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'Council Minutes of 1/15/2002 of powers issue; the question of whether or not attorney-client privilege would be ~, violated. Per the report of the Law Director during the caucus, this is not a separation of powers issue. There is some overlap in the legislative function in that the Mayor does have veto power. Secondly, attorney-client privilege is not applicable. This is because any legislative request immediately becomes a public document. There was clarification offered that perhaps attorney-client privilege wasn't the issue but personal preference. There was a concern raised as to whether or not this would generate significantly more paperwork, and the majority of Council has voted not to issue separate copies as copies are available in the Clerk's office. Councilman McKay, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The committee met on January 14. Present were committee members Limpert, and McKay; Council members Miller, Dailey, Nashar; President of Council O'Grady; Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance 2002-1, an ordinance authorizing and directing the crediting of certain interest and other investment earnings to the General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund. The city sets aside money to provide for the payment of the general obligation debt service, and this money earns interest and would ordinarily be placed in the General Fund. Since before 1990, this money has been directed to the General Obligation Fund Retirement. The committee believes that this practice is appropriate and fiscally prudent and wishes that this ordinance be confirmed to ratify the practice. • Ordinance 2002-5, an ordinance amending the composition of the Department of Law. The composition would be as follows: the Director of Law, who shall be the head of the department; two Assistant Law Directors, a legal secretary, and a law clerk, all of whom shall be appointed by the Law Director. One Assistant Director of Law shall be a full-time position to assist the Law Director and also assist the City Prosecutor. The other Assistant Law Director shall be part-time and act as the City Prosecutor along with other duties. The legal secretary shall be a full-time position and shall be the secretary to the Law Director. The city law clerk shall assist the Law Director in his duties and be paid on an hourly part-time basis. The committee recommended approval. • Ordinance 2002-6 which sets the salary ranges for the Law Departmen positions as follows: Assistant Director of Law in the year 2002, $65,911; 2003, $67,888. City Prosecutor in 2002, $34,124; 2003, $36,178. Legal secretary in 2002, $35,806; 2003, $36,880. Law Clerk in 2002, $15 per hour; 2003, $15.45 per hour. The general office expenses shall be $20,333 in 2002 and $20,942 in 2003. The committee recommended approval. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The committee met on January 14 to discuss Resolution 2001-157. Present were committee members Dailey and Limpert; Council members McKay, Nashar and Miller; Mayor Musial, President of Council O'Grady, Finance Director Copfer, Law Director Dubelko, City Engineer Deichmann and Environmental Engineer Long from the Wastewater Treatment Plant. This resolution authorizes the purchase of a second rotating drum for 4