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. . , MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TIlE VILLAGE OF ARDEN lULLS. MINNESOTA Held in the Town Hall. Friday. March 23rd. 1951. Pursuant to action taken by the council at its previous first meet- ing, this was a joint meeting of the village council with the Town Board of Mounds View Township, called for the purpose of discussing a division of funds in the town treasury, and other matters. The meeting ..as called to order by Wesley Chandler, as chairman of the Town Board, and by Mayor CUIIllIlings as chair- man of the village council. Other members of the Town Board present were Clerk Irvine L. Bucher, Treasurer Dahl Metters, Supervisors Leonard /lhite and Mr. Meyers, and Melvin Hurlbert, Building Inspector. ill members of the village council were present, as was Treasurer Worth G. Read. en the question of who has title to the Town Hall site, Trustee Mack voiced the opinion based upon a study of the record of the deed, that the legal title is vested in fee in the Township of MOunds View for the pgrpose expressed therein, subject to reversion to the original grantors only if living in the event of a violation of the terms of the deed, and that the heirs of the grantors have no reversionary rights because not mentioned in the deed. Mr. Chandler suggested that either the Township buyout any interest the village may have in the real property (town hall) and thereafter allow it to use the hall on a rental basis to be agreed upon, or that the village buy out the town I s interest and then the town rent from the village. No decision was arrived at and the question is to be considered further and decided at a later brneeting. The Cal- census of opinion is that the town has title and should submit a proposal to rent to the village. The question of an equitable division of funds now in the town treasury was then taken up. Mr. Chandler stated that as of March 1, 1951 the balances subject to division were as follows: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) General Fund Road & Bridge Fire Fund Building Fund Fund $ 3,~40.60 2,174.43 652.36 5.823.05 $11,890.44 Total . . . . 6 $200 speed~checke, payment guaranteed by drawer . . . 1,200.00 Treasurer Metters of the Town Board mentioned that he was advised by Mr. .:pears of the County Auditor's office that a fair average division of the total amotU1t of the funds would be about 9-1/2% as the village' s share. This is being based upon a rationof personal and real property valuations of village and township. The village council fl!,vored a figure of 16%, based upon the 1950 real property assessed valuations of $274,502.00 for the village, and $1,452,237.00 for the township, tctal $1,726,739.00, as given in the County Auditor's letter of March 14th to Clerk Doepner. The real property valuations were proposed as a basis blcause of inability to arrive at any reliable personal p:'operty valua- tions. The $14,700.00 personal property tax collectible in 1950 from the Arms Plant was mentioned but nothing done about it. Mr. Chandler then proposed