbursements by Candidate
No candidate shall make any disbursements for political purposes except
under his personal direction which for any purpose shall be considered
his act, through his party committee, or through a personal campaign
committee, whose authority to act shall be filed, as provided in this
chapter. MS 211.16.
14. Personal Campaign Committees
Any candidate may select a single personal campaign committee to consist
of one or more persons. Before any personal campaign committee shall
make any disbursement in his behalf, such candidate shall file with the
filing officer of such candidate a written statement signed by the
candidate setting forth that his personal campaign committee has been
appointed and giving the name and address of each member thereof and
of the secretary thereof. Any candidate can revoke the selection of any
member of such personal campaign committee by a revocation in writing
which, with proof of personal service on the member whose selection is
so revoked, shall be filed with the filing officer of such candidate. The
candidate may fill the vacancy thus created in the manner in which an
original appointment was made. In civil actions and proceedings brought
under this chapter, the acts of every member of such personal campaign
committee shall be presumed to be with the knowledge and approval of the
candidate until it has been clearly proved that the candidate did not
have knowledge of and approve the same, and that, in the exercise of
reasonable care and diligence, he could not have had knowledge of and
opportunity to disapprove the same. MS 211.17.
15. Bills, When Rendered and Paid
Every person who shall have any bill, charge, or claim upon or against
any personal campaign or party committee or any candidate, for any
disbursement made, services rendered, or thing of value furnished, for
political purposes, or incurred in any manner in relation to any primary
or election, shall render in writing to such committee or candidate the
bill, charge, or claim within 10 days after the day of the primary or
election in connection with which the bill, charge, or claim was incurred.
No candidate and no personal campaign or party committee shall pay any
bill, charge, or claim so incurred prior to any primary or election,
which is not sb presented within 10 days after such primary or election.
MS 211.19.
16. Must File Verified Statement of Expenditures
1) Every candidate, and the secretary of every personal campaign and party
committee, shall
a) eight days before the primary
b) before the primary
c) eight days before the general election
d) and on or before the tenth day following the general election,
file a financial statement verified by the candidate or the secretary
of the committee, as the case may be, which shall show in itemized
detail all transactions, all disbursements, and all obligations to
make disbursements, for political purposes. Each statement, after the
first, shall contain a summary of all preceding statements.
2) The statement of any candidate and the statement of his personal campaign
committee shall be filed with the filing officer of such candidate.
The statement of every other party committee shall be filed in the
office of the county auditor of the county within which, or for the
subdivision within which, such disbursements were made. Each statement
shall give in full detail:
a) Every sum of money and all property, and every other thing of value,
received by such candidate or committee during such period from any
source whatsoever which he or it uses or has used, or is at liberty
to use for political purposes, together with the name of every per-
son or source from which each was received and the date when each
was received, together with the total amount received from all
sources in any amount or manner;
b) Every promise or pledge of money, property, or other thing of value,
received by such candidate or committee during the period, the
proceeds of which he uses or has used, or is at liberty to use for
political purposes, together with the names of the persons by whom
each was promised or pledged, the special purposes for which each
Was promised or pledged, and the date when each was so promised or
pledged, together with the total amount promised or pledged from
all sources in any amounts or manner;
c) Every disbursement by such candidate or committee for political
purposes during such period, together with the name of every person
to whom the disbursement is made, the specific purpose for which
each was made, and the total amount of disbursements made in any
amounts or manner; and
d) Every obligation, expressed or implied, to make any disbursement
incurred by sµch candidate or committee for political purposes
during such period, together with the names of the person or
persons to or with whom each obligation has been incurred, the
specific purposes for which each was made, and the date when each
was incurred, together with the total amount of such obligations
made in any amounts or manner. MS 211.20 amended.
17. Statement of Expense Eons
Blanks for all statements required by this chapter shall be prepared by
the secretary of state and copies thereof shall be furnished through the
county auditor to the secretary of every committee, to every candidate
upon filing of nomination papers and to all other persons required by law
to file such statements. MS 211.21.
