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Council Minutes of 6/20/2006 like to know how much the Mayor's trip to the recent mayors' meeting cost the city. He wondered if it would result in the city getting some new businesses and jobs since the Mayor made contacts with the Orient. He agrees with Mr. Gateau's comments about the Stearns Road area, and he had planned to talk about all the concrete and pieces of curbing in that area and also in the 252 area, which is the gateway to the city. The pieces of concrete and curbing are too big for the street sweeper-a crew is needed to hand pick them. On a personal note, he wanted to say something about Mr. Dubellco's father whom he met and got to know at a voting place during a recent election. There was no one more genuinely human or outgoing as Mr. Dubelko's father. He immediately developed a wonderful like for Mr. Dubelko because of his father. The elder Mr. Dubelko was a very good soul, and he is saddened to hear of his passing. There is a bright star shining somewhere for him. Mr. Dubelko expressed his thanks for Mr. Lambert's comments. As a general comment, Mayor O'Grady said, if ever there is a resident or member of Council who notices something the city needs to look into, please let the administration know by calling. It is not necessary to wait until a Council meeting. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2006-111 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to request proposals from qualified persons and/or firms to provide professional labor negotiator services for the years 2006-2007; and further authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, to enter into an agreement with the labor negotiator and/or firm selected in the RFP process and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gateau moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Council Member Jones. Roll call: Gateau, yes; Jones, yes; Miller, no with comment he believes the funds already set aside for outside professional services should be adequate. Roll call continued: Tallon, yes; Ryan, yes; Orlowski, no with comment he believes we need to set a limit or parameters on how much money is spent for outside negotiators. Once we're partially in negotiations and it's possible to release or remove the negotiators, we're locked in for the better or worse syndrome. He believes fair, open negotiations are possible. A great number of the city employees are also residents, taxpayers and earn their livelihood working for the city. They have as great or greater interest in the well being of the city because it is their life. He thinks these negotiations could take place in-house with good results. He is a new Councilman, so only time will tell on this issue. Roll call continued: Barker, yes. The motion passed with five yes votes and two votes. Ordinance No. 2006-11 adopted. As a clarification, Mayor O'Grady said the legislation has nothing to do with the amount of money. It doesn't deal with that question. It simply deals with authorizing the Mayor for quotes. Councilman Miller said he was certain that eventually it will cost dollars. We will not get outside legal services for free. 0 17