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Yeas —Bullock, Kepple, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner Nays —None Motion passed. Resolution 2020-39 was substituted. President O'Malley made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Shachner to adopt Substitute Resolution 2020-39. Discussion: Councilmember Bullock thanked Council and the administration for working on the issue. Ian Andrews of Lakewood Alive applauded Council and the administration for working on the issue and expressed the joy of business owners on the matter. President O'Malley stated the need for these tools in light of the pandemic. Councilmember Kepple thanked the administration for their work on the matter. On the motion: A roll call vote was taken as follows: Yeas —Bullock, Kepple, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner Nays —None Motion passed. Substitute Resolution 2020-39 was adopted. 7. Finance Committee report regarding meeting held August 3, 2020. (to be provided) Councilmember Bullock delivered the following oral report: We deliberated on two pieces of legislation tonight and reported both out favorably. One was the transfers and advances ordinance, which is a quarterly, routine ministerial piece of legislation. The briefing from the Finance Director stated that we are keeping on the same quarterly transfer schedule. The second item of legislation deals with the administration's request to adjust and/or create 2 positions in the mayor's office, which has had traditionally 2 staffpositions. One is to create a career track for the administrative assistant position, that way in the future if that employee merits a promotion that is an option available to that position. The second is to define a Chief of Staffposition in the mayor's office that falls in the same salary band that already exists for the executive assistant position in the mayor's office. After that deliberation and explanation, the committee recommended adoption to the full Council upon third reading. With the remainder of our time, we had a recap of the Council budget priorities process and a brief review of June tax receipts for the city. The highlights are that we have around a $4 million deficit, that we have received $1.9 million from the federal government and that is allocated to a COVID relief account. It will be reflected in our budget as expense reduction. As the budget is reconciled at the end of the year, expenses charged to each department will be reduced by $1.9 million. The hope is that July tax receipts will provide clarity about where our budget position stands. Councilmember Bullock made a motion, seconded by President O'Malley to receive and file the oral report.