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Special Council Minutes of 7/5/2005 come a point in time where we have to start saying no to this constant building. If we continue to nickel and dime ourselves, we're going to find out people are moving out of our community because they can't afford to pay the taxes. There is not a question that the Mayor and his administration put on a great presentation. If we had $80 million in the bank like Westlake, he might look at it differently. His goal on Council representing Ward I is to get this city back where we are in the black and have money in the bank and we can make decisions reasonably-not to be rushed into decisions because of emergency. He feels very strongly about that. He knows that the people he represents certainly deserve the best service possible, and he is hopeful we can give it to them. But when he has neighbors complaining about the condition of their streets, he has got to step back and ask himself where he is placing money and what is going on in the city. The motion failed with one yes vote and six no votes. Resolution No. 2005-90 is not adopted. Resolution No. 2005-99 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady on behalf of himself and the entire Council. A resolution encouraging the members of the United States Senate to ensure that the Senate version of the appropriations bill mirrors the language of the House version as it applies to funding for aeronautics research, thereby protecting NASA Glenn from proposed budget Buts, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gareau made a motion to suspend the. rules requiring three readings and committee review. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Councilman Gareau moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2005-100 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady. A resolution authorizing the Board of Control to approve and the Mayor to execute an amendment to the city's contract with Middough Consulting, Inc., providing for additional architectural services to be rendered in connection with the administration's proposed expansion of the City Hall front entrance project, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gareau made a motion to suspend the rule requiring three readings and noted it had been discussed in committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Barker, yes; McKay, yes; Tallon, yes; Miller, yes; Ryan, no; Nashar, no. The motion passed with five yes votes and two no votes. As the legislation was being considered for passage under suspension of the rules, the following people came forward to make comments: • Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, said he felt there is a security issue at the front door and believes part of the plan should include security for the front door. By no stretch of the imagination is he attempting to restrict anybody in a public meeting. He is the most outspoken person for having non-executive meetings and anything else. But we have an issue of security today, and there is also the possibility of getting more money from somewhere else to do this project. If security is put in along with ADA, we could possibly get some additional money from the government because of the fact that there is a threat to public officials in this day and age. To sum it up, "haste makes waste." There is no doubt the front entrance needs to be done. But it doesn't have to be done on a shoestring, and it doesn't have to be done with so many issues in the air. That front door needs to be done eventually and needs to be done 7