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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, June 21, 2021 <br />Page 3 <br />paying taxes at the City where their office was located to file for income tax refunds back through <br />January 1, 2021. We also have the budget bill which is House Bill 110 and in that Bill the Senate <br />would allow retroactivity back through 2020. Now as you know, we were originally promised <br />through the State Legislature in their actions that there would not be any retroactivity. We are still <br />pushing for that. At this point, all the conflicts in the different versions of the budget go to <br />Conference Committee. The House has selected its three members for their end of the Conference <br />Committee. We have been keeping an eye on things. We don't see that the Senate has selected its <br />three members to go to Conference Committee. They need to do so quickly. Once they get the <br />Conference Committee, they will have to work out the differences and get it back to both Houses <br />for a full vote. They need to vote on the budget by the end of June. So that's coming up and it's <br />coming up quickly. There are many many municipalities including us and there are many <br />legislators who want to avoid retroactivity of any sort. We have been in touch with all of our <br />legislators. We have been in touch with all of the people that are pushing the different versions of <br />the Bill to let them know where we stand. We have been working with Mayor's groups. We were <br />working with the Governor's office. We had a call with Michelle Gillcrist this afternoon that was <br />very productive, so we have a lot of people on our side. There's still a great push for no <br />retroactivity. We won't know that exactly until the end of this month, but we are doing everything <br />in our power. On a continuous basis, Ron, Diane and the departments have been closely reviewing <br />our budget so that we are prepared for the future. <br />So that's my report. Thank you. <br />Comments From Council President Schutt <br />Thank you, Mayor Bodnar. We would like to let everybody know that this is the last virtual <br />meeting of Council. Due to the holiday, Caucus is scheduled for Tuesday, July 6"' at 7:00 p.m. <br />Our next Council meeting is Monday, July 19th at 7:00 p.m. Both meetings will be held in Civic <br />Hall at the Civic Center. I would also like to wish all of the fathers a Happy Belated Father's Day. <br />End of report. <br />Open Portion — For Public Comment (5 -minute limit imposed by Chair) <br />Council President Schutt asked, Mrs. Betsa, have you received anything to be read into the record? <br />Mrs. Betsa replied, no, Council President. I have not. I would like to ask Patsy to provide the report <br />on Shred Day as I was unable to be there on Saturday. <br />Mrs. Mills reported, Shred Day was held on Saturday June 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. <br />Approximately 6,500 pounds of paper was shred. The total number of boxes handled was 422 boxes. <br />I would like to thank Laurie and Maura for their help. Also, I would like to thank the four members <br />of the Service Department who really worked hard handling 422 boxes. It doesn't seem like a lot but <br />it really and truly is because everything has to be dumped out of the boxes and the boxes have to be <br />