18. Names of Candidates Shall Not Be Printed on Ballot Unless Statement is Filed
The name of a candidate chosen at a primary election, or otherwise, shall
not be printed on the official ballot for the ensuing election, unless
there has been filed by or on behalf of the candidate and by his personal
campaign committee, if any, the statements of accounts and expenses relating
to nomination required by this chapter. MS 211.22.
19. May Authorize Disbursements by Campaign Committee
Any candidate may delegate to his personal campaign committee or to any
party committee of his party in writing duly subscribed by him, the expen-
diture of any portion of the total disbursements which arc authorized to
be incurred by him or on his behalf by the provisions of this chapter,
but the total of all disbursements by himself and by his personal campaign
committee in his behalf shall not exceed in the aggregate the amounts in
this chapter specified. MS 211.25.
20. Corporations Not to Contribute to Political Campaign
1) No corporation doing business in this state shall pay or contribute,
or offer, consent, or agree to pay or contribute, directly or indirectly,
any money, property, free service of its officers or employees or thing
of value to any political party, organization, committee, or individual
for any political purpose whatsoever, or to promote or defeat the
candidacy of any person for nomination, election, or appointment to any
political office.
2) It shall not be a violation of this section for a political party, as
defined in Minnesota Statutes 1967, Section 200.02, to form a non-
profit corporation for the sole purpose of holding real property to
be used exclusively as such political party's headquarters. MS 211,27
amended.
21. Filing Officers Shall Notify Candidate or Committee
' The officer with whom the expense account of any candidate for public
office or committee is required to be filed by the provisions of this
chapter, shall notify such candidate or committee of the failure to com-
ply with such law, immediately upon the expiration of the time fixed by
any law of this state for filing of the same, and shall notify theoounty
attorney of the" county where such candidate resides or in which the head-
quarters of the committee is located, of the fact of the failure to file
such expense account and the county attorney shall thereupon notify the
candidate or the secretary of the committee of such delinquency and if the
provisions of this chapter shall not be complied with within 10 days after
the mailing of such notice, the county attorney shall thereupon prosecute
such candidate or the officer of the committee required by law to file
the statement. MS 211.32,
22. Disqualified Candidate Not to Hold Position
A candidate elected to an office, and whose election thereto has been
annulled and set aside for any offense mentioned i.n this chapter, shall
not, during the period fixed by law as fhe term of such office, be appointed
or elected to fill any vacancy which may occur in the office. A candidate
or other person who is convicted of any offense mentioned in this chapter,
shall not, during the period fixed by law as the term of the office with
respect to which the election was held and said offense committed, be
appointed or elected to fill any vacancy in such office. Any appointment
or election to an office made in violation of or contrary to the pro-
visions of this section shall be void. MS 211.36 amended.
23. Penalties for Violation
Any person violating any provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise
provided herein, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a gross
misdemeanor; and no person so convicted shall be permitted to take or
hold office to which he was elected, if any, or receive the emoluments
thereof. MS 211.39 amended.
2-'
LET US LOOK AT THOSE CANDIDATES WHO AIDED AND ABETTED THE REMOVAL
OF YOUR VOTING RIGHTS AND WHO ARE NOW ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE.
MAYOR CANDIDATE PAUL USELMANN
VOTED "NO" ON AUGUST 3, 1971 AS A TOWN BOARD MEMBER TO AUTHOR -
THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO CHALLENGE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE
1969 MMC LAW 1LIIICII TOOK AWAY OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AT THE MAY 10, 1972-MAC IIEARINGS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PETITION
AND MADE NO REQUEST FOIt YOUR VOTING RIGHTS.
COUNCILMAN CANDIDATE WILLIAM RYDRYCII
SIGNED THE PETITION WIIICII, UNDER THE EXISTING LAW, DENIES YOUR
.VOTE.
DID NOT TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF YOUR VOTING RIGHTS AT THE MAY LOTH'
AMC HEARINGS.
COUNCILMAN CCANDIDATE JOSEPH HARRISON
SIGNED THE PETITION WHICH, UNDER THE EXISTING LAW, DENIES YOUR
VOTE.
