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Council Minutes of 04-06-2010 ~x__ Game Room Licensing Ordinance and deal with it in that context. If 2010-41 is passed this evening, it will create a six month moratorium. • The Law Department has been working with the Finance Department to pursue delinquent EMS billing fees. Letters have been drafted and they hope to gain voluntary compliance before having to move towards the next step which can include potential litigation. They have been requested to commence litigation against delinquent accounts for false fire alarms. They collected $1,500 yesterday by simply writing a letter. They hope to achieve some measure of compliance from those who have been notified. • A motion was deferred to arbitration in an action with SERB regarding an unfair labor practice filed by AFSCME. It is the position of the Administration that the matter brought forward in an unfair labor practice can be handled through arbitration. They are awaiting a ruling on that. • The Civil Service Commission recently selected a new test author for the Police Department. The Law Department worked with the Civil Service Commission to put forth the proper standards to select the individual who will put forth the test. A number of tests have been taken since the Commission did a request for proposals/qualifications. His recommendation is that since it's been a number of years since they've done that, they should go back and see what other vendors are available. There were fourteen people invited; four responded and were rated by the Commission. The Commission made a recommendation that was reported by the Mayor at the Board of Control and then approved. The same vendor they had will be providing services in the future. Finance Director Copfer: • On March 23 the Notes were sold that closed on April 1. They received a 1.3% coupon. They are due September 30, and their intent is to go out to bonds this summer. • On March 24 they successfully underwent a MLJNIS upgrade. Thank you to Mark in IT for making this a smooth process. • Last week Council received the January/February financial statement summary and detail. • The auditors are here this week and next week. The lead auditor and gap conversion are due in May and June, so they want to get this done. Councilman Barker, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:45 p.m. Present were Committee members Barker, Kearney and Jones; Council members Brossard, Orlowski, and Williamson; Finance Director Copfer and Human Resources Director Farver. • Ordinance 2010-31 amends the range of compensation rates and salary ranges for administrative and legislative personnel to allow for furlough days, eliminate certain paid holidays and eliminate selling back vacation hours for cash; and 4 .F.~d~,-. . ._ .._ ., ,,.