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Council Minutes of 10/16/2001 the country. The committee unanimously recommended approval of Resolution 2001-126 which supports and urges Congress to pass legislation to provide assistance to displaced workers. Also, the Mayor and the entire Council have agreed to join in sponsorship of the resolution. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 1) Since volunteers were being recognized, he asked that Rae Ann Thomas stand up and be recognized for her efforts in providing the skateboard park at the Rec Center. (Mrs. Thomas was congratulated by all present.) Mayor Musial thanked Mr. Miller and said that another round of volunteerism awards had been planned and Mrs. Thomas would be recognized at that time. 2) The Recreation Commission met on Monday, October 15. In attendance were Mr. Ray Klesta and attorney Joe Jerome along with about 40 members of the hockey organization. Discussion items were as follows: • A letter received by the commission members, and many Council members were copied, as to a request for rink time for next year's season. Produced at that meeting was a prioritization policy that to this point was not printed and published to the public. The commission was given an understanding of the past procedures and policies used as to who has priority in attaining ice rink time. The first approximately three organizations listed sufficiently take up the available ice time that would be considered prime time. Mr. Klesta's request was primarily during prime time for six hours a week. Discussed was the fact that most of the hockey club teams struggle to get even two or three hours for their individual team. While the club itself gets a significam number of hours, the way it breaks down there are very few hours to go around. The city could probably use another whole ice rink and still not have enough time for everybody that wants to play hockey. Discussion went back and forth as to issues as to why Mr. Klesta would request these hours. The commission was advised by Mr. Jenkins that a lot of these issues were not issues to be resolved either by the Recreation Commission or Council, but seemed to be internal matters within the club. Hopefully, those matters can be internally resolved. If not, there is a prioritization policy that will be followed. The only recommendation from the Recreation Commission as to that policy is to be date specific. In other words, if group A who is highest on the priority list passes on their time, at what time can group B then apply for that time, and C and D and so on. • Ordinances 2001-111, 2001-122 and 2001-123. It was felt that Ordinance 2001-122 should be discussed further after more information is received from the Law Department. • Along-time member of the commission, Mr. Richard Scott, was given an honorary plaque for his membership. Mr. Scott has served for 17 years, and his presence will be missed. He was a very valued and very well respected member of the Recreation Commission. 3) The Recreation Committee met on October 15. All members of Council, including Mrs. Saringer were present. Service Director Bohlmann and Safety Director Jenkins were present. The following items were discussed: 7