DID NOT ENTER TESTIMONY IN YOUR BEHALF AT THE MMC HEARINGS ON
MAY 10; 1972.
COUNCILMAN CANDIDATE JIM SMITIH
' HAS 'NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO PROTECT YOUR VOTING RIGHTSAT THE
MMC HEARINGS, ANI) THIS TWO CAMPAIGN COORDINATORS, MRS. MARY
MONAHAN AND MRS. BARBAItA ARCIL\MBAULT, BOTH SIGNED THE PETITION
TO INCORPORATE.
NOW YOU HAVE PROVEN RECORDS OF THESE CANDIDATES. ONE GROUP WITH
THE DETERMINATION TO PROTECT THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, AND THE
OTHER GROUP WORKING AGAINST THEM
MAYOR CANDIDATE HERB I'OLLIN
COUNCILMAN CANDIDATE TED IiACHTER
COUNCILMAN CANDIDATE ART RAIIN
THESE CANDIDATES WORKED TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS OF SELF DETERMIN-
ATION .AND ARE ASKING YOU TO ELECT THEM TO BE. YOUR REPRESENTATION
ON THE NEW EAGAN VILLAGE COUNCIL.
• PAUL USELMANN
WILLIAM RYDRYCII
JOE HARRISON
JIM SMITH
THESE CANDIDATES HAVE NOT WORKED FOR YOUI1 VOTING RIGHTS, FOR NOT
ONLY HAVE THEY DONE NOTHING TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS, BUT IN THE CASES
OF THREE OF THEM „HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN ACTIONS WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN
DENYING THEM. THE OTHER CANDIDATE HAS, FOR HIS CAMPAIGN COORDINA-
TORS, TWO PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION, WHICH INEFFECT, DENIED
YOUR RIGHTS.
IT SEEMS TO US THAT WE WILL HAVE A MORE DEMOCRATIC PROSSESS IF WE
CAN ELECT THOSE WHO ILAVE PROVEN TO BE DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING OUR
RIGHT OF SELF DETERMINATION
._Prenarerl by COMMITTEE TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO
VOTE ON OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT
1495 LONE OAK ROAD
E ACAN, MINN. 55121
YOU CAN NOT VOTE OCTOBER 19TH
ON YOUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT
YES, YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM YOU!!!!
NO PROVISION ILAS BEEN MADE TO ALLOW EAGAN RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON
WHETHER THEY WISH TO REMAIN A TOWNSHIP OR BECOME A VILLAGE.
THIS DECISION WAS DICTATED TO YOU BY ) APPOINTEES AND 2 EXOFFICIO
MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL COMMISSION (MMC).
IIOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW! WE ALSO FEEL
YOU SHOULD KNOW THE PART SOME OF THE CANDIDATES FOR VILLAGE OF-
FICE, WHO ARE NOY ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE, PLAYED IN THIS MATTER.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 13,000 PEOPLE IN EAGAN, YET ONLY•100
PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION TO INCORPORATE. 400 SIGNED A PETITION
AGAINST INCORPORATION. THE MAJORITY WERE DISREGARDED BY THE MMC
MEMBERS. 100 EAGAN RESIDENTS + 5 MMC MEMBERS HAVE DETERMINED FOR
THE 13,000. THAT EAGAN MUST CHANGE ITS FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
DON'T YOU FEEL YOUR RIGHTS WERE DENIED?
WE KNOW OURS WERE! ! !
WE FEAR THOSE WHO WOULD DENY OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
ONE PERSON WIIO CIRCULATE!) THE PETITION TO INCORPORATE STATED AT
A PUBLIC MEETING ON AUGUST 18, 1970 IN THE EAGAN TOWN ILALL' THAT
HE WANTED ONLY THE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THESE
MATTERS.
THHIS PHILOSOPHY IS DANGEROUS FOR THE'PRESERVATION OF DEMOCRACY!
