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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council 3-30-11 Page 2 Mr. Wynne replied, I think his point is well taken. There's definitely some benefits to be realized with an HSA depending on how you structure it. The difficulty with it is structuring it within the terms of the Union contract. It will be interesting to see. It could become a very viable option depending on what happens down in Columbus as it relates to health care. 1 Mayor Rinker thanked Dr. Parker and Mr. Wynne. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Ordinance Enacted • Third Reading of Ordinance No. 2011-12, entitled, "An Ordinance appropriating funds for current expenses and expenditures of Mayfield Village, Ohio for the period from January 1, 2011 and ending December 31, 2011 and declaring an emergency." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. (First Reading - March 21, 2011; Second Reading - March 24, 2011) Mr. Saponaro, seconded by Mrs. Mills, made a motion to enact Ordinance No. 2011-12. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion. Mrs. Mills would like to comment on the budget information that we received as a whole It was done very, very well. Council President Buckholtz stated, the monthly reports are wonderful. That's been a big help to everybody. I always say this to the audience and to be on the record, that the budget is always a working document. It's something that just helps us structure what we set aside for different projects and different issues, different departments. It's something that gets amended throughout the year accordingly to good things and sometimes not as good things that happen throughout the year. I think you've done a great job, Ron. Mayor Rinker stated, working with Ron and with Diane, my article for the VOV will address basically the State of the Village and incorporate much of the discussion involving the budget and revisiting our tax increase a year ago. One of the things that Council President has pointed out is that these monthly reports reflect not only where our tax dollars are coming and going, but they distinguish between revenues had we not had the rate, and then the incremental increase. We started the discussion last year. Our goal is to have another Town Hall meeting in early June. I have said previously and will say it again tonight, about every 6 months is my goal to do that where Ron and I can give a presentation, recap where we have been in the last 6 months and give people really a good barometer on how things are moving forward. I think in conjunction with the discussions that Council has had over the last several weeks, your comment about it's always a working document, I think this is a way that we all agreed we are trying to take advantage of better tools that we have fashioned. Ron has been instrumental in that regard in getting