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Council Minutes of 12/17/96 b. Ordinance 96-184 which allows for the planning and refurbishing of City Hall. Originally, $75,000 was to be spent on the first floor north end of the building and planning for the remainder of the building renovations. The committee discussed the legislation at length, and a majority did not recommend approval. The legislation will be recommended for tabling. Mrs. Saringer reported on the 1996 Congress of Cities which she and Mr. Boehmer attended in San Antonio, Texas. More than 5,000 municipal leaders gathered to examine how local governments are working to meet community needs and prepare for the tasks, opportunities and potential future obstacles. The convention included dozens of workshops and seminars focusing on ways that local government leaders are forming connections, making choices and finding solutions to address issues or needs in cities throughout America. National League of Cities president Greg Lashutka, Mayor of Columbus, spoke and called on local leaders to bring the resources of their communities together to work on things that must be done locally to sustain their well-being and to reach beyond their boundaries to work in concert with others on important challenges facing their regions, our society and our nation. Other general sessions included a forum examining what the rapidly changing systems and applications of technology may mean for cities. The City of San Antonio arranged for a number of special tours and workshops. Also, the NLC policy committees and the delegates completed their annual processing of revising the League's national municipal policy. The new NLC officers were elected, and Councilmember Mark Schwartz of Oklahoma City will serve as the 1997 president. Several workshops attended by Mrs. Saringer included Connecting Citizens and Government, Visioning, Technology: Challenge and Opportunity and 21st Century Technologies to Enhance Public Safety. Mrs. Saringer has numerous periodicals and information that she will pass on to Council. She encourages everyone to attend future conventions as they are very educational and informative. Mr. Nashar, Chairperson of the Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, December 17, to discuss a liquor permit for the Clark gas station at 28925 Lorain road. The establishment currently holds a permit for beer only and the addition will be for wine and wine coolers and Sunday sales. The Police Department has no record of problems at this location. The divisional manager of the Clark gas stations reports that all employees go through a training period, and employees must be over 18 to handle the beer and wine. The committee had no objection to the liquor permit and recommended approval. Mr. Nashar moved to approve the liquor permit for the Clark gas station at 28925 Lorain Road; the motion was seconded by Mr. Limpert. Roll call: Nashar, yes; Limpert, yes; O'Grady, yes; McKay, no; Saringer, no; Musial, yes; Lind, yes. The motion passed with five affirmative votes and two negative votes. Mr. Limpert made a recommendation to the Finance Committee that the State of Ohio be hired to do the 1996 audit. Since we cannot go to a private firm without the State's approval, it would seem beneficial to the city in the long run to let the State do the audit. 4 i