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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, June 15, 2015 Page 20 ? Mayor Rinker stated, the report you have just heard, it is a little bit of an understateinent. As he noted, every 5 years, Charter Review, all appointed volunteers, with a good cross section of opinions in. the tedious task and thankless job of ineeting on a regular basis, getting a lot of guidance from our law department and having pretty inuch a carte blanche opportunity to open up any kind of questioning about the existing Charter. I can say froin my experience over the years, every Charter Review Commission takes the task on very seriously. This year is no exception. It seems to me that there was a lot of thought put in to this. These are abstract ideas, soinetimes it's mere housekeeping. Ultimately this is soinething that voters in the community do vote upon and we try to publish the infonnation pretty well and really encourage everyone. Those of you here tonight, take a look at these, try to get your neighbors to look at thein. They are constitutional ainendments if you will. They are something people should take seriously. Kudos for the Commission's work. SWEARINGIN CEREMONY OF FULI.-TIIVpE ANI) PAa2T-TIME FIREFIGI3TERS Chief Carcioppolo thanked Council and the Mayor for understandirig our needs. This is finishing what we started in September 2013 with filling vacancies we have had from departures. The history of the Fire Service exemplifies the courage, integrity and honor that societies expect from their public safety personnel. This coupled with the professional credentials, duties and demands placed on today's fire service requires a candidate that meets both the stigma of our service history synthesized with an intrinsic motivation that pushes a candidate to make themselves shine in a competitive arena for jobs. All of the members being sworn in here tonight, Part-time Firefighter David Johnson, Firefighter Rick Teckmeyer, and Full-Time Firefighters Timothy Byrne, Anthony Havel and Jeffrey Cook, have fit these criteria and that is why we are here to swear them in this evening. Without further ado, I would like to turn it over to the Mayor and welcome our firefighters. Mayor Rinker administered the oath of office to Full-Time Firefighters: . Tim Byrne . Anthony Havel . Jeffrey Cook Mayor Rinker administered the oath of office to Part-Time Firefighters: . David Johnson . Riclc Teckmeyer The firefighters were congratulated. Chief Carcioppolo thanked everyone for attending. We moved it to the end of Council because people like to hang out and talk afterwards. There is pizza provided by the Union as well as cake and refreslunents. You are all welcome to stay. ADJOURNMEN'T Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Jerome, made a motion to adjourn.