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-2- Off-Sale 3.2 Beer Speedy Market Laundry Vending B-Kleen, Apache Plaza Amusement Devices St. Anthony Fun Center Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve payment of all verified claims listed for February '28, and March .1.2, 1.985, in the. March 12, 1985 Council agenda as wel•1 as $26,813. 15 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for their February, 1985 billing for sewer charges. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor reported the Sister City Selection Committee had received background data on the four cities in England, Fin Iand, Guatemala, and Costa Rica from which a Sister City for St. Anthony would be selected during a meeting of. the Com- mittee scheduled to be held in the Council Chambers at 4:30 P.M. , March 14th. The Mayor agreed with the City Manager that there was still a lot of community enthusiasm for the program even though attendance at the Committee meetings had • dwindled somewhat. The Committee's selection would be reported to the Council at one of their next meetings. Councilman Marks reported on a meeting on Ethics in Government which he had attended at Augsburg College March 2nd, at which Common Cause's criticism of Political Action Committees because of their effect onelection campaigns had been expressed as well as the opinions of a University professor who was not quite as concerned about the issue. Another issue which was explored, the Councilman said, was the intergenerational responsibilities of governments for future problems for which they could no longer be held accountable. Mayor Sundland responded to the comments about P.A.C. 's by indicating he perceived how some P.A.C. 's could be harmful but said his own company permitted each employee who contributed to designate the campaign for which the funds would be spent. Councilman Marks said that was not the case for his company and Councilman Enrooth indicated he perceived that was also not the case for a majority of companies who make P.A.C. contributions. Councilman Ranallo reported attendance at the federal legislative meeting of the League of Minnesota Cities where great concern had been expressed about the proposed cutbacks in Revenue Sharing, especially by the larger municipalities who may lose millions of dollars, ascompared to the $70,000 Mr. Childs estimates would be lost to St. Anthony. The Councilman said the question would be brought, up at the National Conference of Cities in Washington, D.C. , at the end of March', which he, Mr. Childs, and the Mayor would be attending and the Minnesota League would hold a special meeting March 24th at 5:00 P.M. to decide what the state members wanted to do in this regard. Councilman Ranallo indicated he perceived • the National League would be proposing an overall freeze on federal spending to cut the national deficit. The Mayor agreed with this assessment and said he