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Council Minutes of 3/18/2003 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane. ^ Spoke about the camp time issue. He has mixed emotions about Council's legislation as it takes the responsibility of an administrator to make prudent decisions off his shoulders. Because the Service Director is appointed, the Mayor is responsible for how she manages her time. He believes a CEO should know how to do that without being told by somebody else. Perhaps flex time could come into play. An administrator needs to oversee the work of his employees and perhaps spread out projects to other directors or employees. There are numerous ways a goad manager can manage. Sheila McDougall, 24284 Elm Road ^ Wondered if any decision had been made regarding selling the library building. Mayor Musial answered that the matter is still under consideration. The School Boazd is interested in it for use as an administrative building, and the city is interested in keeping it as partially an administrative building. The building will be vacated when the new library is completed, possibly in November of this year if weather holds up or perhaps February of next year. The administration will provide some proposals to Council for their consideration in the very neaz future. ^ School zone lights are needed at Birch School for safety. The Mayor will look into this matter. Paul Barker, 23b29 Carriage Lane ^ He sat through every meeting with regard to appropriations and noted that most every line item discussed was lower than last year. He does have an issue with the taking of money from the three funds of HoteUMotel, EMS and STOP. That's $475,000 that originally was going to be used to relieve the General Fund and make purchases through those three funds for safety. Although using the funds to balance the budget and help prevent laying off city workers is a temporary fix, he questions how many times will the funds be hit if financial problems continue next year. Will funds ever be paid back? Mr. McKay answered that the funds will be paid back when monies become available. Mr. Miller noted that the Mayor had said this was aone-time only event. That is why he supported the move. He has discussed with the Law Director preparation of a resolution that will memorialize that intent and those funds will be repaid or redirected. He doesn't intend on letting go of this issue. Mrs. Copfer noted the total amount was $475,000. Of three funds, it's $385,000. When presented, the issue of repayment was discussed. It is a one-time event. Right now, all the same things are getting done as were getting done before from these funds because the funds have accumulated balances. This is a one-time event. Mr. Bazker expressed concern about the possibility of the economy not recovering next year, and Mrs. Copfer said that everyone is uncertain about the economy. There are issues that will need to be resolved if it doesn't turn around. All indications are now that it will turn around in 2004. 8