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stated the City Attorney Greg Hellings earlier stated, the city can hold up the liquor license until incurred expenses are paid. Furthermore, Mr. DeFoe has furnished payment on outstanding city utilities and Police Department expenses. Councilmember Powers returned to the Council Chambers at 8:31 p.m. Councilmember Powers questioned if the elementary school and the ambulance service had been paid from the Summer Jam event. Ms. Gaustad replied, not to her knowledge. Councilmember Powers suggested holding the liquor license until the outstanding bills are paid. Mr. March commented, he spoke to Mr. Hellings and the city can hold up the liquor license only for city incurred expenses. Mr. DeFoe commented he did not want to commit paying the outstanding debt without knowing the associated costs. MOTION by Councilmember Buckbee to approve Waterworks Beach Club liquor license and requested staff investigates Waterworks outstanding community debt. Motion seconded by Councilmember Brenner. Buckbee aye, Brenner aye, Helmbrecht aye. Powers nay. Motion carried. Public Works Staffing Mr. March summarized the Public Works staffing needs and presented an employment proposal. Furthermore, the proposal has been reviewed by the City Attorney and the Local #49 Union Agent. Mr. March stated based upon the number of two person jobs that the public works department faces, it is his recommendation as well as the Public Works Directors that the City elect to eliminate the two current part-time positions and replace them with one full-time position. MOTION by Councilmember Helmbrecht to eliminate the two part-time positions and generate one full-time position and the hiring of seasonal personnel as needed, as per Mr. March's recommendation. Motion seconded by Councilmember Buckbee. Helmbrecht aye, Buckbee aye, Brenner aye, Powers nay. Motion carried. United Waste Billing Mr. March updated the Council on a request from United Waste to implement a new billing process which eliminates the city's involvement with bill collection. Therefore, the City would not certifY outstanding United Waste funds annually to Anoka County. MOTION by Councilmember Powers to deny the United Waste request proposal. Mr. March recommended that the City accept the proposal as present by United Waste. Councilmember Helmbrecht suggested trying this process and evaluate the program in six months. In addition, Councilmember Helmbrecht suggested United Waste notifY City Staff and Council of all nonpaying customers within the next six months. l\'IOTION by Councilmember Buckbee to authorize United Waste to change their billing process ~ 7