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<br />Minutes of the Regular Meeting.of Council <br />Monday, Jariuary 23, 2017 <br />Page 7 <br />By the way, I did not impose the 3-minute limit. That's been on for years. That has nothing to <br />do with me.. <br />Mr. Marino stated, thank you. " . <br />Allv Granakis <br />872 Hardwood CourtAt Caucus, you guys did discuss that it was going to `go through three readings and then it was <br />going to pass. through ordinance. There was nothing discussed about this going through Charter <br />amendment. I actually specifically asked about that and it was said that that was not going to <br />happen. If it was going through Charter amendinent, it would be put to us and we would have <br />the chance to vote on it. Now it has completely changed because there's a problem and we have <br />an issue with it: <br />Council President Saponaro stated, no, it's not completely changed for that. We rely on our legal <br />deparhnent. They told us what we can do. If there is an issue with it, then we address it. That's <br />why it was a discussion. Someone asked about an ordinance. It takes three readings to pass an <br />ordinance, any ordinance: <br />Ms. Granakis continued, correct, and this is an ordinance. <br />Council President Saponaro stated, that's right. It is an ordinance. But it can be an ordinance <br />that we are going through the process, let's talk about it. We determined that this should be a <br />Charter amendment. Our law deparhnent gives us more information or says, hey, this should go <br />through Charter amendment, then it goes through Charter amendment. We don't have a <br />problem. We are tiying to put it through the right way. That's all. <br />Ms. Granakis asked, when did you determine that it was going to be a Charter amendment? <br />Council President Saponaro replied; I am determining. The person I wrote to, I personally gave <br />them my opinion on that. My personal opinion. Ms. Granakis stated, because when I specifically asked my personal opinion and read from our <br />Charter that this was going to be a violation because you are violating where we say that this is <br />determined as compensation, you said that this is going to be passed as an ordinance. <br />Council President Saponaro stated, no, that's not - <br />1vls. Granakis stated, yes. Council President Saponaro stated, I don't remember when you even got up and talked unless <br />you were yelling out in the audierice.