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1 The i^ollovrixx~; polic© report eras the;. read to Council: 5 2 arrests, 27 police calls, 1 hospital trip and 1 mutual aid call, -this covering a period from July 18th to August 15th, inclLlsive. i;iayor Sz~ra:~son then roported that he had tried 38 t raffic violations, netting fines of ~328~60. 4 cases trere postponed. Tho Fire Department report, vrhich folloti~ed, shot°red t~~ro fire drills from July 20th to -~'~ugust 15th, and o;oe fire at the Godfrey residenco. The Fire Chief also reported that the r'ire Departmei~,t members had all be©;.~, ins•truc'ced in •t1Le use of the ney~r resusci'ator. I~;irs. Cass then asked vrhy there urns such a sudden drop in arrests and Zrra?~ted to l~oti~a if there z~ras an;fching •to the rumor that wo z^rore e-rempting other village officials from arrest, z^rhereas our ovum people vrere being tried for violations. i:iayor Swanson replied that ho did not know --rhy there should be a drop in traffic arrests and that if an~r one ~;ras brought into his court for a traffic violation, they cortainly paid for their misdeeds, if found guilty. ' T:layor Swanson reported to Cova~cil 'chat FI~rne Day had been a great success and that the village Z,;ras noz~r the o~~rner of a -resuscitator z~rnich had cost :;x654.00. He t4rent on to say that he thought they ti~rould clear around ~900.OOo %'r. Zorn, ti^rho t~ras presexxt, stated that he had •tti~~ro 70-root lots and tirishcd to build on them, 1Ls our requiroments ti~rere fora 75-foot lot, I`fir. Zorn asked Council for permission to 'uuild on a 70-foot lot. I64ayor Szva.nson said that the planning and zoning committee had di scussed the matter and that three members of -the com':nit•tee ti2ere opposed to any ea~cepti on in this case. i:Ir. Ldeliaan advised that tho only thing that Council could do z~ould be to amend the zoning ordinance, othex°,•rise it arras a matter fo?° the Zoning Connnittee to make all exception on the ground of hardship. Iriayor Si7anson told -,~"'"-r. Zorn that, if he .-ranted him to, he V7otlld call a meeting of the Zoning Comr!mittee and I~ir. Zorn could place tho matter before them. %~1r. Zorn said that, as soon as he heard:~from his builder, he zrould let I~,'ir. Stirax~son L-r~otr® Pair. ~'Vhiti ng then brought up the fact that the village should place a bronze plaque on the f i-ro station. I~r. Srra..nson said 'cha't this had been tal~en up and discussed by Council in the past, but a•t that time there arras no money to do anything about it® It~lrs. Cass then introduced Ordinance i~o. 313-P, entitled: "A1~ Ordinance to pay certain billsi', ti~rllich ordinance eras read to the Council. !t tirras moved by lrs. Cass, secoi;dod by I~:ir. Feiss, that Ordinance iio, 313-P be passeu. as read. J g