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-5- When Councilmember Marks told Councilmember Ranallo no more monetary support was expected from the City than in the past, the latter responded by saying he had not perceived there had ever been a Council commitment to permanent support of the committee, but rather, there had been some expressions of hesitancy about , continuing that support each -year -the request came before the Council . Council- member Ranallo indicated he perceived from looking over the by-laws, that the Committee would be_ uridertaking}some.Add itional-cexpensesilJke,,r:e:taiin ngr4aC.C,PA�,tto look over the books, etc. Councilmember Marks said that was true but the Board would be doing some of its own fundraising which would involve various civic organizations and not limiting its support from just the two cities and the School Board. When Councilmember Ranallo questioned why St. Charles, one of the largest school systems in the City, with almost 500 students, as compared to 1 ,050 in the St. Anthony system, had not been represented on the Board, Councilmember Marks indicated that because the schools tend to have their own programs in this area, the goal had been to have a community based rather than school based, program. Councilmember Enrooth indicated that he had "had a problem with this program from its inception" because of his own personal philosophy that "municipalities should not be involved in providing social services" and the Councilmember said he was "even more concerned about a greater involvement at this time". Before the next meeting, Councilmember Enrooth said, he would be seeking additional input related to other municipalities involvement in similar programs from the Manager. Councilmember Ranallo said he also perceived the City Attorney's opinion should • be sought about the extent of liability the Council might be incurrin by appointing persons to the Board who later might start giving out erroneous information, etc. Councilmember Marks responded by saying the planning committee had also been concerned about the liability question and for that very reason had tried to redefine the role of the Committee members, recognizing that they are not counselors. In response toGounci l:member. Enr._o_oth;'s .comments,,concgr.n ng the _role -_;the_,kCi,ty„wou_ld be playing in providing social services, the Councilmember said that in the past 'that type of aid would have been funded by the counay b.ut .because ;of.-. the-_redu.c�ti,on in federal funding of this type of program, that type of help had lbeencdr•.ying 'up the past few years. However, Councilmember Marks said, the perception now was that in the long run it might be more effective to have community based programs where there could be more direct control over the way a drug program is handled and information made available to the parents on how to handle the problem and where to look for professional counseling if that is what they need. Councilmember Enrooth stated that he had peceived all along that the City had onl.y-t been: prov;i.d'i,ng :seed money 'to .give ';th=i si�rorganizati on ;time ,to:,crystall i zeA a �war.kabl e program and he suggested that "might have already happened with the business-like program Councilmember Marks had presented that evening". Mayor Sundland said he was inclined to agree with Councilmember Enrooth, especially having heard Councilmember Marks say the Committee would no longer be relying on only Council and School Board support but would be seeking funding from other sources. The Mayor questioned whether the ultimate goal might be to fund raise to the point where the Committee is self-sufficient. • Council-member,"Maks indicated he did. not percei've ..that 'nas the way- to go but believed instead the organization could be made stronger by having to report back to both