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1 the contracts to the following as recommended in Public Works 2 Director Hamer's April 26th memorandum: 3 Blacktop Midwest Asphalt 4 Aggregate Barton Sand and Gravel 5 Oil Koch Materials Co. 6 Concrete Wyatt Bros., Inc. 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 Manager Expects City Insurance Costs to be Lower for 1988-89 Period 9 The insurance package had not come back from the underwriters in time 10 for the meeting that evening, but Mr. Childs said he knew those 11 figures would be available long in advance of the Council's May 24th 12 meeting. Now that there's more competition in the liquor liability 13 insurance market, the City Manager indicated he anticipated a 14 substantial reduction in those quotes and that the City shouldn't 15 have the difficulty it had a couple of years ago placing that in - 16 surance. 17 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 18 Council to Wait for Further Research Before Taking Action Related to 19 Channel 34 Programming 20 A copy of the legal opinion from the North Suburban Cable Communica- 21 tion Commission Attorney regarding what was perceived to be por- 22 nographic programming on the North Central Cable Company's system, 23 had been included in the Council's agenda packet. Dennis Murphy, who 24 represents St. Anthony on the Cable Commission, had been invited to 25 comment on that opinion. 26 Mr. Murphy reported he had just taken over his responsibilities on 27 the Cable Commission when this issue had surfaced. He indicated he 28 personally found it hard to understand why, when the original cable 29 franchise agreement had expressly said "the cable company shall not 30 cablecast any programming which would be considered in the sole 31 opinion of the City to be X-rated or pornographic", there should be 32 any question that programming like that on Channel 34 would not be 33 allowed. However, he had been told the cable company was arguing that 34 provision was unconstitutional because the First Amendment "not only 35 allows them to have such programs, but their viewers have the same 36 right to view those programs." 37 The Cable Commission Attorney had perceived both the City and Cable 38 Commission had some options when it came to indicating their dis- 39 pleasure with the cable company programming. Mr. Creighton had rated 40 these in his memorandum according to how he thought each would be apt 41 to risk a legal battle which he had concluded would in all likelihood 42 be lost in the courts. 10