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