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Council that the decision of which company should do the work came down to the cost of pulling and replacing the pump and since the spread between the bids was so small, he thought Layne's bid should be accepted because they have worked on the well twice. Since the parts are all Layne there would also be assurance of the quality of the parts . Mr. Soth confirmed that the Layne bid could be accepted. The City is not legally required to bid out any project which is under $10 ,000 . Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to follow the recommendations of the Public Works Director to accept the bid and award the contract for the repair of Well, No. 3 to Layne Minnesota. Motion carried unanimously. Donna Stauffer, Chairman of the Chemical Abuse Information Committee , was present to request the City's initial grant of $500 .00 to her Committee be repeated in 1979 . She presented copies of the Committee 's original pro- posal which she said assumed the City would budget $500 .00 annually for the Committee's continuance. She gave a progress report of her group 's activities and told of plans for increased activities through the Police Department and school district as well as the Committee' s search for a person with the necessary expertise to handle crisis calls which may come through the resource center. Mayor Haik suggested using the Community Services Officer on a part-time • basis until funding for that position is terminated. Possibility of the Committee's seeking some funding from the school district was also sug- gested by Councilmen Sundland and Letourneau. Councilman Ranallo felt since the Committee is authorized by the Council there should be Committee representation from that body and Mrs . Stauffer said she would welcome his membership on the committee. Feeling the City had made a commitment to the Committee and should give it another opportunity to "get off the ground" , Councilman Sundland made the following: Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to authorize the payment of $500 .00 from the Council 's Contingency Fund for the continuance of the Chemical Abuse Information Committee activities . Motion carried unanimously. The Council next considered suggestions and recommendations from Police Chief Hickerson from his February 22nd memorandum and the Police Reserve By-Laws. Councilman Ranallo felt a work session with the Police Department was essential to the success of the program especially since he foresaw the department as providing part of the training of the reserves as is the practice in other municipalities- who have reserves. The Council agreed with the Manager that there might be a necessity for paying some overtime to assure attendance at the work session. Following a discussion of the • need for a special vehicle for the reserves the date of the work session was set for March 15th. (7)