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Council Minutes of 12/19/2Q06 • Ordinance 2006-194, an ordinance amending section 141.09 of the Administrative Code, entitled "Administrative Motor Vehicle Pool" in order to increase the number of motor vehicles in the Administrative Motor Vehicle Pool from. three to four. The Chair explained that at the last committee meeting, some members of Council had said that they objected to the language of the ordinance which states that the additional car being added to the car pool would be strictly for the Community Life Services Director. Therefore, Mrs. Jones made an amendment to the ordinance striking the first "Whereas" clause, which would remove this language. Mr. Barker seconded the motion.. The committee approved the amendment with a vote of 2-1. Council Member Dailey Jones made a motion to amend Ordinance 2006-194. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2006-194 is amended. During the committee meeting, Mr. Ryan questioned why the City even. has two separate motor pools of cars, that the Administration should have one general motor pool to oversee and that this is strictly an administrative responsibility. The Mayor replied by giving a brief history of how this legislation came into being, stating that it was punitive in nature, and that the Administration is living within the constraints of the legislation. Mr. Barker stated that he believes a good reason. to have two separate car pools is that then. there is always a clean car available for one of the Directors to use if they have to escort someone around the city. IV1r. Limpert replied that that is a concern., and to try and cut down on the number of cars that need to constantly be cleaned they try and assign cars to specific people. A discussion regarding the need to two car pools continued, with the committee discussing the need to bring forward legislation to eliminate an Administrative car pool so that the committee could further investigate the matter. The Mayor stated that he would bring forward information regarding the history of the two car pools for the committee to review. During the committee meeting, a motion. was made by Mr. Barker to recommend approval of Ordinance No. 2006-194 as amended; the motion was seconded by Mrs. Jones. That motion passed 2-1, with Councilman Ryan. casting the no vote. A motion was then made by Mr. Barker to recommend Council pass this legislation under suspension of the rule. The motion was seconded by Mrs. J-ones and passed unanimously. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATIt,~N Donald Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive, asked about the financial information regarding the Rocky River Court for the past several years. Finance Director Copfer explained there is a lawsuit pending against the court, and we are not going to look into that right now. The fine money is down in the court, and they are running very close to break- even. We will not know about the possibility of a deficit until the end of the year. Law Director Dubelko said the lawsuit concerned the State of Ohio, but it may impact the Rocky River Court. Several courts have been illegally collecting court costs. It remains to be seen what remedy will occur. A lengthy discussion ensued about the issue with Law Director Dubelko commenting that, if Council is interested, he will look into it and report on it during a future executive session. On another matters Mr. Pangrac said six years ago his wife had a heart attack, and the quality and speed of ;our service here saved her life. Why would he want to change the service? He wants to see a detailed analysis 6