CC MINUTES 04091985 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

-7- be given to the parent to be used to identify the child in the event he or she disappeared as so many children have in the past. The Chief then indicated that • he. personally believed photos were clearer than videos for. identification purposes but said he would be happy to cooperate in any program which encouraged parents to get involved in the provision of safety for their own children. The Council consensus was that the Mayor should proclaim April 20, 1985, as "Strong Kid, Safe Kid Day" in St. Anthony if, after a discussion with Mr. Belisle, Chief Hickerson perceives this would be a beneficial activity for the youngsters of St. Anthony. The meeting of: the Ramsey County League of Local Governments Board, which had been scheduled for Good Friday had been cancelled, Councilman Makowske reported, and she would be unable to attend the April 17th meeting -because of her involvement in the. Council 's Volunteer Recognition program that same evening. Councilman Enrooth' s assessment of the National Conference of' Cities in Washington, D.C. , which he, the Mayor, Councilman Ranallo and Mr. Childs had attended the last week of March, was that the seminars had been very educational but there had been a "day and night" difference between this conference and those in the past because there had been so little participation by the White House. Mayor Sundland commented that this conference had broken all records for attendance with between 4,500 and 4,700 League of Cities members present. Mayor Sundland was congratulated on his election to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities. In conjunction with the Washington D.C. conference, Councilman Ranallo suggested that, because there is every possibility that the City might not receive the $37,000 which had been expected in Revenue Sharing funds, and perceiving the lack of such revenues would have a direct impact on the services the City could provide, all Department Heads should begin right away to take a sharp look at their budgets to see what services could be decreased or eliminated altogether, if federal funding of municipalites is cut off this year. That way the City would have a realistic picture of what has to be done at budget time, he .said. The Councilman then reported receiving a call from a resident repeating allegations that I.D. 's are not being checked carefully enough at the City liquor stores and specifically referring to a recent Focus article quoting an underage youth who said he had purchased various kinds of liquor in two St. Anthony liquor stores. Council- man Ranallo said the caller had been adamant that he report these allegations directly to the Council and then report back to her just what steps the City was going to take to correct the .problem. Chief Hickerson said he had contacted Ray Nelson, the Liquor Manager, right after the incident had been reported and Mr. Nelson had already talked to the parents of the seventeen year old youth who was involved, who were satisfied with the Liquor Manager's handling of the matter. Mr. Nelson had told Chief Hickerson the father had indicated his son looked much older than seventeen and the Chief said the paper had only been partially correct in their article because only the Apache store had been involved. Mr. Childs said Mr. Nelson had told him there had been no excuse for the sale and • that the employee who . had made it had been reprimanded for not following procedures which had been set up for checking I.D. 's. Nevertheless, the- Manager indicated he . perceived there could be an advantage to having the Liquor Manager meet with the