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Council Minutes of 3/19/91 3) Ordinances 91-51 and 91-52, which authorize the Director of Public Service to go out on bids for the repair of concrete and sewer catch basins, were discussed. The Coaomittee concurs with these ordinances and suspension of the rules will be asked on them tonight. Audience Part~ici~tion James Fleger, Z438~uth Oxford Oval, is concerned about the deteriorating condition of South Oxford Oval. Mr. Fleger brought a bag of rocks and stones taken from the street to illustrate the poor condition of South Oxford Oval. This has been an on-going problem for many years, and the residents want the City to take action. Mr. Fleger expressed concern that the City did not have a plan for street repair and the problems were compounded because of the change in administrations. Mr. Boh]mann told Mr. Fleger that he had personally visited the street and agreed it was in bad shape. However, the street is not on this year's repair list because sanitary and infrastructure work must be completed first. The City will endeavor to contract with United Survey to do some immediate slab repair in order to avoid a sink-hole and other major problems. Mayor Boyle assured Mr. Fleger that the City did have a plan. The Oxford Oval streets will be fixed in 1992 because the sanitary sewer work must be completed first. Mr. McKay commented that there had been a plan in place to repair and replace streets during past administrations. Unfortunately, the money hadn't been available until now. It wr~uld be impossible to do all the streets in one year; seventy streets will be completed this year. Mr. Nashar also assured Mr. Fleger that the City would make the street serviceable until extensive repair or replacement could be done. Mrs. Bahas conanented that Council is very happy that for the first time the money is available to correct these types of problems that residents have had for many years. Robert Cygan, 26606 Sweetbriar, is concerned about the 23% raises for City officials that had been reported in the Sun Herald. He also expressed concern about the costs for organization and travel. In particular, he wanted to know the extent and need for travel by Mr. Wilamosky. Mr. Cygan also rioted that the new tax increase would generate $709,000 and wanted to know if all this money would be used in Ward III. Mayor Boyle responded with a definite, "No", to the question of whether the tax money would be used in Ward III. To answer Mr. Cygan's other questions, Mayor Boyle cam~ented that Mr. Wilamosky is in charge of Administrative Services and is responsible for applying for Issue 2 grants and other outside funding. He has traveled to several cities in search of these funding sources. In 1990, Mr. Wilamosky brought in over 5