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-8- Mr. Childs confirmed that the only response the county -had made to City complaints had been to send one of the construction people out to give the City the same • "unacceptable" reasons for the delays. Two Retirements from Public Works Department Reported Mayor Sundland said Herman Weber and Jerry Sauer would be leaving- City employment sometime in Janaury, with Mr. Weber's resignation already tendered. Candidates for Office Speak at October 22nd RCLLG Meeting Councilmember Makowske reported incumbent Arne Carlson, State Auditor, and candidates for the State Treasurer's Office, John Drew and Mike McGrath had discussed their candidacies at the meeting last Wednesday and she had also had the opportunity of expressing her own displeasure with the delays on County Road D with Commissioner Salverda during the meeting. The Councilmember indicated the Commissioner had rsponded to her complaints about never having calls to his office returned by saying he had passed all those complaints on to the person in charge of that project. Northeaster Reporter Introduced to Council Mr. Childs introduced Carol Adelman who said that when a part time reporter starts to work on a full time basis in November, the St. Anthony Council could expect full coverage by a Northeaster reporter because it would no longer be necessary for the same newswriter to cover the Columbia Heights School Board and City Council meeting the same evening as Amy Clemens has been attempting • to do for the past year. Comments on October 21st Staff Notes Sundland - indicated he appreciated Larry Hamer's comments on St. Anthony Boulevard parking enforcement. Ranallo - said he was impressed with the fact that the Police Department had estimated it had saved 225 gallons of gas the first two months the new Chevrolet Celebrity squad cars had been in use and that the City Manager had reported an improvement in performance over the old squads. - noted a large number of cars pulled over to the side by City Police on Silver Lake Road. Childs - told him those tags were "well deserved" because for the most part they had been issued for speeds ranging between 48 and 58 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour speed zone; added that the City intends to continue to discourage drivers' desires "to roll right on down Silver Lake Road" and also County Road D when it is completed. Manager Says EPA Expected to Authorize Carbon Filtration System for City Wells Soon Mr. Childs reported the MPCA had informed him that day that they expected the EPA to make a decision soon to authorize the above system for City Wells #3 and #4 and for raw water to be run from Well #5 to the central plant for filtering. He said • this would eliminate the need for chlorinating Well #5 which had caused some. problems for residents in the northern end of the City. According to what he had heard, Mr. Childs said it appears that the EPA might possibly be able to use Superfund monies to pay 90% of the operation and maintenance