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REGULAR COUNCIL MEET_N� JULY SO, 199: •3 PAGE 7 S 5. 6 Shelly Freeman, represents the St . Anthony School District on the 7' Board of Directors. She advised that the 1990 contribution to the S. Bureau from the City was 67,873.00, the 1991 contribution waa• 9 55,000.00 and t`,e Bureau's request from the City for 1992 is .0 55,721 .00 . T:,e 1992 request is based on the same basis as the ot",e: ten cities which are members of the Joint Powers agreement that being population.. :-� Freeman noted that St . Antt.ony has never been a part of the Join= 15 Powers Agreement and has never been under the some contribution. _= auidellnes as the other cities. The increase is 3% plus an :7 ad;ustment for population over the next two years. She advised t`:at services of the Bureau are still provided at the Wilshire :9: Park School , the Middle School and at the High School . ---'0 2� Freeman, who has served on the Board for one year, has noticed 22 that the clientele in the City is changing. She feels the 23 addition of the Health Center is a real plus to the operation. It 24 was her opinion that residents of St. Anthony should be making 25 better use of the services available at the Bureau and has been 26 working closely with the Police Chief. 1 7 8 Kay Andrews, Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau, 29 advised that the Bureau provides intervention/treatment services 30 whereas the D.A.R.E. Program provides prevention services. This 31 comment was in response to a question regarding funding available. 32 for these types o3 services. 33 34 Councilmember Marks observed that the record of repeat offenders 35 is very impressive as there are very few. He was particularly 36 impressed with the teen suicide program which helped friends of 37 those who had committed suicide. 38 39 Mayor Ranallo indicated his concern with the longevity of the 40 programa of the Bureau and questioned what is being considered 41 for financial sources in the future. 42 43 Andrews responded that no new programa have commenced that were 44 not fee based and fees can be earned through the Youth Employment 45 Program. 46 47 Andrews told the Council of a pilot volunteer program recently 48 started by Firstar Bank of New Brighton. Employees of the bank 49 have adopted the agency and will supply forty employees who will 50 offer their volunteer services to the Bureau. She noted that the 51 Bureau is still receiving some corporate and local donations but 52 these have decreased in amount. 3 54