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Council Minutes of 02-16-10 Councilwoman Williamson made a motion to suspend the rule requiring three readings as the legislation was heard in committee, reviewed and recommended by the Charter Review Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Dennis Lambert 25057 Carey Lane said he doesn't think there is anything wrong with the decision to possibly make the city more efficient. But, what's important to recognize is the Charter was originally formed by an elected Charter Commission. Those were people voted on by the people of the city to put together a Charter. Evidently, those people felt that there was a good reason to have these Departments of Safety and Department of Service added to the Charter. He would tend to guess that their reasoning was it was a safety net to the Mayor. This is a community that depends on services and safety to be performed with their tax dollars. He's going to second guess what they were thinking, but he would believe that they felt that politics could enter into a situation in the future whether may or may not be one of Council choosing, and Council could - holding the purse strings -withhold funding to fill positions that the Mayor may need to have filled so that we have good engineering, good safety, and good things done that all these department heads would do. This concept was not discussed at the Charter Review Commission meeting. The Charter lives long on beyond Mayors and Council. He's not so sure that the ~ obliteration of departments is really the answer. Perhaps some modification to the Charter giving the Mayor more discretion in how he appoints these things or whether he chooses to fill them or not fill them could have been added to the Charter while maintaining those positions. Councilwoman Williamson moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Jones and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2010-12 adopted. Ordinance 2010-20 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its second reading. An Ordinance amending Section 1701.27 of the Fire Prevention Code in order to create an additional exemption to monetary charges assessed for false fire alarms and to authorize the Director of Public Safety to grant or deny an exemption upon request. Resolution 2010-21 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Kennedy. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into aone-year renewal of the Equitable Sharing Agreement with the United States Departments of Justice and Treasury to provide for transfer of cash or property seized and forfeited in connection with criminal prosecution and declaring an emergency. Councilman Mahoney made a motion to suspend the rule requiring three readings and formal committee review as per the Safety Director, applications should be submitted no later than February 28, 2010 and so there's a timeliness issue with this particular Resolution. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Councilman Mahoney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Resolution 2010-21 adopted. Resolution 2010-22 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Kennedy. A Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Safety on behalf of the city to apply for an 9