THE PRINCIPLE HERE IS NOT ONE OF WHETHER YOU WANT A TOWNSHIP -OR
A VILLAGE, BUT RATHER ONE OF SELF DETERMINATION BY THE VOTERS.
MANY EAGAN CITIZENS FEEL THAT ON OCTOBER 19TH THEY WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. YOU WILL NOT!!
YOU WILL ONLY BE VOTING FOR OFFICIALS FOR THE NEWLY DICTATED VIL-
LAGE.
LET US POINT OUT HOW SOME OF THE CANDIDATES FOUGHT FOR YOUR VOTING
RIGHTS.
MAYOR CANDIDATE HERB POLZIN
IIERl3 HAS SPOKEN OUT FOR, AND TESTIFIED IN BEHALF OF, YOUR
RIGHT TO VOTE ON ALL ISSUES.
COUNCILMAN CANDIDATE TED WACHTER
TED TESTIFIED BEFORE TIIE MMC ON MAY 10, 1972 FOR YOUR RIGHT
TO VOTE ON THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT YOU WANT, AND IlAS WORKED
TO PRESERVE THOSE RIGHTS.
COUNCILMAN CANDIDATE ART}!UR RAHN
ART IIAS, ON MANY OCCASIONS, WORKED FOR YOUR RIGHTS, AND ON
AUGUST 3, 1971 VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE FIGHT TO PROTECT YOUR
VOTING.RIGHTS
THESE CANDIDATES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PROTECT
YOUR VOTING RIGHTS.
1
-uvCr-
+:: M k•.. ::t -: "-rill; � �4 .
Mr. Rydrvvhs statement-
' —tit me as briefly as pos-
sible refer to the first letter
1 written by John Klein, wbo
/ was running for no office
and who wrote the letter
• informing residents of
;+things that occurred that he.
can prove and that in part I
already knee/.
JOHN KLEIN does and
`1 says nothing he'cannot
r prove.
The Eagan residents
were "railroaded" into
�?- .f+�:•:a :-: ;+�•.' !v-r", being a village. A total of
100 signatures made us a
village. while 400 signa-
1 tures opposed it.
At the testimony at
which 1 testified against
being a village. the MMC
v( stated in their records of
that testimony that there
was no opposition to being a
. village. That is a Be, as
- j John Klein stated in his let-
44- ter. •
THE NEXT TIME the
ry3 Legislature would convene
4.i they would have changed
i this "no vote" rule and giv-
:^i;v en it back to the people.
sy J.; Knowing this, it was rushed
• through in lull knowledge of
both Paul Uselman and Bill
Rydrvc
ow to the second letter
which was written by Paul
User/min who lost the elec-
tion for mayor of Eagan.
He implies that Klein.
T. then a town board member.
was wrong in taking Ea-
gan's money and trying to
light this in court in Has-
-' Hags, which action urdortu-
rattly was defeated.
AT THAT TIME, it was
his duty as a town board
member to look out for the
people of Eagan and try to
get their right to vote on
_ their form W government.
knowing that time was lim-
Ned to stop what he knew
was happening. '
John Klein was trying to
gel us our right to vote. 4.•
doing this on Ns own time (;'•
after being off the lownl
board. 1r
If this could have been
waived until the not meet-
ing of the Legislature. we
would have had our right to
vote.
I CO •
MMEND Klein for
• •. t • his efforts and 1 feel the
,
•
Comments on Two Letters . • •
•'We. Have Been Had!'
Says Eagan Resident ....j
people of Eagan owe him a 'explain the results.
'1 To tbe Editor: debt of gratitude for what 11 IS important to note
' Residents of Eagan re- he has done that the highest vote takers
tansy received two linage In my opinion. Paul User- were the ones mentioned in
orx prior to too village
man's letter is "sour John Klein's informative
�J election and one after. grapes.- Why do the lino- letter. People are listening.
r da a lGro lime resident of centhaveto explain their Mr. rd I'm sure
Cedar like 1 in Eagan. I position? Ask yourselves will continue to do so.l
would like to give a well- that question. .John Klein is an inlelli-
'/ two letters
viewpoint on the As for RI R d v Ks let- gent, informed. dedicated.
