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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council. Monday, January 23, 2017 Page 14 Fred Carmen 776 Village Trails I have just three things to say. One is, I have had the privilege in the past of working with Council. Couricil works very hard. I know that the compensation that gets paid to Council does not cover anywhere close to the number of hours that Council typically works. Having said that, I think everyone who works on Council recognizes that the reason they do this isn't because they are getting paid a great amount of money, it's because they are.doing something to better their community. At the outset; I recogriize the contribution that all of Council makes on these kinds of things. . I am an attorney who practices employment law. I think this is an interim increase in compensation and I think it is patently illegal. Beyond that, I think that the reason that has been given here for why this has come forward is because it keeps coming up again and again and we want to get rid of it. The easiest way to get rid of something as I am sure you all know is put it on First Reading tonight, make a motion to pass it, if nobody seconds it it dies right there on the Council floor. I would suggest that you do that tonight because I think this is one of those hot button issues and I think we have all recognized, the vast majority of Villagers seem to be against, so I would urge you to put it on First Reading, have a First Reading, if there's a second, everyone will know who seconded it and who is interested in going forward with it. If there isn't a second for it, it will die tonight and that will be the end of it. Couneil President Saponaro asked, anyone else? Tim Scasny 648 Meadowood Drive I agree with a lot that has been said. To be a Councilperson, it's a matter of choice. No one forces you. You know what it is. Mr. Carmen spoke eloquently about what I was thinking about. I just wanted to point out, if you have an extra $150,000-200;000 burning in your pockets, let's open the pool a little bit longer, a little later at night. Let's help the senior citizens. There are places in Ohio that take extremely good care of their senior citizens as a priority even fixing small repairs and doing things for the elderly and if we have that kind of money, maybe we can start, something like that. We have a staff that could help with that. I would encourage that that money would be better spent for more people than just a few. Thank you. Larry Pollack 6726 Wilson Mills Road I have lived in the Village over 40 years. I would like to ask the Council President, are you going to do what the Mayor [Carmen] asked you to do? Do you need a motion? Does it come from the floor? Does it have to come from the Council? Council President Saponaro stated, if we are going to go that route, we can't do it now. We would do it on the agenda when it's supposed to be done because we have to amend the agenda.