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Motion by Mr. O'Leary, seconded by Mr. Anderson to adopt Substitute Ordinance 43 -17A. Motion passed. All members voted yea. 11. ORDINANCE NO. 44 -17A - AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, amending Ordinance 44- 17, adopted December 18, 2017, authorizing the Mayor (Director of Public Safety), the Director of Public Works, the Director of Law, the Director of Finance, and /or the Purchasing Manager to enter into service contracts in accordance with the Administrative Code of the City of Lakewood for the Department of Planning & Development in accordance with the Administrative Code of the City of Lakewood, contracts not to exceed the specified amounts shown without separate resolution of Council. (READ & REFERRED TO FINANCE COMMITTEE 6/18/18) Motion by Mr. O'Leary, seconded by Mr. Anderson to defer Ordinance 44 -17A. Motion passed. All members voted yea. 12. Public Safety Committee Report Regarding Meeting Held 6/25/18; Mr. Bullock, Chair The Public Safety Committee met on June 25th. We had two members of the Committee present with an excused absence and a discussion with the police chief and the Law Department about two items. We discussed the Traffic Code update, Ordinance 37 -17, and heard that this is a periodic change to align our local Code with State Code. The State government has a higher authority on Traffic Code and periodically updates their sets of laws. When the City of Lakewood brings our own into conformity it is less confusing and secondly we can use our police officers to enforce and collect the fines. After a short discussion, the Committee moved to recommend adoption by full Council. That motion was passed unanimously. The second ordinance is Ordinance 22 -18. We had a discussion on this important issue which is to consider a revision to the list of offenses for Lakewood's chronic nuisance ordinance such that we do not have unintended consequences directly or indirectly. The concern by some in the community that by listing certain offenses such as domestic violence we could be harming or discouraging reports to law enforcement by victims of domestic violence. It's a concern everyone agrees is an important one, as has been consistently reported by the administration and has been studied in the Committee, we do know that that has not been the reality of our enforcement of chronic nuisance policies in Lakewood. The primary response the City provides is the law enforcement officer responding to an incident. The law enforcement response to cases of domestic violence is to find out what is going on and to support anybody who is being victimized. That is a separate response from the chronic nuisance review process which is a discretionary fee process by which the City may, and does not always, first warn, and then levy a fee to property owners for repeated City service calls. We reviewed all these facts. While there is agreement on the domestic violence charge, the administration spoke with the view that aggravated menacing and menacing ought not to be removed from Section 510.01(a) as this