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-5- thought the Revenue Sharing funds should be expended, but Mr. Weiberg was the only person outside the Council and staff who was present for the consideration and the Manager reported receiving no written suggestions either. Mr. Childs told those present the actual adoption of the Revenue Sharing budget would be made during the Council 's October 8th meeting. He 'said the City's policy had always been to use these funds, which had ranged between $33,000 and $36,000 the last 7 or 8 years, for only one time major projects so as not to become dependent on them. Mr. Weiberg commented that he perceived that had been a very wise policy because it had, become very apparent that 1986 would probably be the last year those funds would be available to the City. With no further input from the public, the hearing was closed at 8:05 P.M. The Manager drew the Council 's attention to the per capita comparisons between St. Anthony's property taxes, revenues, expenditures, and bonded indebtedness and those for other Class 4 Minnesota cities with populations of less than 10,000, which had been drawn in the State Auditor's City Verification Report for 1984 in their agenda packets. Mr. Childs indicated he perceived those comparisons had been very favorable to the City when it came to the general fund balance which, in St. Anthony's case, was 39.26% of the City's current expenditures, as compared to the class average which had been 37.40%. Councilmember Marks added that this was in spite of the fact that the City had only levied property taxes averaging $74.54 per capita where other Class 4 cities in the state had collected an average of $158.88 in taxes per person for the same period. The general perception was that the difference had resulted from more conservative management by the City • rather than diminished services to the residents. A membership in the North Suburban Gavel Association had come with his chairmanship of the St. Anthony Kiwanis Club the Manager said, and -he indicated Councilmembers might find that organization's Leadership Training Conference at McGuire's the morning of October 5th most interesting, with Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda's workshop on "Maximizing Your Leadership Style" alone, well worth the $10 attendance fee. The brochure for that conference as well as copies of the September 20th invitation from the Ramsey County Commissioners' office for the Council to nominate a candid- ate to serve on the advisory group which would establish goals, objectives, and processes for applying for Community Development Block Grant monies through Ramsey County had been distributed by the Manager who indicated he perceived the expertise he had gained related to CDBG funding since the middle 70's might prove helpful to that group. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Marks to nominate David Childs to serve on the Ramsey County Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board. Motion carried unanimously. The Council accepted the September 19th recommendation from the North Suburban Cable Commission that the City take no action to disapprove Group W Cable Company's request that they be permitted to immediately raise the Basic Service Rate they • charge from $7.95 to $9.95. In doing so, the Council concurred with the City Manager's suggestion that, since Congress would be taking the rate regulation