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Council Minutes of 12/20/2005 2) The committee met on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, to relay the information regarding tree trimming to the entire Council. In attendance were Mayor O'Grady, Service Director Limpert, Planning Director Wenger, Safety Director Terbrack, Human Resources Director Farver, Finance Dept. secretary Murphy, City Forester Wendell, Law Director Dubelko and guests. The issue was discussed and a possible ordinance which would be in line with the other Westshore suburbs may be forthcoming regarding the trimming of the trees. The committee unanimously recommended approval of Resolution 2005-176. Councilman Tallon, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The committee met on December 13, 2005. In attendance were all of Council and Councilperson-elect Dailey Jones, the Mayor and the directors of Law, Finance and Service and guests. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance 2005-170, the temporary budget for 2006. The Finance Director explained this contains no capital outlay and is basically 1/3 of the existing 2005 appropriations. There is nothing new, with the exception of anything that has a payment due in the first three months. Councilman Gareau asked for a monthly line item report for the beginning of 2005 to compare expenses in 2006. The Finance Director will supply that information. An addition of $504,000 was added by the Finance Director to cover the notes we have to purchase in anticipation of bonds and the cost of such issuances. The committee unanimously recommended passage under suspension of the rules. • Ordinance 2005-172, to request proposals for CPA firms to provide GAAP conversion services for the 2005 and 2006 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and authorize the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the professional selected through the RFP process and approved by the Board of Control. After discussion, the Law Dept. recommended an emergency clause be added. The committee unanimously recommended passage under suspension of the rule. • Ordinance 2005-181, a transfer ordinance. This ordinance was amended before the meeting to include some expenditures that had not been appropriated or were under-appropriated. There are three areas that are still of concern to the Finance Director, and she indicated she would have the final amendment before the next Council meeting. This should be the last transfer ordinance in 2005 barring any emergencies. The committee unanimously recommended passage of the legislation under suspension of the rule. • Resolution 2005-182 directing the Cuyahoga County Auditor to pay North Olmsted monies due throughout the year. The committee unanimously recommended passage under suspension of the rule. • Proposal by the Mayor for the funding of an administrative assistant. After a lengthy discussion, the committee unanimously voted to keep this issue in committee for further discussion. 9