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PINIC� - FINANCE COUIICII i
BLUERV-pAAYORTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAITL File NO. ���+���
� Co ncil Resolution
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Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
RESOLVED, That upon the recommendation of the Mayor aYd
pursuant to Section 10.07.4 of the Charter of the City of Saint
Paul , there is hereby transferred the sum of �36,049.00 from
the Contingent Reserve Aecount - Activity 09060 to a new
activity 00210 - Consumer Protection, to be allocated as
follows : �
Consumer Protection - 00210
112 - Salaries - Clerical 6,427.00
126 Sal�.ries - Exempt-Professional 25 , 344.00 31,'7'71.00
269- Misc . Contractual Services 2, 500. 00
340 Office Supplies 500. 00
801 Capital Outlay - Office Equipment 485.00
805 Gapital Outlay� - Furniture and
Appliances 793.00 1, 278. OQ
36,049.00
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COUNCILMEN
Yeas Nays ' Requested b'y Department of:
Hunt
KonL�ki In Favor
Meredith � Against BY
Sprafka
Tedesco
Mme.President Butler
�AN 9 � Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date .
Certified assed by Council Secretary BY—�-T—�^ ^ °��J �`� '"�"'"c��—
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Approv a�or: te ��� ` � � Approved b Mayor for Su ission to �ouncil
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By By
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MAYOP. LAWRENCE D. COHEc� � January 10 , 1973
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CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE
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The Consumer Affairs office of the city of Saint Paul '
will begin operation Jant�ary 15 , Mayor bawrence Cohen announced
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Under direction of Robert �Mattson, now a special investigator i
in the City Attorney's office , the Consumer Protection function will �
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operate temporarily out of the attorney 's sixth-floor office of i
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City Hall. The consumers ' phone line will be 298-4567 . i
Shortly , the office will be housed in the more-publicly �
visible first floor space of City Hall--in 1 ,200 square feet presently
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occupied by the Ramsey County Assessor's Office , which is being �
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restructured under Tax Depa�tment reorganization. �
The office is authorized through two ordinances tone j
establishing the office , the other defining unfair trade practices) �
of Mayor Cohen and passed late last year by the Cit Council �
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which also has approved transfer of a special $36 ,000 appropriation �
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to the attorney's budget .
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The funds will pay for the director, two assistants and '
miscellaneous supplies . � - j
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Details of procedures to be followed for filing and �
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negotiating complaints will be announced soon. �
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