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*$1,447.78 to Bruce A. Liesch Associates, Inc. as the City' s share of the costs of identifying the water plume which had contaminated the City' s water supply; *$6,200. 00 to Stuart J. Bonniwell for examining the City' s financial statement for 1986; *$1,630.00 to the Briggs and Morgan law firm for legal services rend- ered through February, 1987, in conjunction with the City' s lawsuit against the U.S. Army et al related to St. Anthony' s water con- tamination problems; and *$568. 51 to the Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services during February, 1987 . Motion carried unanimously. REPORTS COUNCIL REPORTS City to Seek Support for Attorney General' s Suit Against the Army Mayor Sundland reported Senator Marty and Representative Rose had been • contacted to solicit their aid in heading off any legislative effort which might diminish the Attorney General' s budget for trying to aid St. Anthony, New Brighton, etc. in their attempts to get their water contamination problems rectified. The Mayor said the City' s representatives had been asked to let the rest of the legislature know that these problems are not just New Brighton' s but a regional problem which affects St. Anthony as well because most news accounts have centered around only New Brighton' s problems and the possibility of the Army settling with that City. Councilmembers Report on Ethics in Government Seminar Enrooth -said he had found the seminar very impressive, although the attendance had been relatively small; -indicated Steven Young, Dean of the Hamlin Law School had given a "brilliant presentation which was a classic. " Marks -agreed Dean Young' s talk had been very thought-provoking, citing the educator' s breadth of understanding of history, religion, philosophy, and legal history which had been demonstrated in his replies to questions from the audi- ence; -repeated some of Judge Kevin Burke' s insights into how to • fight crime, saying the Judge contended that to "throw the book at criminals was really not an effective crime deter- rent" ;