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Council Minutes of 11/19/96 a. Ordinance 96-164 authorizing bids for trash and leaf pick-up. The committee recommended approval. b. Ordinance 96-166 which authorized the contracting for asphalt and top coating. The committee recommended approval. c. Ordinance 96-167 which was a line item transfer within the Sewer Revenue Fund and no additional monies were appropriated. The committee recommended approval. d. Ordinances 96-159 and 96-160 which set the salaries for Council President and Ward Council Members for the term beginning January, 1998. The committee agreed to strike Section 2 dealing with health care benefits. The majority of the committee recommended no change to Section 1 which set the salary increases as 3% across the board for the entire four years of the term. The majority of the committee recommended approval. 2) The Finance Committee met on November 13. Present were committee members McKay and Lind; Finance Director Burns; Mayor Boyle; Service Director Bohlmann; Personnel and Administrative Director Wilamosky. The following items were discussed: a. Ordinance 96-173 which authorizes the yearly contract with the County Health Department. The committee recommended approval. b. Ordinance 96-176 which sets forth the investment policy for the city. As reported by Mr. Burns, this legislation has been pulled from the agenda and will be discussed at length at a future date. c. Resolution 96-177 which establishes the tax rate that can be levied. As reported by the Law Director, this legislation has been amended and was discussed at an additional committee meeting this evening. A half mill was moved from the Bond Retirement Fund to the General Fund because of the delay in the issuance and sale of our recent bond issue which resulted in a favorable interest rate and actually reduced the amount of expenditures. The committee recommended approval under suspension of the rule. Mrs. Saringer, Chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 1) Mrs. Saringer attended the Recreation Commission meeting held on November 13. The following items were discussed: a. The failure of the recreation levy was discussed, and the members concluded that the residents did not understand the language. Before it is put on the ballot again, a poll will be taken to find out more about the voters' feelings. b. The Recreation Department received approximately $900 from Angelina's Pizza per the park concession agreement which calls for the city to receive 10% of the gross revenue derived from overall sales. c. Recreation Commissioner Dolansky negotiated a contract with Sports Display Inc. for display boards at Springvale which will generate approximately $1,000 per year. d. The Cleveland Lumberjacks held a golf outing at Springvale on October 7. The golf course supervisor was able to coordinate an exchange of Lumberjack game tickets for services provided as part of the golf outing package. These tickets are being utilized as give-aways for public skates at the ice rink and for the country-western dances held at the ballroom. 6