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r <br /> •1 -3- <br /> 2 Motion by ,Enrooth, .seconded by Ranal-lo to approve payment of $2, 976.70 <br /> 3 the Briggs and Morgan law firm for professional services provided in . <br /> 4 conjunction with the City' s law suit against the U.S. ,Army et al as <br /> 5 related to St. Anthony's water contamination problems. <br /> 6 Motion carried unanimously. <br /> 7 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to approve payment of $3 , 691.70 . <br /> 8 for annual membership dues in the League of Minnesota Cities. <br /> 9 Motion carried unanimously. <br /> 10 REPORTS. <br /> 11 COUNCIL <br /> 12 Mayor Reports Attendance at Washington D.C. Kiwanis Convention <br /> 13 Mayor. Sundland gave his own insights about the above convention he had <br /> 14 attended as a delegate the previous week. He said there had been 5 ,700 <br /> 15 delegates present and one of the accomplishments of the meetings had <br /> 16 been to open the organization to membership by women. The Mayor <br /> 17 described the tightly regulated voting processes and explained the <br /> 18 problems the representatives of some states had with their own charters <br /> related to the extension of membership. <br /> 20 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES <br /> 21 The following were noted and ordered filed as informational,: <br /> 22 *Report from the Edward J. Hance law firm on matters conducted at the <br /> 23 Hennepin County District Court on June 17 , 1987 , in which they <br /> 24 represented St. Anthony as Prosecutor; <br /> 25 *June Fire Department Report; <br /> 26 *June Liquor Operations Sales Summary. <br /> 27 CITY MANAGER <br /> 28 There were no questions related to the July 7th staff meeting notes. <br /> 29 Personnel Decisions Selected to Assist the City in Completing Its <br /> 30 Comparable Worth Study <br /> 31 Mr. Childs had distributed the proposals for the above study which had <br /> 32 been submitted by Personnel Decisions, .Inc. and Arthur Young and gave <br /> 33 his reasons for accepting the former. He . said telephone calls to both <br /> 34 firms had reaffirmed that Personnel was proposing to provide the service <br /> for $1 ,800 while it would cost the City between $4,800 and $5, 400 to <br /> have the Young Company help the City -with its study. He explained that <br /> 37 one of the reasons Personnel could 'submi-t' a lower bid was because the <br />