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-4- Mr. Hamer had reported in his February 14th memorandum, the bids which • had been taken for materials required by the Public .Works Department to construct the watermain in conjunction with the County Road D rebuilding project and he gave further insights into the reasons he was recommending the contracts be split. Mr. Childs pointed out that the project had been budgeted for $80 , 000 and that materials , engineer- ing and staking .would ultimately cost about $45, 000 to $50 ,000 . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to accept the low bid and award the contracts for material for the water- main project on County Road D as recommended by the. Public Works Director, "in the best interests of the City" . Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor reported receiving many complimentary comments from other city mayors related to the City ' s liquor warehouse operation at a recent mayor' s function. Councilmembers were urged. to report all comments they received on the Cityscan. Councilman Ranallo drew .the Council ' s-attention to . a recent honor paid a City couple, Mary Ann and John Kuharski, 2709 Pahl Avenue, who were recognized as the "1983 Outstanding. Catholics of the Year" by the Minnesota Chapter of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights. The Councilman suggested .the honor should be acknowledged • in a letter to the couple . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to request staff to write a letter. of congratulations to Mr. and Mrs . John Kuharski for the honor recently paid them. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Ranallo reported he had recently been appointed to the National League of Cities Human Development Policy Committee which he perceives would be recommending policies on many national concerns which are shared by the City. However, this appointment could require him to attend both the Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis conferences which might not be possible under the existing Council policy, which budgeted only $4 , 500 to send two Council persons to those meetings this year. There appeared to be no opposition from other Council members to paying for Councilman Ranallo' s attendance at either of the meetings , with funding to come from Council contingency. Councilman Makowske reported finding the conference for newly elected officials both informative. and helpful in that it gave her an oppor- tunity to meet other municipal representatives and learn first hand just how policy is set in other cities . Councilman Marks thanked the City Manager for providing supporting materials for his use 'in conducting the GTS sessions . He also indicated he would report back on the Youth Service Bureau. meeting he expected to attend the following Thursday.