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1Vlinutes of the Regular Meeting of Council IVlonday, January 23, 2017 Page 12 Council President Saponaro stated, instead of it sitting out there: Mr. Powelsori stated, I am not a pollster. I have not spoken to everybody in this room, but_ my gut inatinct is the reason there's a lot of people here is because they are vehemently against this. Council President Saponaro stated, I understand. Mr. Powelson stated, my final question for you is, does this Council have the ability as a way of taking care of this of saying, you know what,.this has really upset a lot of people. Maybe we should just agree to kill this thing and not spend our money on it. Do you have the ability as.a Council to say, you know what, this is a bad idea, let's vote to wipe this thing out and let these people get back on with their lives? Council President Saponaro replied, we certainly have the ability to do that. But my question to you would be, should we do that w'ithout at least going through the process of going through the Committees? Doesn't the same thing apply to eveiything else that we do? Mr. Powelson stated, I would argue,. and you could say I'm crazy, but I would argue if you have probably more people in this room than you have had in a while, and I have not been here so I don't know, but people say this is a lot of people. But I would argue if your gut instinct says that 99% of the people that read this feel it is inappropriate, I think that meets the threshold of separating out the 50/50's and 60/40's and maybe even the 70/30's and maybe the 80/20's. Do your job. Give relief to the town. The town is upset about this. Give them relief and say, you know what? We hear you. We are listening. You are right. We don't want to be reclassified as full-time employees when we are not. We are not interested in picking up health. insurance on the City's dime. Man, it just smells bad, dude. John Michalko 6852 Wilson Mills First thing I would like to find out is why Council considers themselves employees when the Federal Labor Standards Act says you are not employees, when the Civil Rights Act says you are not employees; the Age Discrimination Act says elected officials are not employees? Mr. Guidetti replied, as you just outlined, different areas of the law have different definitions and the municipal area of the law in Ohio at least for chartered communities is different and carries different definitions. That's the reason why. Mr. Michalko asked, if they are employees, then they get all of the benefits of every other employee? Up to and including termination without a recall? Mr. Guidetti replied, no, there's specific provisions in our Code and Charter that regulate Council and how Council functions and the procedures that regulate Council.