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Council Minutes of 10/19/2004 number of parcels of land that would satisfy the Fire Department's needs. This City _~, Council has exacted a pledge from the Mayor that, when it comes time if the bond issue is passed, that the negotiation for land acquisition will be done by the Law Dept. and the Mayor's office will not be involved in it. Any action taken to acquire land will be approved by City Council and it won't be land that is picked by the Mayor or favors the Mayor or any of his clients. He does not want to get involved in any more lawsuits with the Mayor at this point in time. Councilman Miller's issue should be addressed, but however it is addressed is not going to impact on what this city can do if the bond issue is passed in going forward to acquire land for the new fire station. Councilman Miller replied he thinks the appearance of impropriety needs to either be confirmed or denied and that is the necessity for those records. Law Director Dubelko responded that he thinks the Mayor believes the memo addressed the two requests. If it doesn't and if Councilman Miller renews his request, he will counsel the Mayor and ask hirn to respond. As he has said before, City Council, if anything, is entitled to more records than even the public is to do its job. Jim Burns, 3978 Dover Center, said the big problem is that under the ORC, the finance laws were written at the turn of the 20th century. Any money spent before the project funds are borrowed cannot be covered by the borrowed money. Council did have some solid numbers and some good estimates on what it was going to cost without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to do engineering and cost estimates to put this on the ballot. Assistant Fire Chief Robertson: Recognized Meredyth McKenzie, Sun Herald reporter who did a fabulous job of explaining the fire station levy issue. There were pictures included with the article, and she had all the facts. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2003-182 introduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor, upon the review and approval of the Board of Control, to enter into a sole source and direct purchase agreement with Harrington Electric Company for the acquisition of a 750 KVA Mineral Filled Transformer for the Wastewater Treatment Plant, without public bidding, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Nashar moved to table. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2003-182 tabled. Ordinance No. 2004-156 introduced by Councilman Gareau was given its second reading. An ordinance amending Section 505.01 of Chapter 505 of the General Offenses Code entitled "Dogs and Other Animals Running at Large," and also amending Section 947.01 of Chapter 947 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Service Code entitled "Rules and Regulations" in order to permit dogs to be walked under leash on city park and recreation property. Councilman Gareau moved to table. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dailey. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Dailey, yes; Limpert, yes, with the comment that he would have preferred this be held in committee. Roll call continued: Miller, yes; ,,~,~. 13 i