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Council Minutes of 6/15/2004 13) On June 15, he received an additional correspondence from an attorney representing Safety Director Richazd Jesse. If Council wishes to hear more about it, he will be happy to talk with them individually or in executive session. 14) Council has considered 111 pieces of legislation in the first half of this yeaz and has earned a vacation! Councilman Miller asked the Finance Director how much money was left over from the library project and how it would be used. Finance Director Copfer said the amount was approximately eight hundred thousand dollars, but it did not include the fencing issue that has recently been discussed. Also, she is not sure whether the art work has been deducted. She will advise Council of the exact amount as soon as the month of May is balanced. Whatever the number is, the leftover borrowed money must go to the library bond retirement fund and be utilized to pay down debt when it is due because these aze bonds. They cannot be paid down in advance. President of Council Pro-Tem McKay: 1) The Council-as-a-Whole Committee met on Tuesday, June 8. In attendance were all Council members, Law Director Dubelko, Safety Director Jesse and several citizens. The committee met to discuss the details and the proposed rules for the formal Council hearings that were approved by Council in 2003. The following changes were approved by a 6-1 vote of Council: • Pazagaph 1, the first word "upon" was changed to "following." Items a, b, c, d and e remain the same. F was changed was changed to the wording, "Time allocated to each member of Council to question a witness." • It was agreed that the Chairman shall be the Presidern of Council. • Pazagaph 4, the first three sentences were eliminated. The fourth sentence was retained and after the word "witnesses" the word "shall" was added. The sentence reads: "All witnesses shall be placed under oath and shall be advised of their rights as established in the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances and state and federal statutes before offering testimony." • Paragraph 5 remains the same. • Pazagraph 6, the word "may" was replaced with the word "shall" and reads: "Subpoenas shall be served by personal service,..." Councilman McKay requested that Councilman Gareau offer a motion regazding the changes to the Rules of Council. Councilman Gareau made a motion to adopt as new Council Rule No. 66 the procedure for formal Council hearings as amended by the Committee-of-the-Whole. The motion was seconded by Councilman McKay. Roll call: Gazeau, yes; McKay, yes; Dailey, yes; Kasler, yes; Limpert, yes; Miller, yes; Nashaz, yes, with comment. He had originally been against the change but, after a conversation with the Law Director, the issues he was concerned about were cleazed up. With that clarification, he has reconsidered and is voting yes. The motion passed unanimously. Council Rule No. 66 is adopted. Councilman Nashaz, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The Streets & Transportation Committee met on June 8. Presern were committee members 4 i.,,