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-2- Motion by Councilman . Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Ranallo . to approve payment of $9 ,621. 86 to Matheny Construction for their services • on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project. Motion carried unanimously. A plaque of appreciation for the City ' s support of. the St. Anthony High School All Class Reunion, October 15th and 16th, was presented to Mayor Sundland by James Thill, 5961 Benjamin Street N.E. ; Peter Beberg 3931 10th Avenue N. , Anoka; and Linda Prentis , 8376 Greenwood Drive, members of the reunion steering committee. Mayor Sundland accepted the plaque "with pride" indicating he perceives all Council members thoroughly enjoyed their participation in the event. John Rose, who was recently reelected to the Minnesota State Legisla- ture and who represents St. Anthony, indicated he was present to dis- cuss the impact actions taken by the legislators during- the special session might have on the City . He said that, as painful as the budget cuts the legislature had taken might be , he believes unallotting by the Governor would have been much more -disastrous for local govern- ments and probably inappropriate to have the executive branch, rather than the legislative doing the cutting. As an example , Representative Rose said the St. Anthony school district would have been cut $162 .60 per student under the allotting process , where only $17 .90 was cut by the legislature. Councilman Marks mentioned that local as well as state employees had • been concerned by the pension cuts which were made and he wondered whether the entire program .of budget cuts would be nullified if the P.E.R.A. lawsuit against. the .cuts were successful. Representative Rose replied that., with . a sixty-one million dollar shortage , the budget probably wouldn' t be balanced at the .end of the biennium as required by law, since there are very .few options remaining before January 1st. He said even the . DFL legislators had recognized it would be preferable for public employees to make between $500 and $600 payments to. their own pension plans than to have 35 ,000 public employees laid off if the P .E. R.A. cut had not been made. He would return periodically to report on matters which affect the City , Representative Rose promised. Certificates of Appreciation . for approximately three .y.ears .of service each on the Planning Commission, were presented by the Mayor to Ray Sopcinski and Irvin Peterson who had indicated they would be unable to continue that .service in 1983 . The Mayor told them he only hopes the City would be able to replace them with persons who are as competent and who would aid the planning process to the extent they have. Councilman Ranallo gave the highlights of his attendance at the National Conference of Cities in Los Angeles , California in November and indicated he would like to see all Council members able to attend conferences informative as this had been. The Councilman reported President Rea- igan,-'s`: _ message- to the conference had been that cities must help themselves and not rely on either the state or national governments • during .a budget crunch. One of the points made by other conferees , Councilman Ranallo reported, had been that the City has to be certain