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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, January 23, 2017 Page 9 We are certainly open to any and all other authority that anybody wants fo provide us and we will continue looking at it. . Council President S.aponaro stated, and that's what we started the conversation on, but this was ineant to be an open discussion. This was not meant to be a, this is what we're doing, take it or leave it. This was going through the nonnal process that we do with anything else and we know it's inflammatory, I know it's inflammatory: It would have been easy to say nothing about it; but it keeps sitting out there. We have had this sitting out here on Council for years. Ms. Granakis asked, so I just want to clarify on. the record that you are putting this to a vote or you are not voting on it? Council President Saponaro stated, if it even gets to that point, my recornmendation would be that it is a Charter amendment. I hear what everyone's saying, The Mayor and I had good discussions on it. We are on the same page with it. We respect our legal deparhnent, but if people want to have this for a vote, I have got no problem with that. We didn't believe that we could decide we want this ordinance to actually be through Charter. We didn't think we could pick and choose. If it can be on Charter, if it gets to that point, then it will. And it will come before us anyways in order for it to even get on the ballot to be voted as a Charter amendment. Ms. Granakis stated, it shouldn't even be on the ballot. It's illegal and I seriously beg you to reconsider and actually have an employment attorney take a look at it. Council President Saponaro stated, I think you neecl to address the illegality of it. Ms. Granakis stated,.I really think you should call the State auditor about this. Mr. Guidetti stated, it can certainly go to Charter Review and be enacted that way. Like I said ultimately it is a decision for Council to make and if Council wants to go to Charter Review Committee, that's an appropriate entity to review it. Ms. Granakis stated, right. And here's the thing - Council President Saponaro stated, but she's telling you that, the advice that you are giving has been illegal. Ms. Granakas stated, correct. I really disagree. I think it needs to be reviewed by somebody else. Council President Saponaro stated, as a law depariment, you should answer that. Mr. Guidetti stated, like I said, it's a gray area. There's no black or white answer in this issue. Ms. Granakis stated, there's a lot of gray area in the tax code too, but the IRS is certainly going to throw a fine at you if you do something wrong if they decide that it is wrong.