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MINUTES City Council April 8, 1987 Bingo Fahey outlined the requirements set forth in Council's (Cont.) Resolution No. 86-5-199 as well as the recommendations contained in the City Auditor's report dated April 6, 1987. Fahey then outlined the various correspondence the City has received which includes a letter from the Attorney representing Little Sisters of the Poor and Servants of Mary stating that Little Sisters of the Poor would no longer accept contributions from Servants of Mary and St. Joseph's Society generated from LCCB and requests that St. Joseph's Society and Servants of Mary no longer use the name of Little Sisters of the Poor. Fahey further outlined the letter received from Attorney Steven Kirch who is representing seven women who are current and former employees of LCCB in a sexual harassment and discrimination case. Mr. Kirch has indicated that he intends to bring acourt action against Ed Amaro, Minnesota Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf, as well as LCCB and some of the officers of the various charities at LCCB. he City also received a letter from North End Boxing's gambling manager stating that it holds Mr. Ed Amaro in the highest regard. Another letter was received from the president of North End Boxing which states that it has no desire to bring Mr. Amaro back as an employee in any capacity. Letters have also been received from Lora Amaro as well as a petition filed by sbme employees of the Nall requesting that Mr. Amaro remain on staff and that they have not witnessed the allegations brought against Amaro. The City also received a letter from Pam Buckles, another employee of LCCB, basically stating the same thing. Another letter has been received from Sue Ann Swanson stating that the allegations are basically rumors and should be pursued in detail before Council takes action on the license renewal. Fahey outlined a letter received from Earl Grey, attorney representing Mr. Amaro, requesting ~dritten notice of the charges as well as a hearing at which Mr. Amaro could defend himself. Council has before it a letter from the City of St. Paul License Inspector, Joe Carchedi regarding Mr. Amaro and unauthorized checking accounts which were discovered when Mr. Amaro was involved with bingo for the North End Boxing Club. The letter states that the operation was re-organized and the reorganization did not include Mr. Amaro's continued participation. Fahey pointed out that given all this information, there are serious questions that need to be resolved before the Council decides what action it will take on gambling license renewals for the various charities involved in LCCB. Fahey stated that at this point he will not vote for the renewal of licenses for Servants of Mary or St. Joseph's Society until the questions Page -9-