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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, August 17, 2015 Page 3 to today. We proposed aone-tune salary increase for Mayor and Council. We felt the Charter would be the best way to do this. Council would be reluctant to raise their own salaries. We thought we would put it forward to put it on the ballot for folks to vote on. Shall 1Vlayfield Village Charter Article III, Sections 10 and 12 and Article V, Section 12(A) be amended to allow the )Board of Zoning Appeals to grant use variances in non-residential districts only, with Council approval after a public hearing? If we allow the Board of Zoning Appeals to be permitted to issue land use variances within non-residential districts, it would provide an added option for the Village to help promote economic development in our commercial and industrial areas. We envision these to be applied for infrequently by applicants who may be willing to invest sizable sums on a project in the Village but may be reluctant to do so when the only options are special and conditional use permits that require frequent renewal. We proposed added layers of protection, the primary one being the Board of Zoning Appeals followed by Council approval and public hearing for each applicant. . Shall Mayfield Village Charter Article V, Section 6(S)(3) be amended so as to clarify positions excluded from Civil Service? This is a housecleaning measure. It was requested in part by some of the Department Heads. This is merely a clarification of the Charter as to which positions are classified and non-classified. It's pretty straightforward. Shall 1Vlayfield Village Charter Article V, Section 6(E), be amended so as to allow competition for appointment to the position of Chief within Police or Fire Departments to include individuals outside the department in the event there are two or less qualified and interested individuals from the supervisory lower ranks, and to eliminate classified Civil Service status for part-time employees? We proposed a language change in the Charter allowing Mayfield Village the option to seek outside applicants for the position of safety force chiefs should there not be qualified and willing applicants from the supervisory ranks. The present language allows for the possibility of an inexperienced and non-supervisory level member of the safety forces to become chief under certain circumstances. We spoke with the Chiefs as well as the police union reps. We added this as a protective measure to ensure that the citizens of Mayfield Village have most qualified leadership for our safety forces. Shall lO~Iayfield Village Charter Article XII, Section 9, be amended to require amended copies of the Charter be made available upon request of the residents? This concerns the delivery of the final version of the Charter revised following approval by the voters. Under the present Charter, Mayfield Village was required bylaw to snail a