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1 Council Mi:.utes of 3-24--'~Z -- - - . - - - -2- ~ neglected in particular wards that this. list ~~ be amended-at,._a-later date. Law Director Gareau stated it can always be modified or chmsg~d. -fir. West stated that is not so if you have committed all of these funds. Mr. West statel, in support of Mr. Beaty, at the Finance Committee meeting he made a special point that he had some streets that he would like to have put on the list and Mr. Fairfield said Mr. West's ideas are as important as anybody else's and yet there aren't any on here. Mr. Wilamosky stated he thinks Mr. West was asked at that meeting after the comment was made that he had some streets, he was asked what streets and Mr. West did not say anything. Mrs. Beringer stated she mentioned right at the Council Table to all Councilmen if there were any streets to be resurfaced in their ward to submit a list to her. This was publicly announced sometime ago. Mrs. Saringex stated she does not consider giving her a letter the night the appropriations are supposed to be passed in order to determine priorities: Does not like to work this way; has a schedule and likes to be considered well-planned and this last minute business is not good planning at all. Mr. Wilamosky stated he would like to commend the efforts and the irk of the Streets & Drainage Committee has done last year and this year: the efforts that the Committee attempted to put forth this year was commendable. Th#s,t set some guidelines for the Administration and far other Members of Council and other Committees of Council. Also thinks that in future appropriation ordinances it is within the Committee and the Committee should feel obligated to include within the appropriations the names of those streets that they as a Committee feel are in need of repair and ixtdicate. those streets within the ordinance as the Streets & Drainage Committee has recommended that it be done. Mr. West stated he would like to clarify a point: at the Finance Committee tceeting it was agreed that there were other ways to go besides putting it on the appropriation ordinance and the Law Director was asked to Hake a ruling aad this is why Mr. West did not come up with any streets. Mr. blast stated we ought to keep the record straight and as to what is going on here - it is a very obvious fact where all the. streets are and who is trying to get this done. Mr. West stated we ought to vote on the merits of the thing and let it go and let the voters decide next time who is spending City's money for what purpose. Mr. Fairfield stated he would like to speak as an impartial person: from the standpoint in Ward 1 there are no street improvements and he is not complaining about it - streets are pretty good in Ward 1; but he would like to mention and recall to Mr. Beaty that the last big streets that were repaired were in Ward 4 - Butternut Ridge - and most of the money that year was spent to repair that road and that is why LeBern and Clifford and West 230th and the rest of these streets are on there because they couldn't be repaired. Thinks Mr. Beaty bane€itted two years ago from Butternut Ridge and thinks somebody else benefits a little bit this year. Thinks all these streets need repair and as the Law Director said it can be amended during this year and he does not see any big problem to this. Mr. Beaty said he would hate the people to think that we trade from year to year. Does not think there is much question that Butternut Ridge Rd. was the one that was paved last year - it goes through two wards and is a main thoroughfare and we have to look at what is best for the City. We had a number of big roads: Butternut Ridge was done last year and Walter Rd. was done the year before. These have both been big projects and have been a necessity to the traffic flow and to the City as a whole. These other streets are primarily residential streets and there are 3 in Ward 2 that are in very bad need of repair. Mr. Beaty stated let's be fair about it - let's not try