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-,$ .(E) . ST.PAUL DISPATCH.:. . Thurs.,Apr.18,1974
Contribution Puzzles .
Maplewood Council
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Maplewood city offi- "We discussed wheth- Acting Maplewood
cials say they are puz- er or not we (the city City Attorney John Ban-
zled'over the decision of council) could make a nigan said he expects
the Ramsey County donation to the Maple- the Ramsey board's ac-
Board of Commissioners wood Fall Festival Asso- tion "will be commented
to contribute $75,000 to elation and we decided on."
the St. Paul Chamber it's not (legally) possi- "I'll look .into it," he
Orchestra. ble,"he explained. promised the council.
Mayor Robert Bruton- "It seems to me the "I think the (public)
• insisted, in remarks at a situations (chamber or
city council meeting last orchestra and fall festi- examiner will jump on
week, that the board's val) are the same," he this," he continued.
a d d e d. "So I'm con- "There has to be some
action has some serious
legal implications. fused." legislative authorization
for this."
And he said he knew of.
none.
"Frankly, Bannigan
stated, "I don't think
they (county) looked
into this. Attorney gen-
eral opinions tome down
pretty hard on contribu-
tions."
The county's "contri-
bution" was contingent
on receipt of matching
funds from other
sources.
Councilman Don Wie-
gert said there seems to
be a stronger case for
Maplewood donating
funds to the Fall •Festi-
val than for the county
earmarking them for the
St. Paul Chamber Or-
chestra.
The festival, he
argued, benefited the en-
tire Maplewood commu-
nity.
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"The chamber orches-
tra," he asserted, "takes
care of only part of the
county."