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Council Minutes of 1/21J2tW3 were made. A lot of people know the problems of the Misiunas family, and it wasn't city government at its best handling the problems of the neighbors. Nothing is currently in the Law Dept., but it may be appropriate to take the issue into Streets & Drainage Committee to look at how Swale problems, and this one in particulaz, are handled and whether something can be done. The Misiunas property is one of the nicest on the street, and he appreciates all of Mrs. Misiunas' concerns. The enforcement starts in the Engineering Dept. (which is currently being staffed by new personnel) and then goes to the Law Dept. to make sure what is cited by Engineering is enforced. In 2001, the Law Dept. and some other departments could have done better. It was agreed that these issues would be placed into the Streets & Drainage Committee. The date of the committee meeting will not be determined until Council receives all pertinent files on this issue from the various departments. Dave Boatman, 2093 Brown, president of fire fighters' union. ^ Expressed concern for Mrs. Misiunas. At the time, she would have been better served if she had been directed to fire prevention versus the shift captain. However, he noted that fire prevention is no longer staffed. ^ Asked Mrs. Copfer what the carryover for 2003 was. Finance Director Copfer answered, $1,328,529. He is confused because last July the city had a $750,000 deficit. People were laid off to get back to basically a zero carryover. Then through the course of the Last couple of months of the year, we went up to a hundred thousand, to three hundred thousand, to nearly seven hundred thousand. Now, we are at one million, three and we laid off how many employees as of December 31? We're talking about not funding the Assistant Fire Chief for 2003. Fire prevention is closed, which puts safety of citizens, fire fighters and guests of the city as a major risk. Why not bring some of these people back? We have more money than anticipated, let's restore some of these people. Another fire fighter is turning in a retirement letter in the middle of February. Citizens are in some serious jeopardy-life, health and safety. Council should be very aware of that when they make appropriations. When the appropriations budget finally gets presented by the Mayor, do not approve it unless it funds the Assistant Fire Chief and brings back one or two of the fire fighters. Right now, nothing is getting done. Finance Director Copfer responded that the seven hundred thousand dollar figure was actually determined two months ago after the collection of income tax in November. It has been two months since she revised the update. She intends on giving her report to union presidents so they may better understand, and she is willing to meet with them as questions arise. Marvin Stolz, 6657 Bretton Ridge Drive ^ Received the following letter from the law firm of Seeley, Savidge & Ebert Co., and signed by Gary A. Ebert. "Dear Mr. Stott, I wish to advise you that the undersigned represents Mayor Norman T. Musial. It has been brought to my attention that you have been instrumental in circulating a `recall petition' concerning Mayor Musial. While you are certainly entitled to your own opinion regarding Mayor Musial's executive leadership, and you certainly have the right to express your opinion in any 13