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on the cost of replacing the lights all together. Navin seconded the motion, the motion carried unanimously Water Tower Park will be the site of new playground equipment when on April 25, 1992 volunteers from the city will assembly the equipment, Drilling reported. Furthermore, Mike McGreedy from the playground equipment company will be present for 8 hours to direct the assembly. Drilling covered the tool list and will contact O. Hughes on use of city tools. Larson is to contact the playground equipment company about the delivery of the equipment. Discussion turned to the city memo of 3/31/92 concerning Committee Member Larson. The Parks and Recreation Committee recognizes Larson to be a paid city employee on April 25, therefore his pay is to come from the general fund. Item 4 tabled Item 5 tabled Xmas Tree Chips. Lake Sanitation took trees and will bring back chips, however, amount of chips are not really worth the effort to bring back. City will continue to try getting chips from NSP. Orville Hughes reported that a party wished to purchase the old sweeper (used for cleaning the ice rinks) for $20. Navin questioned the method of disposing /selling of city equipment to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. Committee felt based on the value of the equipment in question, the principle was of minor contention. Reisdorfer moved to approve sale of sweeper for $20, Dixon seconded the motion. Ayes; Dixon, Drilling, and Reisdorfer. Nay, Navin. Abstaining, Larson. NEW BUSINESS Navin presented bids gathered for the timbers and sand for Watertower Park. Of the three yards called, Howard Lake Lumber, Hugo Inter- state, and Rum River Lumber, Howard Lake was the cheapest. For sand, approximately 140 yards cubed, Arsenal Sand of Lino Lakes was lowest. RJ Trucking and Schifskys were the other two bids for sand. Committee wanted to know about washed sand vs regular sand. Navin was to explore this concern further and report back to the committee. It was discussed by the committee to try and have a rep of the committee meet the new NMR Coordinator on April 21, 1992. Reisdorfer mentioned that he advised the city to collect a $150 deposit from any organization that wished to have access to the bathrooms at Central Park. Meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.