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Motion by Councilmember Look and seconded by Mayor Ramsey to adopt Resolution #09 -01 -112 designating Village Bank as official financial institution for the City of Ramsey banking services for the year of 2009. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Look, Dehen, Jeffrey, McGlone and wise. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Elvig. Motion by Councilmember Look and seconded by Mayor Ramsey to adopt Resolution #09 -01 -113 authorizing signatures for financial transactions. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Look, Dehen, Jeffrey, McGlone and wise. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Elvig. Case #6: Consider Improvement Project #08 -31 Bituminous Paving of Chameleon Street in the Shawn Acres Subdivision City Engineer Jankowski stated that this project consists of the bituminous paving of Chameleon Street between 173 Avenue and 176 Lane in the Shawn Acres subdivision. The improvements include grading and paving of the road and also to grade ditches alongside the roadway. A public hearing was held on November 10, 2008. A petition signed by 11 of the 21 benefitted property owners opposing the project was received on January 5, 2009. However, one property is owned by a three party trust and a different owner has signed the petition against the project than initially signed the original petition for the improvements. Staff received legal opinion regarding the trust signatures and one for and one against — they cancel each other out, therefore, they were not counted. There are 10 who oppose the project and 9 who are in favor of the project. The City's ordinance says that if there is a greater percentage opposed to a project than for a project, the properties in favor of the project have 30 days to submit a counter petition in favor of the project if they get more signatures. Staff is recommending that the Council accept the petition, certify the number of valid signatures, and allow for a thirty -day period ending January 30, 2009, for the receipt of a counter petition. Councilmember Dehen suggested that this project illustrates our petitioning process quite well. He inquired what the cost is to maintain dirt roads. Director of Public Works Olson stated that staff did an analysis on how many dirt roads we have and we spend as much per resident on dirt roads as residents on paved roads. There is a significant amount of man -hours plus the dirt and odor. Councilmember Dehen inquired if the primary reason the residents counter- petitioned is concern of cost. Director of Public Works Olson replied he was not sure but he thought that may be the reason. The City offered the 50% assessment to them whereas it used to be a 100% assessment the first time. City Council /January 13, 2009 Page 20 of 32