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-7- Wilson Mills, SOM, and Ridgebury regarding the Village plowing their sidewalk's, it was suggested Ordinance 814, entitled; "AN ORDINANCE REQUIR- ING THE REMOVAL OF SNOW, =CE9 SLUSH, DIRT9 MUD, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FROM SIDEWALKS AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.", be enforced. The Village contractor had plowed these sidewalks as a good gesture for the safety of school children so that they wouldn't have to walk in the streets. Ordinance 814 states the responsibility for cleaning sidewalks is the homeowner's subject to a$25.00 fine. Mr. Braun suggested con- tacting the school to which the Mayor replied it was not withi.n their jurisdiction. Mr. Leech stated a choice would have to be made to either shovel the sidewalks for all or not at all. Mr. Leech, seconded by Mr. Davis, motioned to advertise for bids from contractors for snow plowing when specific streets involved are received from Building & Services Department. Roll Call:- AYES: Messrs. Boger, Bordonaro, Braun, - Davis, and Leech NAYS: None Motion Carried Halloween: The Mayor mentioned various newsletters received on door to door trick or treating and the consequences of same; also, Chief Shortle in favor of discontinuing such practice. The Mayor suggested a Vil].age planned - party and tour through City Hall, Fire & Police Departments, etc. and had requested assistance from Recreation Committee and/or Community Club but to no avail. Comments from the floor: Mrs. Bi11 Boger strongly urged not to advertise this party in tho schools or we would be flooded with children. Mrs. Ruth Gillis and Mrs. Robert Beebe felt block parties were beneficial. Mrs. Prior felt it was more up to the Police to search out "crackpots" and would not want to see legislation prohibiting trick or treating. Mr. Davis suggested having Auxiliary Police and Firemen patrolling Halloween night. Matter to be further discussed. Arthur Miniello, 6198 Wilson Mills, was told by the Mayor his request to have his property rezoned should be presented to the Citizens Master Plan Committee, with anore specific information the zoning he wants. Also, as previousl.y stated at Planning & Zoning, a Councilman has to i.ntroduce his request to Council. Mr. Miniello, commented from the f].oor, by say- ing he didn't specify what type of zoning he wanted as he wished to dis- cuss with Council to find out their wishes. It was agreed to forward information to Dave Shields, Chairman of the Citizen5 Master Plan Committee for a recommendation .to be submitted to Council. Traffic Siqnal at Wilson Mills and High School: , Highland Heights agreed to pay 50% of the cost for traffic light on . Wilson Mills and the school; however, countered by aski.ng the Village to