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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL Village of Mayf ield ' October 7, 1982 The Council of the Village of Mayfield met in Special Session on Thursday, October 7, 1982 at 9:00 p.m. at the Village Hall. Acting Mayor, Michael W. Spellman, presided. Roll Call: Present: Messrs., Busa, Carmen, F1ynn, Spellman, Mrs. Hanus Absent : Mrs. Bloom, Mr. Etzler Also Present Were . Mr. Amendola, Chief Stevens, Mrs. Maynard, Mr. Feneli - (arrived at 9:20) The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given. Council President Spellma.n stated the purpose of this meeting was specifically to notify Council the Mayor is not in the municipality at this time. He is in Lake Wales Florida. A sticky situation exists because there is nothing that covers his area of authority. The Charter specifically states that when the Mayor is absent from the municipality the President of Council is the Acting Mayor. Mr. Spellman said he is being deprived of his position as Acting Mayor to fulf ill his responsibilities as such. He stated he wi11 not be held responsible for anything that should happen in this Village because the Ma.yor has directed all employees and staff inembers that he will run the Village Hall and the community from Florida. He is the Mayor, of course, and that is under- stood. He has the prerogative to be kept in touch with the municipality of matters that take place. However, when the Acting Mayor is not informed of serious situations he cannot act upon those situations. In the event of ari emergency the question arises whose authority is first - the Mayor who is not in the state or the Acting Mayor who is in the community at the time of the ,crisis? No crisis exists now, no serious situation, no problems. He is questioning a gray area in the Charter. Article IV, Section 7 states; "When the Mayor is absent from the municipality, or for any reason is unable to perform his duties as Mayor, the President of Council shall become the Acting Mayor.',' The Law Department differs with this. The Mayor is willing to concede to some degree, but when the tools of the off ice.cannot be used and Villagers call with problems that must be relayed to Lake Wales Florida and responded to, by phone, something is wrong. Mr. 5pellman said he would like to wait for the arrival of the Law Director a little while longer. Mr. Feneli has been in touch with the Mayor who left Tuesday afternoon, and Mr. Spellman would like him to present his side of the story. ' Ordinance 82-84, entitled; "AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 123.02 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES." Introduced by Council as a Whole.