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-4-. A comparison had been drawn between $3,466.08 in uncollectible checks cashed in the • three _City liquor stores during 1984 and the $38,309.55' net profit on check cashing realized by the liquor operation the same year, in the report which had been included in the agenda packet. There was general concurrence that the difference between those figures should justify the retention of this service for the liquor store customers.. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Mayor-Pro Tem Ranallo to write off the $3,466.08 in uncollectible checks for 1984. Motion carried .unanimously. The August Financial report was filed as informational as. was the Hance report on various matters conducted at the Hennepin County Municipal. Court, September 4th, following a briefdiscussion, during which Councilmember Makowske indicated she real-ly appreciated the prosecutor' s briefing on the cases he was handling for the City. Counci.lmember .Marks reiterated that he had found the high level of police and prosecution activity amazing for a City the size of St. Anthony. Councilmember Enrooth agreed, saying he perceived the copy of -the letter from a woman who Captain Engstrom had assisted after an assault nearly a year ago, which was being passed around that evening, certainly supported the concept of high quality police service to the community. Erling Weiberg, Chairman of the Tornado Relief Fund Committee, was present to give the final report on the disposition of funds collected for tornado reiief, as reflected in the July report from- the Committee, which had been included in the agenda packet. Mr. Weiberg said he had arrived at the Council 's August 13th meeting after that meeting had been adjourned and- had been unable to make any of the meetings since that time. The Chairman said' his Committee perceived that the report they were filing with the Council might prove helpful to another community who had experienced a similar disaster and wanted to set up a citizen's committee to disburse financial donations to the victim. The Chairman drew attention to the listing of persons and organizations who had made up his Committee, saying that group had been well representative of the community- as a whole and the excellence of their service had made his own job much easier. He gave special recognition to the legal services provided by the Hance firm and help with IRS documentation which had been provided by Dennis: Hoskin's C.P.A. firm, all at no cost to the Committee, Mr. Weiberg added. The report:i!ndicated that $10,653.84 had been donated from thirteen sources, 80% of which had come from community churches, with the total being matched by Lutheran Brotherhood through the Nativity Lutheran Church. These funds had been distributed to twenty-six qualifying applicants, with no individual receiving more than $500, the Chairman said, with the balance of $633.85 being presented to the Faith Methodist congregation for the extensive damage their church had suffered in .the tornado. Councilmember Marks extended the City's .thanks to Mr. Weiberg for his leadership of the Committee and Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo requested that staff send letters of commendation to all persons and organizations who had provided service to the community through the Committee. At 8:01 P.M. , -the executive hearing was opened to accept public input on the expendi- ture of St. Anthony's 19.86 allocation of about $33,500. in Revenue, Sharing Funds. The notice of the hearing published in the September 10th Bulletin had encouraged all . local citizens and groups to present written or verbal comments on how they