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Council Minutes of 3/4/2003 Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane ^ The money spent by the Mayor to pay the Service Director will come from the General Fund. He is now even more concerned about money being put into the General Fund and allowing the administration to administer as they will. He does not agree with paying people for working at home. This is bogus. In a city with a financial problem that this city is facing right now, it's just unbelievable. Louise Cygan, 26606 Sweetbrier Drive ^ On Monday, February 10, after one of the heaviest snows in years and after her husband had plowed the snow on their property, a snow plow driver put snow from the neighbor's yard across the street on their property. Her husband spoke to the driver and explained he could not leave a mound of snow 6 to 9 feet high on their property, but the driver was completely uncooperative. Her husband called City Hall and was referred to the Police Dept. who said there was nothing to be done without a name or license plate number. Later, they were contacted by Capt. Whelan who said he would call the property authority to see that someone in the city would come and take down part of the mountain so that Mrs. Cygan could see to get out on the road. However, no one ever came out. She realizes this is a small problem, but a city is comprised of citizens with small, medium and large problems and it must strive to resolve these problems. Perhaps the Mayor's motto should be changed to "Together We Can Make An Indifference." Safety Director Jesse came forward and said this had happened to other residents as well. He will have someone come out to the Cygan property and make sure that the snow pile is removed so Mrs. Cygan can see to get out of her driveway. There is an ordinance in place that directly speaks to putting snow on the property of another. He will check into this as snow plowing contractors are to be licensed. When the city finds out a contractor is stacking snow, normally there is a first warning letter or call asking that the snow be removed. If that is not done, the contractor is cited. Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia ^ Has many years experience in computer software design, software engineering and related fields. He believes and Excel spreadsheet with an Access data base could be an adequate method of keeping track of comp time hours. It is not ideal, but is far better than nothing. ^ Is the comp time policy, or non-policy, an undocumented and unfunded future liability of unknown magnitude? He has a lot of respect for Mrs. Copfer but would hope that she will be very careful about signing any checks that can come back on her. Mrs. Copfer said she had received a legal opinion from the Law Director about payment of the comp time. Regarding an unfunded liability, vacation liability, for example, would be an unfunded liability when the books are converted to a GAAP basis. If the city ceases to exist an January 1, 2003, all people and employees who have accrued vacation time will receive that at that point in time. It is deemed to be a liability. However, compensatory time is not paid upon termination so there is no liability if the city ceases to exist. She too wants a policy on comp time so that there are guidelines instead of whatever each department chooses to do. At this time, it 12