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Agenda Item: Reports-3a Status : Informational MEMORANDUM DATE: August 3, 1983 TO: David Childs , City Manager Department Heads FROM: Connie Kroeplin, Administrative Secretary SUBJECT: Staff Meeting Notes - August 2 , 1983 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The meeting began at 9 : 45 A.M. Present: Dave Childs , Larry Hamer, Carol Johnson, Don Hickerson, Lee Entner, and Connie Kroeplin. Absent : Ray Nelson. Dave Childs briefly explained the context of the meeting to be held this evening, August 2nd , on the Capital Improvement program. He stated the City Council would be in attendance , as would several members of the Planning Commission, and requested the Department Heads to attend also. A proposal from an auditing firm had .been received from Carol Johnson . She also stated the revenue portion of the City ' s 1984 budget will be ready for review by the end of this week (.August 4th or 5th) . She then went on to describe the sessions she had attended at the Computer Conference the previous week in Duluth . Mrs . Johnson said from infor- mation gleaned at the conference , she feels our present system is the best one for the City and learned several ways to enhance that system. She will attend the National Institute of Government Purchas- ing on August 12th . That seminar will be held in Brainerd and will concern the purchasing of paper products (there will be a tour of the paper mill) . Larry Hamer reported on the American Waterworks conference he had attended in Chicago, July 27th and 28th. The conference was on the topic of water pollution and Mr. Hamer found it very informative . He kept all the handouts and taped two of the speakers for anyone interested. The speakers agreed that the standards set by the EPA are too high and it would be extremely costly to run many of the tests they request. Mr. Hamer stressed the contents of the lectures were opinions , and were not absolute fact. The sealcoating schedule is half done and will be completed on August 10th. Random sealcoating and east of Silver Lake Road from 33rd to 39th- Avenue N.E. are the areas remaining to be sealcoated. Mr. Hamer indicated the sand on the areas already sealcoated will be swept the end of this week (August 4th and 5th) and will be retained for future use.