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-5- Councilmember Enrooth indicated th.at, with the presentation of the final report • and recommendations from the Advisory Committee to the Rice Creek Watershed District in February, his service on that commission would be ended and he would be ready for another community service appointment. The Mayor said he agreed with Councilmember Makowske's assessment of the RCLLG's training seminar and its comparison to the government training sessions which are conducted by Councilmember Marks. And in the same vein, Mayor Sundland reported, his brother-in-law who had run for a Hermantown council seat, had told him he had gotten some very good reports from other councilmembers from his area on Council- member Marks' programs. The Councilmember thanked him for those kind words and then reported his partici- pation in the government training sessions for all elected officials the previous weekend where Arian Lee, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, Canada, who is also a professional consultant, conducted a seminar on how those officials could better serve their constituency. The Councilmember indicated Mr. Lee would also be giving training sessions to members of the Minnesota State Legislature this week. Another seminar he had found particularly interesting, Councilmember Marks said, was the talk on preparing budgets given by the Red Wing City Administrator, who had said he does all the line item check and cutting before the budget is presented for adoption. The Councilmember had found the administrator's tips on personnel management very helpful as well , he said. When the October and November Police Department reports came up for consideration, Councilmember Makowske said she was sorry the Police Chief had left because she wanted to see if he could shed a light on why 1985 crime cases in the City were • 147 cases ahead of 1984. Councilmember Marks indicated he perceived every community in the state had experienced a rise in crime. He and Councilmember Enrooth suggested the discussion of the reasons for those increases would make a good topic for the Duluth LMC conference. Councilmember Ranallo said he appreciated the suggestion but the conference agenda was already so tight he had to attend a special meeting of the Planning Committee just to see how the topics already agreed on can be fit into the schedule. Councilmember Makowske indicated she perceived the Minnesota conferences were all much more interesting than the national conferences she had attended and that might account for the fact that the planners were having difficulty finding space for all the participants. The Police reports were ordered filed as was the Hance report on matters handled by the prosecutors in Hennepin County Municipal Court January 8th. During the consideration of the January 21st staff notes, the Mayor indicated he found the return of Rick Lundeen to active duty after his medical problems to be very remarkable. Mr. Childs said he was pleased with the 98 percent rating the Minnesota Department of Health had given the City water system, perceiving only the hardness of the water and the age of some of the pipes had prevented a 100 percent rating. Of course, as mentioned in the Department's cover letter, the presence of Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons had not been considered in the rating, but only the operation, maintenance and condition of the system had been addressed, the Manager said. • The January 14th letter from the League of Minnesota Cities General Counsel related to the League's Municipal Amicus Program and citing briefs the League had filed