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07/29/1980 - City Council Special MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL EAGAN, MINNESOTA JULY 29, 1980 The Eagan City Council met for a special meeting at the call of the Mayor in the City Administrator's office on Tuesday, July 29, 1980, at 7:00 p.m. Present were Mayor Blomquist, City Councilmembers Egan, Smith, Wachter and Parranto. Members of the City staff present were City Clerk Bolke, Finance Director VanOverbeke and City Administrator Hedges. VOTING MACHINES City Clerk-Treasurer Bolke appeared and stated that, due to the anticipated increase in the number of registered voters, additional voting machines are required for the September 9 and November 4 elections. City Clerk Bolke recommended that the City purchase twenty (20) used votomatic machines from E & L Marketing and further stated that the cost in the amount of $4,600 will be billed out at $2,500 in 1980 and $2,100 in 1981. After further discus- sion on the matter, a motion was made by City Councilmember Smith, seconded by Councilmember Egan, with all members voting in favor, that the City Clerk be authorized to purchase twenty (20) used votomatic machines to be used in the upcoming elections scheduled for 1980 at a cost of $4,600 of which $2,500 is to be billed in 1980 with the balance of $2,100 due and payable in 1981. INDUSTRIAL REVENUE MORTGAGE APPLICATION/ECON LAB City Administrator Hedges stated that an application for a $7,000,000 Industrial Revenue Mortgage Issue was received from Economics Laboratory. He stated that a public hearing is required before the City Council can further consider the issue and recommended Tuesday, August 19, 1980, as a date for the hearing. In a motion by City Councilmember Parranto, seconded by Councilmember Wachter, with all members voting in favor, a public hearing was set for Tuesday, August 19, 1980, to consider an Industrial Revenue Mortgage Application from Economics Laboratory in the amount of $7,000,000. C.I.P. The City Administrator and Director of Finance presented a copy of a five (5) year Capital Improvements Program consisting of those years 1981 through 1985. The City Administrator explained that the C.I.P. includes all departments and was written to: (1) Provide a sound public improvements scheduling on an orderly basis and assure coordination of many diverse projects encompassing virtually all areas of local government responsibility, and (2) Satisfy the Metropolitan Land Use Planning Act criteria as established by the Minnesota State Legislature in 1976. The City Council reviewed capital improve- ment requests for the Planning, Government Buildings, Fire, Protective Inspections, Clerk & Elections, Police, Financial Administration, Civil Defense, Public Works and Parks and Recreation. It was noted that the projected total for all capital improvements for a five year period extending from 1981 to 1985 is $24,891,390. This compares with previous capital improvement expenditures City Council Minutes July 29, 1980 Page Two totaling $14,500,000 for 1975 through 1979. The Capital Improvements Program was reviewed in detail by the City Council with a number of programs reshifted from 1981-82 to 1984-85. The City Administrator was directed to make revisions to the C.I.P. and report back at a later date for further consideration. The City Administrator stated that for purposes of satisfying the Comprehensive Guide Plan objectives those requests under Public Works and Parks will be sub- mitted as a part of the Comprehensive Guide Plan. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Dated: July 29, 1980 TLH City Clerk