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Council Minutes of 10/4/2005 Road, landscaping and possible vibration damage to homes as the land in the construction area is mostly rock. The Planning Director and the committee may hold a meeting in the near future to determine the design and color of the noise walls once all the comment forms are returned. Councilman Miller noted that he had recommended to the residents that they take pictures of their property in case the completed roadway has a negative impact on their property values. The photographs would be helpful for a tax appeal process. Also, he suggested the residents take pictures of the foundations of their homes in case of damage such as cracks which might result from the construction. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The Safety Committee met on September 27. Agenda items were as follows: • Liquor permit for Target Corporation, a C1, C2 permit which is carry out of beer and wine and spirituous liquors. This issue was continued from a previous meeting as some Council members wished to confer with the Law Dept. regarding the basis for objection. There was a concern that other nearby businesses may also want to have such a permit, and the question was whether that could be the basis for an objection. The Law Dept. provided a very thorough explanation on that issue. Based on that explanation, the committee made a recommendation to Council to not object to the Cl, C2 liquor permit for Target Corporation. Councilman Miller moved that Council not object to the C1, C2 liquor permit for Target Corp., 24646 Brookpark Road. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ryan and passed unanimously. • Police staffing. In the previous annual budgets, Council appropriated funding for an additional officer who had not been replaced from approximately two years ago. The Safety Director was questioned as to why he had decided not to appoint an officer after the interviews and background checks had been completed. The Safety Director indicated that, after discussion with the Mayor, he made the decision not to follow through with the appointment of the officer. The concern is that the Highway Patrol only offers the academy at distant intervals based on their own needs to staff their department as well as other municipalities. There had been a policy in the past to begin the staffing process so that an experienced officer would be at the ready when an officer retired. Not only is the city unable to accomplish the step of replacing the officer who retired a couple of years ago, but we have also lost the advantage of replacing the next officer. The next Highway Patrol academy will not take place until March. The Police Chief has indicated there may be between two and six officers who would be eligible to retire in 2006. The indications are, if all of those people who are eligible actually do retire in 2006, some programs may actually have to be cut and possibly the DARE officers, the school officers, Community Policing may all be at jeopardy. The Chief has indicated to the Civil Service Commission that they should be prepared to test from officer on up to Lieutenant. The committee engaged in a lengthy discussion as to where the money is that had been appropriated for the officer, and what should be done from here. The Finance chairman indicated that 7