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l -2- he is particularly interested in the January 25th session on Transformative Leadership. • which would take a look at rethinking leadership in government and management styles to parallel styles of leadership in business and said these are open sessions. Brochures on these meetings would be duplicated by staff for anyone who had not received one, Mr. Childs indicated. Councilman Makowske thanked the Mayor and other .Counci.l members for their support of her election to the .Board of Directors of the.Ramsey County League of Local Govern- ments on which she now serves. She also. reported on the latest RCLLG Board meeting where input from past presidents had been received: Tim Pekarek, a St. Anthony High School observer of Council meetings, asked Councilman Marks what the procedure would have been had the Councilman been elected to the State House of Representatives. He was told that the Council would select someone to fill his vacancy on the Council , if that had happened. Tim responded by saying "I 'd be available". The December Fire Department Report was ordered filed. The recommendations of the City Manager were 'accepted in the following: Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to accept the proposal from Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , Consulting Engineers, for the administration and maintenance of the City's 1985 MSA Fund at a cost not to exceed $2,000. Motion carried unanimously. • The November Finance Report was accepted following a brief discussion of the Travel , Conferences and School fund, which is running over budget. There was general agree- ment that . the monies expended from this account were good investments for the City. In the discussion .of the December Liquor Sales Summary, the Manager indicated a $74,000 insurance settlement had come in for. Store #2, which compensated the City for the loss of business after the tornado. Mr. Childs indicated he perceived the liquor operation would have run well over. $4 million in total sales if that store had not been out of operation for such a long time. Councilman Ranallo noted the sales figures for that store in December were- not much under those for the same period in 1983. The effect of the new warehouse operation on the Store- #I revenues is' being closely monitored, Mr. Childs said. He concluded his report by saying that, although the 1984 budget was tighter than ever, and, in spite of a $56,000 shortfall in liquor operation projections ($396,000 budgeted and only $340,000 transferred to the General. Fund at the year end) and unanticipated costs resulting from the tornado of between $40,000 and $50,000,. the Manager believes the City would still be in the black for 1984. Councilman Marks and the Mayor indicated they perceived the 1985 liquor transfers would be more realistic. Mr. Childs reported that at the request of the Mayor of Columbia Heights, a special informational meeting for elected officials had been scheduled to be held in the Roseville City Hall at 7:00 P.M. , .January 16th, to give further insight into the new Comparable Worth Study. As an addendum to the indepth report -on the City liquor operation by the Manager, Ray • Nelson, which had been reported in the staff notes, the Manager indicated that in the four days between Christmas and New Years, the warehouse operation had taken in over $100,000 and the Store #1 's -sales were consistent with their normal sales on New Years Eve, in spite of the competition.