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-2- Before acting on the school district b.illing, the Mayor Pro Tem asked Mr. Childs to extend his compliments to the Public Works Department for the -maintenance of Park View. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $6,000 to the. St. Anthony School District for the City's use of the Park View facilities during July, August, and September, 1984. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and- seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $350 to LeFevere, .Lefler, Kennedy, O'Brien & Drawz. for legal consultation with Mr. Drawz regarding the New Brighton water contamination litigation and determination of filing of papers necessary to protect the City's rights in a related contamination problem. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Marks indicated the conflict in meeting night dates made it hard for him to attend meetings of the Chemical Abuse .Information Committee to which he is the Council 's representative. Mr. Childs indicated he had in the past suggested the Committee reschedule their meetings for the first rather than the second Tuesday of the month. In a later discussion of the Committee's September 18th minutes, the Manager indicated he had discussed the Council 's 1985 grant to the Committee with Shelley Freeman and had been trying to contact one of the Committee • members who. had consistently been absent from the Committee meetings to ascertain that member's interest in continuing service on that board. The Mayor Pro Tem questioned just how effective the Committee could be with only three members in attendance for -the meetings and Councilman Marks surmised that the lack of a con- scientious effort to notify members in -advance of meetings might account for non-attendance: The Councilman indicated it was his intention to try to make the Committee meeting scheduled that evening if the Council meeting did not run too long and, at that time, he would reiterate the suggestion that Committee dates be rescheduled not to conflict with Council meeting dates. If he's able to determine how many Committee appointments would be necessary, .Mr. . Childs said, he would publicize the openings in the City Newsletter which goes out the following week. Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo reported the League of Minnesota Cities Federal Legislation Committee on which he serves would be'sending a resolution to the National League of Cities Conference recommending support for. the. amendment of the Anti-trust Law. which would protect cities from monetary damages in anti-trust litigations. The Mayor Pro Tem indicated a resident had recently requested of him that the City refuse to issue a garbage hauling license:, for poor performance by a firm who - serves the City and Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo realized the protection the amendment could provide the City if such action were taken, although he recognized that the revised law would not prevent the firm from filing an injunction against such action. The indication that- the Cable T.V. companies might be reneging on their promise to the League of Cities that control of cable service would remain in the hands of the cities for at least four years, had prompted the Commission he serves7:on to prepare • another resolution urging the National League to work for an .amendment to the cable law which would oppose the transfer of control , the Mayor Pro Tem reported, and he said he had submitted the name of Mayor Sundland to be considered for appointment