two letters and also the one be y a sign of main- man. The people at Eagan
—{ to the editor written last rity in the Eagan voters. can be grateful he is taking 1\
I way py Bill Rtdrvch. the Yes, indeed, we have ma- the time to inform as, and I
recently -elected village tured. Not, perhaps. in the hope bewill contiw<.
councilman. way be meant, but in anot- WE ARE NOW d tillage,
THIS LETTER I am er wa-v. something we did not have
writing cannot be - NO LONGER will "un- an opportunity to vote for.
ved hindsight in view ew or derhanded railroading" Now who do you believe
happen in Eagan. With only was afraid of tour vote'
a one-year tern in office. John Klein. who fought for
he will be watched and it? Or Paul Uielman. who
judged. • - did nothing to get it torus?
As tar as the election is Take heed., Eagan resi-
concerned. a lot of people dents. We have been had! —
thought they had to vote for Mrs. Colleen Rippler. tan
lour councilman. This could Co. Rd. 30, Eigan.
New Government Waits 10 Days
Eagan residents elected
a village council and may
Tuwonesdaty, put the
body begin (unction•new
ing for at least 10 days.
That is the waiting pert.
od for election challenges.
If none are filed. the per-
sons elected will be certi-
fied and sworn into office.
The council then will meet
to set regular session
doates,therofficiaoappoinls.t a clerk and
Herbert Polain, long.
time treasurer 'In the old
township government,
was elected mayor. His
984 votes outpolled Paul
Uselmann, 660; John
O'Brien. 141, and Patrick
' hleCarthy, 24.
Y=t Elected to tho four coun-
d1 seats were Arthur
Rahn, Eagan's last Nwn
•
hoard Chairman: carpenn
ter Theodore Wachter:
- credit rum ffeldman
Jame, Smith. and com-
puter program director
William Rydrych, who
also served an. Ne town•
board.
Rahn win sane a than
year term, Smith and
Wachter two-year terms
and Rydrych a one-year
term.
The council voting was
Rahn, 1.195; Wachter,
1.159: Smith. 967; Ry-
- drych. 867; Helen Kenne-
dy, 697; Joseph Krisnik,
646; Dean Jensen, 469;
Mrs. Judyth Bigelow, 358;
Joseph Harrison, 311:
Lyle Heir. 267: John Ben-
son. ?65 and Howard Hen-
dricks. 222.
•i.:fin':-t-i.:
•
70.<
EaganTown Board
ends Attorney
.-.-49i,•??,S, . - • ..... . . . ,
. .
• • •
. . . .. .
•
The E a g a n ;Town ...',
Board last week siis4.71
pended one of its two at-,
torneys until conflict • of `..
i n t e r e s t charges' are,•,..1
cleared up. . :•l• •:' •..
. The reasons for sus .
pending Luther Stalland ••: •
included alleged involve...
- ment with candidates, in
Eagan's recent election.
said Supervisor 'William '
Ilydryth. ,
• 7• : ••
• • • .• 7 7-
The action was taken: •
at the hoard's final meet-
ing. Eagan is now incor- •-
..porated• as a 'tillage and
• its new Village Council.
't• Which was elected Oct.
• 19, will have the ,job. of t
,dealing with the 7suspen-
7sion. A tentative date,
'Nov. 14. has been set for
the council s first meet -
Mat
was elected - to the no
:Council. abstained. Ry
.-drych was also elected to
!the council
Following the action.
-'Stalland told the Dis-
patch that the action was
ighly reprehensible
under the circu m-
stances. It will all come
out in the wash when the
new council meets."
Uselmann said last
week that Stalland had
•'advised me not to run
for mayor. He said Herb
(Polzini should have the
honor of being the first
mayor.'
•
t Polzin. who has. been
Eagan's treasut•er for
nearly :10 years. was
elected mayor. He polled
124 more •votes than
Uselmann.1 : •
he motionto suspend • 7•••• , ••
• •
Stalland was Made .1O.•
. .
