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r C/July 26, 1976 Page 2 / taken up concerning Mr. Walker1s employment with the City of Ramsey, and at this time it is the consensus of the Council that Mr. Wal~er's employment as Admini- strative Assistant will terminate 60 days after July 15. 1976. Motion by Councilman Reimann, seconded by Councilman Go~ham to accept ~he minutes of July 15, 1976, with the corrections on Page 3, Councllman Gorham sald m~ybe we should draw up, instead of drop, the findings of fact; and, Page 6 motlon regarding Mr. Walker1s employment as stated in the above paragraph. Motion carried 3 Ayes Oliphant Naye July 14, 1976, joint meeting between Council and the Building Committee Motion by Councilman Reimann, seconded by Councilman Gorham to accept the minutes of the July 14, 1976, joint meeting of the Building Committee and City Council as sent out. I, Motion carried 4 to 0 . July 19, 1976, joint meeting between Council and the Park & Recreation Commission. Motion by Mayor Cox, seconded by Councilman 'Reimann to approve the minutes of the joint meeting of the Council and Park & Recreation Commission as sent out. , Motion carried 3 Ayes Gorham abstained . Bob Johnson, County- Attorney. Mr. Bob Johnson said his office dealt with the prosecution side of the law. That the criminal justice system is very complicated. He said he wanted to get the Council's attitude, as community leaders speaking for the citizens of the community, how the community would react to certain circumstances. lie also said Ramsey's population being very young, prevention methods should be of top priority. He sa'jd he would 1 ike to sit down and talk to the Council about this time 'sometime if 'they so desire. He said programs depend on leader- ship, that programs could not be taken from other cities and adapted to Ramsey, because it just would not work. Attorney Johnson's son, M.A. spoke. He said his office is involved with the civil side of law matters relating to welfare, community, juveniles, regarding highway right of way acquisition, tax matters, assessment questions, election law questions, etc. He asked if Council had questions. Mayor Cox said there is a question concerning. platting and procedures in regard to recording of land. Attorney Goodrich explained the City's position. M.A. replied that under the present law on. the books the register of deeds is compelled to take the instrument and record it. There is a law on subdivisions and that law has been directed to the individual. The concern the Attorney's office has is that if the Register of Deeds refuses to accept an instrument, the County could suffer financially. There is no mechanism set up at the County office to process these. There would have to be a draftsman and additional personnel. What we have done to try to resolve the situation at present so thattwe can do this without liability is to notify the community when lot splits come through the auditor's office, whenever a deed comes in and splits land by metes and bounds. If the municipality wants to, they can move right into the situation in a very short period of time. r'1ayor Cox commented that this certainly has been a problem for the City and he asked if it would be advisable to have the City support their decision. M.A. said he would be contacting Attorney Goodrich in regard to this. r'1ayor Cox di scussed the 1 andfi 11 with the"County Attorney. He sa i d the Townsh i p had tne landfill crammed down their throats. Something should be done on a State level to give communities a chance to at least select where a landfill should be situated. He asked what recourse a township such as Burns would have against a situation such as this. He certainly feels it is an injustice to communities. Citizens have a right to be independent in their objections. He is not saying that the City should not have had a landfill but that they should not have had it in the manner they did. There should be legislation ~