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e Mr. Obie moved that the matter he postponed for two weeks and be placed on the next agenda for consideration at Committee-of-Whole. Mr. Williams seconded the motion. Mr. Delay opposed the above motion. indicating he felt this was an important matter and it should be voted on at this time. Vote was taken on the motion to postpone the matter. Motion failed with Williams and Obie voting aye: Hamel, Haws, Smith, Bradley, Delay, and Lieuallen voting no. Vote was taken on amendment to the original motion. Motion carried, with Obie, Williams, and Hamel voting no; Haws, Bradley, Delay, Smith, Lieuallen voting aye. III-A-l J. Appeal of Denial for 1976-77 Commercial Solicitor's License-- Allen Niederauer Manager indicated that the applicant had been denied a commercial solicitor's license on the recommendation of the Police Department and was appealing this decision, requesting the hearing before eouncil. He said Council had been supplied with the background information from the Police Department for their review and to assist them in making a decision. Public hearing was opened. e Mr. Niederauer testified that he had been denied information from the Police Department. He said the circumstances that the Police Department had referred to had happened from two and one-half to four years previous, and he had overcome the problems that had been occurring at that time of his life, and he had a completely different life now as he had since become a ehristian and was out of drugs and alcohol. He had been working with a lawyer to make restitution on some of the bad check charges, that all formal charges had been dropped, and he was working to repay the bad checks. He indicated he is now working to help other people in his new life, and the matter by which he had been denied his re- quest is not a part of his life now and he felt that the last three years of his lifewere moreimportant and indicated a change in his attitude toward his responsibilities to society. Sergeant Vern Smith. Police Department, said at the time of the application for the license Mr. Niederauer had felony warrants against him and extradition to South Dakota was in order. Since that time, he understood, there had been a plea bargain made, with Mr. Niederauer willing to payoff the bad checks. He said that this type of commercial solicitor's license by the city should be awarded to a person of high integrity, and a person who is completely trustworthy, as this person would be dealing with and going into other citizens' homes in the area. He did not feel that Mr. Niederauer should be so employed at this time. Public hearing was closed, there being no further testimony. e q3 2/14/77--17 ,