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Special Council Minutes of 8/30/2005 is going against the Charter requirement that it be read three times at Council as presented. Roll call continued: McKay, yes; Nashar, yes; Talton yes. The motion passed with six yes votes and one no vote. Ordinance No. 2005-27 was amended. Councilman Talton made a motion to further amend Ordinance 2005-27 to change the language in Section 2 from, "...shall be effective on January 1, 2008" to "...shall be effective on January 1, 2010." The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau. Roll call: Talton, yes; Gareau, yes; McKay, yes, with comment, that he believes the term originally was afour-year term and to have somebody to apply for this position before the rules are changed to a two-year would be a very big disappointment to that person. Roll call continued: Barker, yes; Miller, no, with comment. Before there were any candidates filed for this position, he, Mr. Talton, and Mr. Kennedy were circulating petitions. All three of them knew there was an interest at that time to terminate the position after two years. It was made very clear that was a possible eventuality and everyone made their decisions accordingly. Roll call continued: Nashar, no, with comment that there were lengthy discussion on this issue of eliminating the elected position with the Law Director and Council President at that time. He concurred and felt Council should be able to elect a President of Council from Council members. Roll call continued: Ryan, asked for a point of order as to the count. The count was four yes votes and two no votes. After clarification that he would need to vote and then make comments/explanation, Councilman Ryan voted no. He commented that he is 100% behind Ordinance 2005-27. He feels it finally gives the legislative branch a clear voice by four members to speak from the President's chair as to issues. He believes that it is very important, when you are changing the Charter of a city, that the citizens have the opportunity to challenge, to address and know what is being presented. He thinks it's very clear that there are three readings called for. For that reason, he has deep concerns if the legislation is amended that there can be a challenge to that later on. He does not want that to happen. He is not voting no because he is against it. He is voting no because he is so strongly for it, he doesn't want any challenges and he doesn't want anything to happen for Council to lose that voice that they are seeking. The motion passed with four yes votes and three no votes. Ordinance 2005-27 was further amended. Councilman Ryan asked for a point of order whether the motion needed five yes votes to pass. Law Director Dubelko said the requirement is four votes for an amendment to legislation. C Councilman Talton, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The Finance Committee met earlier this evening, August 30. All of Council was present. After a lengthy discussion, the meeting was recessed until after the Streets & Transportation Committee meeting on Crocker/Stearns. After reconvening, some new information was presented which clarified some of questions. The committee voted unanimously to recommend passage of the legislation to Council. The meeting was again recessed until after the special Council meeting to address a request by the Law Dept. and the Finance Dept. jointly to hire a special counsel to represent the City of North Olmsted in tax review cases. 2