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Council Minutes 11/6/2002 restructuring should include the total Service Department and not just the mechanical area.. Ordinance 2002-159, relating to the Park-N-Ride. The only questions that needed to be addressed were reimbursement for any emergency repairs that the city might have to do. The Law Director said he would look into that and advised that we would have that right and it would not be a problem for us to do that. The committee, based on that, unanimously recommended approval. Resolution 2002-153, which authorizes going out for bids for engineering services for sidewalks on Bradley Road and some areas of Columbia Road. The cost of the engineering is $12,000. Council was concerned about the total cost of the project and whether the monies for the total project would come out of the capital improvement borrowings or out of the General Fund. It was decided to hold this legislation for further review. 2) The Streets & Drainage Committee reconvened at 7:10 p.m. tonight to discuss Resolution 2002-153. This year's budget contains $15,000 for materials for this project. Originally it was believed that this project could be done in-house and that amount was basically the cost of concrete and wire. Those funds can be transferred to engineering services to pay for the $12,000 engineering cost. It was estimated that the cost for an outside contractor to complete this project would be approximately $96,000. Both the Service Director and the City Engineer believe it is possible for the city to do this sort of work in-house at a savings of 30% to 40%. The committee recommended that the legislation be held in committee and asked that the administration begin the engineering in-house to see if this project can be completed by the city. Councilwoman Kasler, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on October 22. Present were all of Council, Safety, Law, Finance, Personnel directors and guests. Agenda items were as follows: Ordinance 2002-136, which would make the failure to use a safety belt a primary offense was once again discussed. The suggestion that it be a one-year warning period was discussed. Still not obtaining the agreement and acceptance of all of Council and sensing some reservations on behalf of many Council members, there was further discussion. Since everyone was concerned about the safety of children and the real reason for the ordinance and the basis of it is to protect children without seat belts, the suggestion was made that the Police Department be addressed on the issue of possibly raising the age limit on children as far as making it a primary offense for adults who have children in their cars without seat belts. Right now, the state statute is four years and 40 pounds. The committee discussed the possibility of raising the age to 12. Mrs. Kasler will address that with the Police Department. The committee decided to hold the legislation in committee at present. Ordinance 2002-154, which is an ordinance establishing a new fee schedule for emergency medical service and ambulance transportation. Mrs. Copfer was able to give some insight on the billing procedures and how to maximize the amount of money that can be received by the city on these billings. Without having an impact on the people who use the service, we are able to list exact charges and specific care that 11