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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 3-15-10 Page 5 upon it. There was a real limitation with our previous website. Get the word out and encourage people to give us some feedback or contribute. Council President Buckholtz commented that Citizen's Advisory was kind of in a slump there for a while. Mr. Marrie stated, they are no longer in a slump. Council President Buckholtz said, these guys sound really busy now. Mr. Marrie agreed that they are. There is a lot more enthusiasm being involved in something. Before, a few of the people felt they did not really have anything to get their teeth into. Now that they have a few items, one being the tax which is extremely important. There is a lot more discussion and involvement. Mayor Rinker stated, it has been a good sounding board. Council President Buckholtz credited Mr. Marrie and Mr. Mason. Mr. Marrie disagreed, asking that the credit be left to Jim Mason. He is the Chairman. He is the one that really lights the fire. Council President Buckholtz stated, it seems over time that Committees have a tendency to have their brighter moments and then they kind of dip a little bit. It sounds like they are really on top of everything. Commission on Agin? - There was no report. Safetv and Service - All items were on Finance. Finance Committee - Mr. Saponaro reported that the Committee met this evening. We had 17 items and 7 Ordinances that we recommended approval. We will have further discussion on these items as they come up for vote on the floor. Council President Buckholtz asked if this is where we would like to talk about the possibility of moving the meeting. Mr. Saponaro replied, we certainly can talk about it now or we can talk about it at the end of the meeting. Mayor Rinker recommended that the Committee talk to department heads. See what their feeling is. Ultimately it's really the working relationship between Council and the various administrative departments on how well this does or does not function. Mr. Saponaro said, we will do that. Mayor Rinker added, that's been his concern. Some feedback he has gotten is sort of all over the place. He wants to make sure we get focused. , Council President Buckholtz stated, if the off-Monday works, it kind of fits the model of some kind of a flow. He understands that having it just before Council is a little quick. Having two of them is a little bit cumbersome and redundant and having it before Caucus does not make sense. Council President Buckholtz stated, you came up with some interesting points. Mrs. Mills replied that she raised the point. Council President Buckholtz wanted to make sure it is on the record about the discussion of making the meeting more timely, pertinent and interactive between Caucus and the end result. That should be looked at. Whatever you guys come up with, he would be interested in hearing about. Mr. Saponaro asked, so since we don't have a meeting scheduled until the next Council meeting, do we want to make sure we put on the agenda at the next Council meeting this discussion or is