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Council Minutes of 6/20/2006 Councilman Tallon commended Finance Director Copfer on the excellent job she did with the bond issues. She put a lot of time and effort into the process. Mrs. Copfer expressed her thanks and said she appreciated Council extending the time period to provide flexibility. Council President Kennedy reported on the Committee-of-the-Whole meeting: 1) The committee met on Thursday, June 15. Present were Councilpersons Kennedy, Gareau, Barker, Orlowski and Miller who discussed a special permit to add to anon-conforming residence at 23918 Frank Street owned by Kevin and Elaine Muche. The project is to essentially enlarge their kitchen. All comments from Council were positive, noting the homes built on that street years ago had extremely small kitchens. It was also Hated that the Muches lived in the house for over 30 years and were currently taking care of Mrs. Muche's father who is subject to a wheelchair. The proposal had been unanimously approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals. After a brief discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of the special permit. Councilman Gareau moved to approve the special use permit for the Muehe residence on Frank Street. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee. 1) The committee met on Thursday, June 15, to discuss Ordinances 2006-123, 2006-124 and 2006-112. • Ordinances 2006-123 and 2006-124 were discussed jointly. Both ordinances addressed the issue of allowing storm water to freely flow over ground services of non-residential property after gathering in storm water detention or retention systems. The major critical difference between the two ordinances is the issue of who should have the final authority to grant such a system. Ordinance 2006-123 places that responsibility in the hands of the City Engineer, while Ordinance 2006-124 places the responsibility in the hands of Council after review and recommendation or approval of the City Engineer. It was pointed out that both may conflict with existing ordinances requiring storm water to be channeled to the city's storm water system. Also discussed was the issue of permission and the notification of affected property owners. By a vote of 2-0, both ordinances were held in committee to allow the sponsors and the Law Dept. to review those issues. • Ordinance 2006-112, a follow-up to a previously held committee meeting on the ordinance. Council received a response from the County Solid Waste District regarding Council's question of costs. Distributed were a graph and table which indicated based on tonnage hauled in 2005 that the increased costs to our city will be approximately $8,135.24. This cost will be charged by the waste hauling company who receives the next contract. That cost, of course, will be absorbed by the residents. It was requested the city look closely at retrieving income derived from recycled items. By a vote of 2-0, the committee recommended passage. Due to time restraints, this item will be considered for passage tonight under suspension of the rule. 5