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-4- During the consideration of the January report from the Fire. Department, the • Manager told Councilman Enrooth. the home at 3645 Roosevelt had only -been evacuated for one day because of the gas leak from the Mi.co station, which appeared to be a very small one. Mr. . Childs said the soil testing reports in that area would be back the next day. Mayor Sundland .related his own chilling experiences with the power failure in the area affected by the power lines blown down near 3645 Silver Lake Road February 19th, which was one of the coldest nights of the year. The. Mayor told Councilman Makowske that the Fire Department was responsible for guarding those downed lines until NSP had repaired the damage. The Fire Department report and the January liquor sales summary were ordered filed as were the January 15th Chemical Awareness Committee meeting minutes following a brief, discussion. The Mayor and Councilman Makowske indicated their appreciation of receiving those minutes and evaluating just how the City'-s yearly donation to the Committee is used. The Councilman indicated she would like to know more about how the, $250 allocated to the Team Support Group would be spent. Councilman Marks said he had been out of town for that meeting, but hoped to attend the Committee's February meeting where fie would ask about that expenditure. Mr. Childs indicated how he anticipates preparations for the City-wide meeting on how the City operates would be made and individual Council responsibilities were affirmed. Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to tentatively reschedule the Board of Review to be held in the Council Chambers at 6:30 P.M. , • May 14, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager asked for Council guidance related to the action request from the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities related to the proposed cuts in Federal Revenue Sharing Funds. There was no consensus on the Council to connect those funds with the proposed raise in the Defense budget, but the general agreement was that AMM should advocate that, if revenue funding for the states is to be cut down or eliminated; the changes should be made gradually to avoid too great trauma for those cities which have become so dependent -on those funds. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to direct staff to respond to the AMM Action Request as stipulated by the Mayor and Council . Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Ranallo reported the League of Minnesota Cities will be lobbying against the Comparable Work law going into effect October, 1985, and would also be working to have the costs of implementing the law transferred to the state rather than the local governments. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Makowske to adopt the resolution approving the agreement between the City and the Public Works Department for the 1985 wages and insurance.