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-5- St. Anthony Councilmember Chosen to Chair Youth Service Bureau Executive Board Councilmember Marks, who has served as the Council' s representative on that Board for the past three years, reported he had been elected to chair the group at their February 19th meeting. The new Board Chair said he had recently met with the principal of St. Charles School, Gary Wilmer, regarding the provision of youth services for that school. Councilmember Marks said he had found Mr. Wilmer very anxious to become more involved in the program and for the school to have representation and input to the Bureau programs. He had also contacted Reverend Seefeldt of Nativity Lutheran Church to encourage the clergyman' s continued involvement in the program, the Councilmember reported. The new Bureau Board Chair concluded his report by saying he anticipated a very interesting year ahead since the Bureau had doubled its budget and staff and was consolidating some of the issues it plans to pursue, including the Rule 29 mental health clinic. Sundland and Marks to Attend National League of Cities in Washington, D.C. • The Mayor indicated the above and said one of their prime objectives would be to contact the Minnesota Congressional Delegation to continue to "grease the skids" to get a charcoal filtration for City wells. He indicated he had been told by a Congressman that day that the overturning of the President' s veto of the Clean Water Act might be beneficial for the City in that regard. DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES The following reports in the February 24th agenda packet were briefly noted and ordered filed: *Prosecutor' s report on matters conducted at the Hennepin County District Court on February 4, 1987; *December Financial Report. CITY MANAGER New Telephone System to be Considered for City Offices Mayor Sundland was asked by Councilmember Ranallo for his reaction to the reference in the February Staff Notes to Mr. Hamer' s investigation of a new phone system which the City would own rather than rent from AT&T. The City pays between $4,200 and $4,500 per year to rent the existing system. The Public Works Director had already received one proposal under which the City could own the equipment for $6,252.