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Council Minutes of 11/15/2005 tonight's agenda as amended. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gazeau. Roll call: Tallon, yes; Gareau, yes; Barker, yes; Miller, yes; Nashar, yes; Orlowski, yes; Ryan, no. The motion passed with six yes votes and one no vote. Ordinance No. 2005-154 amended. • After a lengthy discussion, a request was made of Finance Director Copfer to summarize the revenues and expenditures of the city in order for Council to have a general idea which way the city is heading for the end of the year. Questions to be answered are: Will we have acarry-over for 2006, will it be large or small? The direction that the revenue is going, is it increasing or decreasing? Are expenditures increasing or decreasing? All of this should be in a summary form presented to Council. Council does not expect a "to the penny" report, but a report based on the director's knowledge of all the accounts. This will be a valuable tool for Council to execute their duties and to keep their constituents informed. • Ordinance 2005-159, which accepts the amounts and rates determined by the Budget Commission and authorizes necessary tax levies. Simply put, it is the millage of the tax rate to be levied, both on the inside and outside millages. The committee unanimously recommended passage to Council. Councilman Ryan, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) Per the request of the Mayor, the committee met at 7 p.m. this evening to interview Mr. Limpert for the position of Service Director. Committee members Barker and Ryan unanimously recommended Mr. Limpert for appointment as the Service Director. Councilman Ryan made a motion to approve Duane Limpert as the Service Director beginning Monday, November 21, 2005. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. AUDIENCE PARTIC~PATI4N Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia. Congrats to the victors, condolences to the defeated and happy belated birthday to the Mayor. Mr. Dial read a letter into the record: "Dear Council Members, those of us that were present at the last Council meeting observed the tragic outburst wherein a candidate for public office had to be quieted down by the police. The two responding policemen deserve public commendation for their excellent and very professional handling of what to them must have been a very uncomfortable assignment. Council has always had ad hoc rules for audience participation. Until the police were called, the custom was that a person wishing to address Council could return to the podium a second time as long as he restricted himself to acceptable topics. Understanding that Mr. Kennedy was heavily under the gun in dealing with that difficult and unexpected situation, he somewhat lost it when he gaveled down all chances for the speaker to speak further on any topic. For these reasons, I believe it is imperative that the rules of Council be codified in order to minimize ad hoc interpretation and to ensure that members of the public who might have something important to say are not squelched. On another topic, I am also feeling growing concern about what I regard as distorted priorities on the part of Council and would like to have my thoughts on record. I hope Council will ponder the following absurd actions in the context of the growing turmoil 9