' • Supervisor :Paul Usel-
. • •
••••• ••• mann: who was defeated
• • •
•
••
limotion andych•.cvoted • ‘vith
• • vdrseonded the
. . Eagan Town Attorney
.in . the race•tfor :mayor;
•
• . : • - • •-• man .Arthur. Rtihn., who
• - .. .-.'Lut
her Stalland, Eagan
, Rydrych agreed with
attorney was SUS selmann that if a town . , pended by the Eagan Board attorney involves himself in
.. -. •. •..- • ' . •
.-
'..,„ of Supervisors last week on
• i
uspended by Board
••.L116,110e2Z—t,c,/
v Rydrych said "If a
tbwn attorney gets in-
volved in an election.
then. the council should
look into it."
•
Stalland said -Use'.
mann "did not tell the
.whole story. If • he had
really been concerned 4:
about it. other than for
political purposes.' why
didn't he mention this, a •
long time ago when Iwe
. had a chat." - • .; '
• • •
Stalland said the only
reason he recommended
to 12.-elmann that he mit
run for mayor was that
Polzin "was a great old .
guy -who's. been out there •
lbr years." He said he •
advised Uselmann to run .
for council. so the village
could have the .services
• of both men
. • .• •
. • .••
• \•
•,•
• .
• .,•"•.• . •
• ;:.
• ..
. charges of conflict of inter-
est. . .
Paul Uselmann made
the motion to suspend Stal-
• • land and the motion was
•- seconded by William Ry-
drych. Chairman Art Rahn
abstained. • '.
USELMANN charged
that Stalland had advised
him not to run for mayor.:
pleading that the honor of •
being mayor.should go first .
to Herb Polzin, township
treasurer for 30 years. • e.
Polzin defeated Use].
mann in .last week's elec-
tion by 124 votes.
ion. it represents
conflict of interest and
should be investigated. -
STALLAND denied that
his suggestion constituted a
violation and reported that
he had urged Uselmann to
efun for council so the vil-
lage could have the serv-
ices of both men.
The new village council,
which has scheduled its
,.organizational meeting for
Monday night. will deal
with the allegation of con-
flict of interest and decide
whether the suspension will .
hold. 171'. • . •
• .• •
F I e G T/ o �/
1
Veteran Officials Elected
To Eagan Village Council
About 40 percent of Ea-
gan's voters went to the
polls Thursday to elect
their first mayor and vil-
lage council. marking the
end of more than a century
of township government
Herbert Po[tin. treasur-
er of Eagan township for 30
years and a charter mem-
ber of the planning commis-
TII1. MINNEAPOLIS STAR
22 A Fri., Oct. 20, 1972
Eagan picks
experienced
officials to
run village
An almost complete
slate of veteran township
officials was selected by
Eagan voters yesterday to
govern their new village.
Only one man among the
five elected to office is a
newcomer to Eagan gov-
ernment.
Herbert Polzin, treasur-
er of the township for 30
years, member of the
planning commission since
it was appointed in 1959
and chairman of the com-
mission for the past sev-
eral years, was elected
mayor for a 1-year term -
Arthur F. Rahn, a mem-
ber of the board of town-
ship supervisors for 19
years, and its chairman
for 9 years, was elected to
the 3-year term on the
Village Council.
Two-year terms were
voted the next two high-
est vote - getters, T e d
Wachter and James A.
Smith. Wachter was a
member of the planning
commission for 14 years,
and Smith is a newcomer
to Eagan politics.
sion. was elected mayor for
a one year term.
SERVING WITH him on
the first village council will
be Arthur F. Rahn, a mem-
ber of the town board for 19
years: Ted Wachter, a
member of the planning
commission for 14 years:
James A. Smith, a newcom-
er to Eagan politics: and
William J. Rydryck, wha
was elected to his first
term on the board of sup-
ervisors last April after
serving several years on
the planning commission,
was elected to the one-
year term on the Council.
After a wait of 10 days,
certificates of election will
be issued to the success-
ful candidates by Alyce
B o 1 k e, townsh p clerk
since 1961.
