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5. ORDINANCE 37-2021 - 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 at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Sections within Chapter 144 Civil Service Commission to allow the hiring of one lateral entry police officer for every two officers hired off of the Civil Service Eligibility List. (Referred to Public Safety 10118121; 2"d reading 11101121) (pg. 5) Motion by President O'Malley, seconded by Vice President Litten to adopt Ordinance 37- 2021. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. Ordinance 37-2021 was adopted. 6. Committee report regarding Finance Committee meeting held November 15, 2021. (to be provided) Chairperson Bullock delivered the following oral report: Finance Committee met with all members of council present earlier tonight to kick off the beginning of the fiscal year 2022 City Council budgeting process, which of course is our annual series of meetings to review, deliberate upon and ultimately approve a budget for our city. It was a good initial discussion. We got into just the broadest of overviews from a macro budgetary point of view. We discussed a little bit how every Monday from here through our final December council meeting we will be meeting for departmental presentations. We may need to reserve time on a Saturday, but that's yet to be scheduled. So, it was a fine job by council members to discuss and deliberate and for Mayor George and Director Rancatore and the whole finance department team to synthesize and presents a bunch of very important information for our city, financially and programmatically too. So, I look forward to continuing deliberations. Motion by Councilmember Bullock, seconded by President O'Malley to receive and file the report. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. The report was received and filed. 7. Committee of the Whole Report regarding meeting held November 15, 2021. (to be provided) Chairperson O'Malley delivered the following oral report: Committee of the Whole met tonight. We were received an update on the city's proposed interceptor project. The city has a stormwater interceptor. It is a massive tunnel that runs along underneath Edgewater Dr. It starts at 117th and Edgewater and runs down under the front lawn of Winton Place and the Carlyle, down Edgewater, through Lakewood Park, and all the way to the end of the city. The proposed $25 million project, we heard a great deal tonight 3