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Council Meeting May 22, 1990 page 6 • 1 information presented was worthwhile and could be adapted to accommodate 2 interests and needs of municipalities . Councilmember Makowske stated 3 that the speaker charged $2,500 for this one day seminar , but if one of 4 his associates conducted the seminar, it would be less expensive. Council - s member Makowske's registration fee was paid by the Youth Service Bureau. 6 She will make the written material and her notes from the seminar available 7 to the Councilmembers and staff. 8 9 The City Manager will contact some of the surrounding communities to see 10 if any of their staff would be interested in attending this type of 11 seminar. It was felt if enough cities participated in a cooperative 12 effort it would be affordable. Mayor Ranallo stated there are funds 13 budgeted for conferences and requested the City Manager to pursue setting 14 this type of seminar up. 15 16 Councilmember Marks had nothing to report at this time. 17 18 Mayor Ranallo advised he had been requested to chair the League of 19 Minnesota Cities ' Federal Legislation Committee and had accepted. This 20 would involve four meetings each year and a presentation of the Com- 21 mittee' s policy recommendations at the League' s Annual Meeting. 22 23 The Mayor and the City Manager attended the Association of Metropolitan • 24 Municipalities meeting on Wednesday, May 9th. This organization's dues 25 will increase about twenty-five percent for the coming year. The Mayor 26 advised that the AMM is planning on enhancing their lobbying efforts in 27 the Legislature. 28 29 Mayor Ranallo requested that the appointment of a Mayor Pro-tem be 30 included in the agenda of the next City Council meeting. He also observed 31 that Tom Burt has served as City Manager for six months and his perfor- 32 mance review should be done at the next Council meeting. 33 34 The City Manager has received applications from two residents interested 35 in being appointed to serve on the City Council . Some Councilmembers 36 noted that other residents have also expressed their interest to them. 37 38 Mayor Ranallo reminded the Council he had requested each of them to 39 formulate four or five questions to ask each applicant and submit them 40 to the City Manager. 41 42 C. City Manager 43 44 The City Manager agreed to serve on the Association of Metropolitan 45 Municipalities ' State Legislative and Personnel Committee which involves 46 about three meetings a year. He felt the speech given by the AMM President, 47 Larry Bakken , Councilmember from Golden Valley, was very good and focused 48 on the future of the AMM. 49 50 1 . La Wel - Signage