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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 6-15-09 Page 3 everyone all read it. He does not have any response. He asked for a response. Nobody responded. He called up Bill when he came home from Florida and said, what about the manholes? They were supposed to be started this year in July? He said, well, I'll call Doug about it. He thought that was a done situation. Did anybody go out and look at what he is talking about? Mrs. Cinco, did you go out and look at this manhole? Mrs. Cinco said, yes. Mr. Gordon asked if he is right or is he wrong? Mrs. Cinco said, yes. Mr. Gordon asked Patsy if she went out and looked. Mrs. Mills said, yes. Mr. Gordon asked what we are going to do. Did you get together, did the Council people get together and go over this letter? Mr. Saponaro replied, the way that that that would work is, it wouldn't come to us. Here's how it would work because you are being heard. But it comes to the Administration. The Administration then has to make the assessment. Council can look at it on our own. We can do our own independent investigation, but it's going to come to us upon recommendation from the Administration itself, from one of the Directors here. They would come and they would say, this is what we need to do and this is what the issue is and we are investigating it, we are looking at it and then once something comes to Council before us in the Committee, we would vote on it or take action on it. Mr. Gordon asked how long that would take. Mr. Saponaro replied, it depends on what the investigation is and what they are trying to do. That's how it's generally done when anyone makes an inquiry. It may come to Council. We don't act individually. We take it to the Admiiustration because that's really where it needs to go and then it comes back to us. Mr. Nichols said, it has to go to Douglas. Council President Buckholtz said, if I can interrupt, he knew Mr. Nichols was coming up here tonight. He was delighted to find out in his packet, because as Mr. Saponaro says we get word from the Department Heads, this item is on the agenda tonight. Doug, the Service Director, has already put this item before Council, so it's going to be voted on tonight to do the work. That's what has to happen now. We have all been out to see it. Doug's been out several times to see it. The idea is is that you as the resident taxpayer gets to send a letter in and then go to Florida and relax and know that we are all working for you. As Council President Buckholtz said to Mr. Nichols on the phone, it's all in the works. We are going to vote on it tonight. Council President Buckholtz asked Mr. Metzung to address the item on the agenda. Mr. Metzung replied that you will see on tonight's agenda $7,500.00 for Osborne Cement. We will be beginning that process. We have a letter prepared to go to the affected residents. We will give them a couple days to digest the letter and off we'll go. Your concern is why it has not happened already in the Spring, typically for us until after Cruise Night we are jammed with getting caught up, getting through Cruise Night. It is fairly typically for the Village to get into projects,in the middle of June, so that's when you will see the work. Mr. Nichols stated, it won't be until July. Mayor Rinker asked, you are not complaining because we are doing it are you? Mayor Rinker is trying to understand.