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-4- Mr. Hamer had reported in his February 14th memorandum, the.,,bidsE_:whIch had been -taken for materials required by the .Public Works Department to construct the watermain in. conjunction with the County_Road- D -.rebuilding project and he gave-further insights into the reasons he was .recommending the contracts be split. Mr, Childs pointed out that the._._project had been budgeted for- $80,000 and that materials , engineer- ing. and staking would ultimately. cost about $45,000 to- $50 ,000. Motion .by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth "to- • , accept .the low bid and .award;=-the contracts' for material for the water- main project on .County Road D as recommended by the• Public Works Director, "in the best interests of--.the� City".. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor reported receiving many complimentary comments. from other city mayors related to the City ' s liquor warehouse operation at a recent mayor' s function. Councilmembers -were urged to 'report all comments they received -on- the Cityscan. Councilman Ranallo. drew the Council ' s attention to a recent honor -paid a City couple, .Mary. Ann and John Kuharski , ,2709 Pahl Avenue , who were recognized as the "1983 Outstanding Catholics of the Year" by_ the Minnesota Chapter of the 'Catholic League forCivil and Religious Rights . . The Councilman suggested the honor should be acknowledged • iri a. .letter to the couple . . Motion by Councilman Marks and. secoftded by Councilman Ranallo to request staff to write a letter of congratulations to Mr. and Mrs . John Kuharski for the honor recently. paid' them.-. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Ranallo reported he had recently been appointed' to the National League of ,Cities Human Development Policy Committee which he perceives would be recommending policies . on' many national concerns which are shared by the City. However, . this appointment could require him to attend both the Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis conferences which might not be possible under the existing Council policy, which budgeted only $4, 500 to send two Council persons to those meetings - this year: - There appeared to be no opposition from other Council members to paying- for Councilman --Ranallo' s attendance at either of the meetings , with funding to come from Council contingency. Councilman- Makowske reported finding the conference for newly-- elected officials both informative and helpful in that it gave her an oppor- tunity-`to meet other municipal representatives and learn first hand— just how policy is set in other cities . _ .._. . Councilman Marks thanked the City Manager for providing supporting- materials for his use in conducting the GTS sessions . He also indicate he would report back on the 'Youth.. Service Bureau meeting he expected to attend the following Thursday-..