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Council Minutes of 12/S/95 Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Legislative Committee: 1) The Legislative Committee met jointly with Council_as~a-Whole on Monday, December 4. In attendance were Councilmen Limpert, Nashar, McKay, Mural, Mir; Councih~+an-elect O'Grady; Law Director Gareau; Finance Director Burns; Service Director ; Perso~el Director Wilamosky; Charter Review C C:hairperacm Lambert; prudent of the local firefighters union Jay Power. The ee resvi~vved the Bowing proposed Charter changes submitted by the Charter Review Corm: a. Article 5, Section 6. The committee voted 5 for and 0 against the provision to madce the Administrator of the Depart~rt of Aging re~ons~ble to the Human Resources Director. b. Article 5, Section 4 (a) and (b). This proposal would prohinit the city from entering into a privatization contract for emergency medical, fire and police services. There were 3 votes for and 2 votes against this proposal c. Article 9, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4. This proposal would provide for non-partisan elections. The vote was 2 yes and 3 no. d. Article 9, Section 5. This proposal would provide for more wards to be created should any territory be annexed by the city. The vote was 0 yes and 5 no. e. Article 2, Section 2. This prcgrosat would require the city to follow its own ordinances. The votes was 1 yes and 4 no. f. Article 3, Section 4. This proposal would permit the Mayor to appoint an acting Mayor when the Mayor was inaccessible or unable to performhis/her duties. The vote was 0 yes and 5 no. Mr, McKay thanked the members of the Charter Review Commission for their many hours of hard work to bring these recommendations to the Council A final vote on the proposals will probably take place at the December 19 Council meeting. Mr. Lind, Chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The first meeting of the committee took place on November 13. In attendance were all members of Council, Directors Kesler, Wilamosky and Bohlmann; City Engineer Deichmann; several Ambour Drive residents. The following items were discussed: a. Ordinance 95-145, which authorized the contracting of engineering services with Polytech, Inc. for underground retention at Clague Park. Polytech's bid was $19,000 plus $7,000 for soil samples. This retention will asssst in the drainage of the sanitary line that travels down Walter Road to Beech Lane and through Claque Park. Hopefully, this project will eliminate the by-passes that have previously occurred in this area. Although many of the Ambour Drive residents were against the placement of this type of retortion, the project will serve the entire northeast quadrant of the city. The committee and all Council Members in attendance gave approval to the project. This legislation was passed at the Council meeting of November 21. b. Ordinance 95-146, which authorizes a contract with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for services during 199b. A recommendation was made that a pamphl~ be produced and provided to residents so they can be made aware of the services available 4