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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES May 12 , 1981 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Haik at 7 :30 P.M. Present for roll call : Letourneau, Ranallo, Haik, Sundland and Marks . Also present: Jim Fornell, City Manager; Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; Carol Johnson , Clerk/Treasurer; Larry Hamer, Public Works Director; and Lee Entner, Fire Chief. The spelling of the word "Works" was corrected in Para. 3 , page 9 of the April 28th Council minutes . Motion by Councilman Marks -and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as corrected the minutes for the Council meeting held April 28, 1981. Motion carried unanimously. The status of the City ' s involvement in the North Suburban Cable Commission was reported by Alan Kaeding, Chairman of the City 's Cable T.V. Advisory Committee, who announced the third draft of the request for proposals for a cable communication franchise and a • preliminary draft of the franchise ordinance will be considered at a public hearing before the Roseville City Council at 7 :30 P.M. , May 20, 1981. Copies of these documents as well as the proposed resolution authorizing the acceptance of - the bids from the companies to be adopted by the ten municipalities comprising the Commission at public hearings to be held in each- city, were provided by Mr. Kaeding. The Committee Chairman told Mayor Haik it is recom- mended that all communications with the cable company be directed through an administrative commission which will represent all Commission members involved in the system, since it is believed many problems , both for the cable company and the communities , can be avoided if a uniform policy for providing information to the cable company is adopted through a joint powers agreement developed for monitoring and administration of the cable system once it is in place. The request for bids has been modified, he said, to reflect the St. Anthony request that underground cable installations be provided wherever economically feasible. A public hearing in St. Anthony will be scheduled early in June to consider 'the re- quest for proposals developed at the Roseville hearing. ' Discussions of the Hennepin County Human Services and Share-a-Ride programs were accepted as agenda addendum under ,Nos . 9B and 9C. The Manager and Public Works Director had addressed , in memorandum, a possible raise in reimbursement rates for use of employee vehicles for official City business. Mr. Fornell 's position is that the • City cannot be expected to pick up the entire cost of operating these