At that time they will set
the date for an organiza-
tional meeting at which
they will complete the
formation of village gov-
ernment, including the ap-
pointment of village clerk -
treasurer. Mrs. Bolke is
prominently mentioned as
a candidate for the ap-
pointment.
The vote in the race for
mayor was reported as
Polzin. 984: Paul Uselman,
860: John A. O'Brien. 141;
and Patrick O. McCarthy,
24.
in the Council race, the
votes were:
Rahn, 1,195; Wachter,
1,159; Smith. 967: Ry-
dryck, 867; Helen M. Ken-
nedy. 697; Joseph L. Kris-
nik, 646; Dean L. Jensen,
469; Judyth F. Bigelow,
358; Joseph L. Harrison,
311; Lyle R. Heir. 267:
John T. Benson, 265; and
Howard J. Hendricks, 222.
William J. Rydryck, who
has served on the town
board since last April.
Polzin won with a total of
984 votes, compared with
860 for Paul Uselmann. 141
for John O'Brien and 24 for
Patrick McCarthy.
'RAHN WAS the top vote -
getter in the election, with
1195 He will serve for three
Eagan
Officials
From Page 1
mg will consist mainly of
appointments, since sever-
al vacancies will have to be
filled on the planning and
park commissions.
THE OFFICE of village
clerk and treasurer. an
appointive one. will be
combined into one, he said.
Alyce Bolke. who served
the township as clerk. is
virtually assured of the
appointment
years. Named to serve for
two years, with 1159 and 967
votes. respectively, were
Wachter and Smith. Ry-
dryck, with 867 votes, will
serve for one year.
Trailing were Helen M.
Kennedy with 697. Joseph
L. Krisnik with 846, Dean L.
Jensen with 469. Judyth F.
Bigelow with 358. Joseph L.
Harrison with 311. Lyle R.
Heir with 267, John T. Ben-
son with 265 and Howard J.
Hendricks with M2.
THE LAW requires that
ten days elapse before the
winning candidates are cer-
tified. and the new mayor.
Herbert Polzin. is expected
to call a village council
meeting shortly thereafter.
November 7, the normal
meeting date for Eagan's
governing body, is election
day. therefore another day
will have to be set. No de-
termination had been made
on the date at presstime on
Tuesday.
THE BOARD of supervi-
sors will meet for the last
t time at 7 p.m. today
i Thursday i to open bids on
a $1.115,000 bond issue for
sewer and water improve-
ments_
A few other items of busi-
ness are expected to be
presented to the board be-
fore it dissolves. and the
town hall is expected to be
crowded with old-time resi-
dents who have expressed
interest in participating w
this final chapter of Ea-
gan's early history.
MAYOR POLZIN this
week reiterated the stand
he had taken in his original
filing statement. when he
said he —would be as care-
ful and as close to the old
form of government as I
can."
"I'm economy minded. a
conservative at heart. and 1
intend to put those practic-
es into use," he added.
POLZIN VOICED his
appreciation to his friends,
neighbors and associates
who urged him to run for
office and supported him
during his campaign.
He announced that the
first village council meet -
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Herbert`Polzin Is. '
Eagan's First . Mayor.
By ELISABETH KENNEALY
. 1 Staff Writer •
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EAGAN -- Eagan village vot-
ers elected 'Herbert Polzlnthelr
tint 'mayor:. October ' 19 at the
'first village'election held by the,
former township • residents.
He •tallied. 984 votes. with
opponents, Paul Uselmann hav-
ing • 860, •John O'Brien 141,
and Patrick McCarthy 24 votes.
PoIzin has served thetownship
for many';' years as treasurer
and is a long - time member of
the planning board, being chair -I
man In recent years. He lives at
•940 Blue Gentian Road.
Elected:to the first Eagan
Council were Arthur Rahn,•1195
votes; Ted Wachter, 1159 votes;
"Jim Smith, 967 votes; and Wil-
liam Rydrych, 867 votes. Rahn
and Rydrych are currently mem:
ben •afthe township board;
•Wachter serves on the planning
board, and Smith is a newcomer
to local government.
