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Regular Council Meeting July 31 , 1990 page 8 I 1 Mayor Ranallo stated he hosted a party last year for all of the Committee y members and volunteers of the Village Fest. It is his 3 intention to do this again and a tentative date of August 18th 4 has been selected. He invited members of the Council to attend. 5 On July 28th, Mayor Ranallo attended the Hennepin County Fair. 7 He participated in the American Dairy Association's cow milking R contest and tied for second place. 10 While at the Hennepin County Fair, the Mayor saw a booth sponsored it by the City of Orono. In the booth there were many articles which 12 were focused on the City such as photos of the City staff, police 13 reserves in attendance and documents which addressed the City 14 itself. The Mayor suggested this would be a good idea for the 15 City- of St. Anthony to emulate next year. 15 17 Mayor Ranallo reminded Councilmembers of the Council work session 18 next week. He noted that not much progress has been made on Lhe 19 ordinance book. 20 21 The City Manager stated that two of the items for discussion at 22 the next work session are consideration of increasing licensing 23 fees and going out for audit-ing services and preparation of-a 24 Request For Proposals for these services. 25 26 Mayor Ranallo is the Chairperson of the League of Minnesota Cities 27 Federal Legislation Committee. This Committee -held its first meeting 28 on July 27th and there was a very good attendance. The Mayor noted 29 that changing of the meeting day may be considered as it conflicts 30 with Minneapolis City Council meetings .and many of the Committee 31 members represent Minneapolis. 32 33 The Mayor noted that not much of the federally allocated funds for 34 the D.A.R.E. program has been used. He spoke to an aide of Senator 35 Rudy Boschwitz regarding the writing of grant applications for federal 36 funds. 37 38 The City Manager advised that there is State of Minnesota funding 39 available for the D.A.R.E. program. He will pursue this matter. When 40 he had discussed this with the Police Chief, the Chief had indicated 41 he would prefer to use State funding for hiring a new police officer. 42 The City Manager indicated this would be ill-advised as these funds 43 are only for a certain. period of time. 44 hS The City Manager also addressed the new joint venture on drug related 46 concerns entered into by the City Managers of St. Anthony, Roseville 47 and New Brighton. He will discuss this matter with them as well . 48 49 The Mayor suggested that the Public Works Director be requested to 5C have installed some shelving in the new Council office to accommodate •