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4. Public Safety Committee report regarding meeting held April 15, 2019. (to be provided) The Public Safety Committee met immediately prior to tonight's Council meeting. We had a presentation of the Annual 2018 Report from Judge Carroll and his new Clerk of the Court, Christina McCallum. It was our goal to understand the trends that the Court is experiencing in the cases that it receives annually. We expect that there will be increases in work related to drug treatment cases and also potentially significant increases in misdemeanor cases due to changes from the state related to efforts to reduce the prison population that will have an effect on City courts. It is incumbent on all of us to understand how to partner with the Municipal Court to ensure that our Public Safety needs resources and laws are attuned accordingly. The Committee discussed that we also anticipate inviting the Police Chief to similarly present the 2018 Annual report, which also contains a lot of data so that we can track and better understand cases and trends in the City. Motion by Councilmember Bullock, seconded by President O'Leary to receive and file the oral report. Discussion: In response to a Councilmember question, Chief Malley stated that the 2018 Police Department Annual Report will be released shortly. On the motion: All members voting yea. Motion passed. 5. ORDINANCE 10-19 - 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, establishing rates of admission to the Lakewood municipal swimming pools located at Lakewood Park and Madison Park, and superseding Ordinance 30-09 and all other ordinances inconsistent herewith. (Placed on 1st reading and referred to Public Works Committee 3/4/19; 2nd reading 3/18/19) (pg. 10) Discussion: President O'Leary asked the Public Works Committee whether it gave any recommendation regarding Ordinance 10-19 and if it was awaiting any information from the administration. Councilman Rader clarified that the committee gave no recommendation and thanked Director Beno for providing additional information he requested during the last Public Works Committee meeting. Director Beno stated that if any component of the legislation were to be changed, it would have to happen then, as the Recreation Department was setting up information regarding pool fees on its website in anticipation for the start of the summer. Councilman Rader recapped some of the main components of the legislation, such as rounding up fees to not deal with change and allowing usage of an updated online payment system for family pool passes. Rader also noted that the operating deficit of the pool has gone down over the past several years and that the legislation increases seniors' pool charge by 100%. He advocated that seniors only pay $1 instead of the proposed $2. 3