• Other • council candidates and
their vote totals were: John
Benson, 265; Judyth Bigelow, 358
Joe Harrison, 311; Lyle Heter,
267; Howard Hendricks, 222;
Dean • Jensen, • 469; Helm Ken-
nedy, ,i 697; - 'and Joe' Krisnik,
646. ,"
•The°township board will meet
October 26r at 7 p.m. at what
.will probably to Its last meeting.
No date has been set yet for the
'.first council meeting. At. the
Thursday :meeting, 'Clerk. Alyce
Bolke said $1,115,000 In utility
bonds will be sold. e •�
Township •attorneys Luther
Stalland and Paul Hauge arepre-
paring• an opinion on liquor
'possibilities ''•open to villages.
.A total of 12•m-sale licenses
could be issued according to law,
as the • village has' 10,300'popu-
• lation in the 1970 census. About
five on -sale licenses are issued
by Dakota Coup in the, village
'presently. la? .. ..
One suggestion • would-be to
retain. some ;licenses for. the fu-
ture when' a motel or hotel would
want such a permit. Presently
holding county liquor licenses
are: Lost • Spur;:Country, Club,
'Carriage Hills •• Country -Club;
Murphy House, Halfway House;
and Valley Lounge.• •
,Police -a and'• fire procedures
were expected to remain much the
same: Thecouncil may appoint a
'clerk. Some inning and planning
changes are' expected, and state
highway monies will be distribut-
ed by. a different. (of -mule. Some
ordinances are expected tolie re-
vised, but such Items as debt
are carried' overt into' the new
village. ` -
A meeting with County Admin-
istrator Andrew Anderson Is
scheduled for October 30, at7:30
. p•n. todiscuss changeovers from
township to village ,status..' '
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EAGAN'S FIRST Village Council mulls over organizational issues at its first meeting last
week. The council, which was elected Oct. 15 in a special election, replaces the three -member
Town Board. The Minnesota Municipal COMM is'.ioh ordered the election after it ruled that Eagan
become incorporated. Councilmen flanking Mayor Herb Polzin (center) are, from left, Jim Smith,
Arthur Rahn, Ted Wachter and William Rydrych.
RESOLUTIOII
VILLAGE OF EAGAN
WHEREAS the organizational meeting of the Village Council of the
Village of Eagan, Dakota County, Iiinnesota, was held pursuant to notice on
Monday, November 6, 1972, at 7:30 P.M:, all Council members being prevent; and,
WHEREAS Mayor Herbert Polzin stated that one purpose of the meeting
was to consider the adoption of all ordinances in existence for the Town of
Eagan, the predecessor of the Village of Eagan, as valid and existing ordin-
ances of the Village of Eagan and that they be adopted by reference;
NOW THEREFORE, upon motion by Councilman '.Yachter, seconded by
Councilman Smith, all members voting in favor, it was RESOLVED that all ordin-
ances currently in existence designated as ordinances of the Town of Eagan,
Dakota County, Minnesota, be, and they hereby are, adopted by reference and
confirmed in all things as:ordinances of the Village of Eagan.
Dated: November 6, 1972
Attest:
/s/ Alyce Bolke
Its Clerk
VILLAGE COUNCIL
Village of Eagan
By: /s/ Herbert Polzin
Its Mayor
Laganrs-rtrsrma
Council Take Office
THE FIRST council meeting in Eagan ems held Monday. At the
council table, hem left to Tighe. are Cleri-treasurer Alyce
Balks. councilmen lamas Smith, Arthur Rahn, Mayor Herber
Pohin, councilmen Ted Wachter. William Rydrych,(AMAletlUepe,
y Vaal Hauge. and engineerbm consultant Robert
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THE MST council meeting In form was held Monday. At the
council table, from loft to right, ars dorlidnraiarer Alyce
Bouts, councilmen lames Slidiil Attfner Rahn, Mayor Herbert Pohl.% councilman Tod Wochtor, Witham Rydrych,
attorney Pawl Hour, and engineering consultant Robert
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