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. Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting, October 12, 1987 Page 5 VET HOSP (Cont'd) Lynden further advised that if the City has a specific contractual arrangement with Brighton Veterinary hospital, which does not leave it much descretion in how it operates, the City can delegate the power to collect fees and to issue licenses to the Hospital. He suggested that such an arrangement should include indemnity and insurance . provisions, which include contractual liability, as outlined in his letter of 10-8-87. Council requested that Village staff research the current contractual arrangement and review insurance with Mr. Hite, the Village insurance representative and the Veterinary Hospital personnel. . Councilmember Hansen commented that it was her opinion that the fees should be increased to reflect current costs and she would prefer to have Section 5-61 amended to include provision for cats. Council concurred to request the Clerk Administrator research the contractual agreement with the Brighton Veterinay Hospital, to leave Section 5-61 as is, and contact Mr. Hite regarding insurance requirements. CHAR. GAMBL ORD. Mayor Woodburn advised that he had requested the matter of the proposed Charitable Gambling Ordinance be placed on the agenda for Council discussion; intent was to determine if Council was inclined to proceed with passage of the Ordinancs" pertaining to Charitable Gambling in the City. . Peck advised he would prefer to pursue a Charitable Gambling Ordinance and he questioned how the Ordinance would affect the gambling licenses currently issued relative to "phase out". Lynden advised that there are provisions in the State Statutes for Gambling Board to notify communities of license applications and for the communities to reject the applications. He advised that in Arden Hills there is a business location f,om which gambling organizations operate and that is what prompted the ordinance provision discussions for phase out of gambling within a reasonable period of time; the amortization period must be reasonable for decision to be upheld in a court of law. He also stated the decision is based on what sort of financial investment is involved and how tenable is the business; the licenses at the location may not be approved the next year. Councilmember Winiecki suggested Council place a moritoriam on Charitable Gambling Licenses in the City of Arden Hills, not issuing additional licenses than those currently in effect, until such time as the Ordinance has been drafted. Morrison advised that the Council has the option to limit the number of licenses each year, unless the Council would be more comfortably with a formal moritoriam. . Lynden suggested that he and the Clerk A~inistrator could draft a Resolution, prior to the next regular Council meeting of October 26th. Moved by Winiecki, seconded by Peck, that Council request the City Attorney to draft a Resolution which states that Council hereby authorizes the Clerk Administrator to disapprove any additional license applications for Charitable Gambling in the City of Arden Hills, as the Attorney is currently drafting a Charitable Gambling Ordinance, and to notify the Charitable Gambling Board by forwarding them a copy of said Resolution. Motion carried unanimously. (4-0) CABLE COMM. REPORT Council was referred to Cable Committee minutes of PUB. ACCESS/BUDGET 10-8-87, relative .to the Status of the proposed reorganization of Public Access and the 1988 Budget. Bill Bauer, Cable Committee ~epresentative, was present to discuss the budget increases and explain they are primarily due to a larger portion of the administrative and secretarial salary expense being charged to this budget and less to the Access Corporation. He noted the Commisison anticipates increased time on NSCC matters in public access negotiations with Hauser. Bauer advised . that Cities have until October 15th to comment on the proposed budget; he stated that the Commission expressed no problems with the proposed budget. Bauer discussed the proposed reorganization of Public Access and noted that it seems evident Hauser would like to discontinue providing services for public access. He advised that opinions differ on what should be provided, what is criteria for measuring its success and what are the benefits.