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Council Minutes of 12/16/2003 • Resolution 2003-171, which authorizes going out for bids for cracksealing. This process has been used often during the last few years and will definitely help preserve roads and in the future will cut down on the cost of slab repair. The committee approved unanimously. • Resolution 2003-172, which authorizes going out for bids for 5,000 tons of stone. This has been done every year, and the committee approved unanimously. • Ordinance 2003-86, concerning the Phase III storm water proposals. The committee decided to hold the legislation for more in-depth discussion at the next meeting when changes to the legislation will have been completed. • Clague Road and possible funding sources will be discussed in the near future. • Parking lot maintenance. The Service Director assured the committee the subject of the city parking lots is being reviewed, and he has some definite plans which he will present at a later time in a more formal fashion. Councilwoman Kasler, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee on December 9. Present were all of Council; directors of Finance, Law and Service and the Fire Chief. The following items were discussed: • Ordinance 2003-164, an ordinance amending 741.03 of Chapter 741 of the Business Regulation Code entitled "Deliveries to Commercial Establishments" to prohibit overnight parking of commercial delivery trucks and to amend hours of operation. Based on the discussions with the Law Director and his input, the input of Mr. Burns with regard to the Chamber of Commerce and some concerns of the Police Dept. that were subsequent to previous discussions on this ordinance, it was by unanimous vote voted to hold this ordinance in committee for further discussion. The committee will defer to the Law Department as to when the legislation should be further discussed. • Ordinance 2003-173, an ordinance amending Section 1701.13 of the Fire Prevention Code in order to provide for annual inspection fees and declaring an emergency. It was decided that more work on the legislation is needed with regard to reviewing what other cities charge in similar situations. The group that is working on this issue is going to address re-inspection fees, new types of inspection fees that may need to be added to the ordinance and discussions with the Chamber of Commerce with regard to avoiding becoming unfriendly to businesses. The committee unanimously decided to hold the legislation for further review. • An update with regard to Birch School presented by Service Director Driscoll. Signal Service began removing the lights on Columbia Road and installing them at Birch School. The installation process will take about a week. The entire project will most likely be completed by the first of the year. Signal Service's portion of the work will be increased from about $6,000 to about $8,600. However, there will be no charge from CEI for the connection fees. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, December 9, to discuss a proposal to change Rules of Council No. 13. The reasons for the changes were to evenly disperse the work load of the various committees of Council as well as the members of Council, and to update and more currently reflect the type of business that 6 ~..: ,