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• C= TY C:)F S T _ AN THONY C OUN C = L M I N U T E S MAR C H 2 4 3 9 8 7 The meeting was opened - at 7 : 30. P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. Present for. roll call : Marks., Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske. Also present: David Childs , City Manager Jerry Gilligan, Dorsey & Whitney, City Attorney State Representative John Rose Brings Council Up-to-Date on Pending Legislation The Mayor thanked the legislator for taking time out of . his busy schedule to do the above. Representative Rose ' s response was to say he wanted the Council to know what legislation was .coming up and was seeking their counsel on how he should vote .-on some, of .those bills. Prior to giving his report, Representative Rose distributed copies of the new Minnesota map and on the -March 20th issue of the Session Weekly, put out by the House Public Information Office, which had won. its Public Information Officer, Jean Steiner, national acclaim for provision of • good government information. The legislator indicated the. greatest focus and most attention would probably be given to the upcoming tax bill which the Ways. and Means Committee would be reporting . on the following evening. . . His comments and Council reaction on some of the bills were as follows: 3 :00 A.M. Bar Closings Rose -reported he has had considerable communication with St. Anthony and the surrounding communities on this bill and tended to-.agree that the impact of having impaired drivers passing through these communities would be significant; -said he had not supported the bill and didn' t expect there was enough support to get the bill through the legislature. Liquor Monopolies Rose -said he had also been contacted by persons from St. Anthony regarding the adverse impact the proposed bill to. go back to liquor distributor monopolies would. have on the munici- pal. liquor operation;