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Council Minutes of 3/18/2003 process for persons or firms proposing to provide personal services to the city, and declaring an emergency as twice amended. Councilman McKay moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gateau and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2002-72 adopted. Resolution No. 2002-165 imroduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. A resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Finance to compensate Lisa Thomas, former Director of Public Safety, for 99.5 hours of accumulated and unused compensatory time, on a moral claim basis, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Miller moved to table Resolution No. 2002-165. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gateau and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2002-165 tabled. Resolution No. 2003-24 introduced by Councilman McKay on behalf of the Mayor was given its third reading. A resolution authorizing the Service Director to advertise for bids for the awazd of a contract to provide new pavement markings to various streets at various locations in the city, as detailed in the specifications on file in the Engineering Department, and authorizing the Mayor, following approval of the Board of Control, if necessary, to contract for the same with the lowest and best bidder, and declaring an emergency. Councilman McKay moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashaz and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2003-24 as amended was adopted. (The legislation was read in its original form; however, the legislation had been amended at the Council meeting of March 4, 2003 to replace the word "Mayor" for Service Director throughout the legislation. Council's vote was on the amended legislation.) Ordinance No. 2003-25 introduced by Council Member Kasler on behalf of Councilmen Miller, Dailey, Nashaz, Gateau and herself was given its third reading. An ordinance creating new Sections 139.12 and 141.08 of the Administrative Code, entitled, respectively, "Additional Duties of Safety Director" and "Additional Duties of Service Director," in order to require the Directors of Public Safety and Public Service to attend all regular meetings of the City Council. Councilman Nashaz moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Gateau. Roll call Nashaz, yes; Gateau, yes; Kasier, yes, commenting that the Mayor has objected to the fact that there is no excused absence provision in the ordinance. That issue was discussed in committee and deferred to the Law Director who stated there is no necessity for such a clause. The Mayor objected to the fact that the duties of the directors are being expanded when Council previously reduced their salary. In her opinion, those are two very different issues. The salary range change was a financial situation considered in light of poternial layoffs. She does not believe it is expanding duties since attending meetings is part of the job. Roll call continued: Limpert, no, commenting that, although he finds it most helpful when the directors are at the meetings, he feels it is an administration function to have their people at the meetings. Roll call continued: Dailey, yes; Miller, yes, commenting that it was his understanding that the salary was reduced based on experience and equity. As far as the issue as to whether it's an administrative decision, since the administration did not take it upon themselves to provide such direction, the Council unfortunately had to take it upon 12