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Council Minutes of 3/5102 ,,, upgrade recreation. By expanding the ranges slightly larger this year, although there will be no intent to try to get them on the top end in the near future, it should help give us a hedge against inflation in the future. Funds generated by recreation traditionally always go right back into improving recreational facilities. The committee recommended approval and passage under suspension of the rule. A~T~-,~NCE PARTICIP.~, 'ION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, is delighted to hear that Council is beginning to talk about structure to Council regarding the committee meetings. His personal opinion is that the minutes should include those who participate in the meeting as well as the committee members. The minutes should be in writing, but not verbatim, and should be submitted to the Clerk for archiving. Anyone who wishes their comments to be included verbatim should provide those comments in writing. He believes it is not appropriate to draw conclusions regarding committee m~ings during the Council meeting. Those should be held for the end of the meeting during miscellaneous business. Moving Council meetings along is important, and he feels some issues that are discussed at Council should be discussed at committee meetings. The need to structure Council is important, and he feels that the Rules of Council should be codified so they will be consistent. The committee meetings and how they are reported are important because they are the actual work of the people. How it gets done should be with some consistency so that everyone will know what to expect. Katherine Huth, 23565 Alexander Road, distributed official Board of Elections results for the last two school levy elections. In every election, the majority of Ward II voters did not support the school levy. As a resident of Ward II and a member of a majority of voters who have taken a stand against the school levy, she respectfully requests that the Wazd II Councilman stop using his off vial position to publicly support the levy. She asked if he, the President of Council and the Mayor had a rationalization for using their official titles in support of the levy. Mr. Dailey responded that anytime he ~pports something it is his personal opinion and whether he chooses to express that publicly or not is really his choice. If people want to use his title as Councilman, that is up to them. He will always support the school levies. Mr. O'Grady said he supported the levy 100% and will do everything in his power to see that the issue passes. There is no other alternative for our children as the State of Ohio has an antiquated system of school funding. Should he continue to support it as the President of Council? Absolutely, as one of his responsibilities as a public official is to do what he thinks is right for the community. He does not believe it is a conflict of interest. He does respect that there can be differences of opinions, but he is very much in favor of it and will do everything he can to get the word out. Mayor Musial said, according to the results, his ward, Ward I, supported the levy in the last election. Mr. Limpert said he does not think it is appropriate for the city to tell the school board exactly where they should be spending their money. However, it should be kept in mind that the school system will have an impact on property values. If property values go down, so will the tax revenues. If talented people move out of the city, the city's revenue stream is affected which in turn affects the city's ability to repair streets and do other improvemerns. Right now, we all 8