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ROUGHDRAFT - NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY COUNCIL 10-20-03 Regular Council Meeting Page 10 Mrs. Mills said yes; we want the wage ordinance to stay current. Council President Buckholtz said I have no problem with that. Mrs. Mills said whoever is going to be Council President [2004] will have to make note of that committee. Council President Buckholtz said right now we would recommend leaving it as a special committee to deal with employee issues. First Reading of Ordinance No. 2003-37, entitled; "An emergency ordinance authorizing change order no. 1 to the contract with Great Lakes Construction, Inc. with regards to the S.O.M. Center Road Widening Project. Approve Change order No I to this contract in net the amount of $200,000.00 authorizing installation of landscaped medians consistent with the engineering drawings presented to Mayor and Council which are incorporated by reference subject to the final engineering approval." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Marrie, made a motion to suspend the rules of Council requiring an ordinance to be read on three separate occasions. 1 Roll Call: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Rules Suspended Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Marrie, made a motion to enact Ordinance No. 2003-37. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion. Was this discussed in Finance? Mrs. Mills said yes it was. Dr. Parker has some questions that he would like to direct to the Police Department. Dr. Parker said I had requested some form of verification as to the impact on our safety and services as far as with a median. I know we had discussed it previously, many years ago, as to the impact of medians on both turnaround and vehicles, both getting across it, being able to service it-from the Service Department aspect and maintenance. I heard some comments from Chief Mohr who had indicated that the existence of a median would pose no obstacle to their being able to respond to any type of emergency presented to the Fire Department-that was my understanding. Mr. Metzung had indicated that he didn't feel that maintenance was an issue considering the amount of square footage that we were dealing with in terms of the green space and whether it is more difficult with the traffic, he felt is was manageable. But I also wanted to hear from the Police Department as far as concerns in terms of traffic control, issues with the turnaround and traffic backing up in turnarounds and posing a threat or a hazard to people rear-ending people that stopped to go through a turnaround or traffic backing up from it and onto the main thoroughfare. I hadn't yet heard anything from the Police Department.