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Council Minutes of 4/4/06 ~~~, address Council for five minutes and if there was a need to change that rule so <.e::~ residents could be afforded more time to speak if needed. One idea was, if a resident exceeded their original five minutes, have them sit down and come back up to the podium for an additional five minutes after all of the residents present had an opportunity to address Council. Another suggestion was to have their follow-up comments be limited to three minutes. The point was made that at any time a resident is addressing Council, a member of Council can make a motion to allow for the speaker to have additional time to speak. Another idea presented was that in some communities, the Council requires people to sign up at the beginning of the Council meeting with the topic on which they want to address Council. But it was pointed out on that there may be topics that come up during the course of a meeting that a resident might want to address. The conversation regarding this matter generated a lot of ideas which will be given the proper consideration by this committee. The committee unanimously recommended this topic and the Rules of Council be held in committee. Councilman Barker, Council's representative to the Recreation Commission: 1) The Commission met on Monday, Apri13. The main discussion was the raising of pool rates and changing the ranges of rates per ordinance. Rates far students, adults, families and seniors are going to go up. A senior rate will not see the larger increases that the other groups will. It was approved by the Commission and will be brought to the Recreation Committee in the next couple of weeks for approval and then move forward to Council. The Rec Commissioner and Commission asked that the Council approve this legislation so that the new rates will be in effect for the summer swimming season. Although some of the rates may appear to be a significant increase, they will only help bring costs into line relating to pool expenses for the Rec Center. Councilwoman Dailey Jones attended the meeting and was introduced to all of the commission, and the Commission was happy to meet another member of the Recreation Committee. The Commission also discussed the new baseball fence, and they wish to have it taken down by June 6. This will clear the park for Ail Scouts Day the following weekend, which is the weekend of June 9. It was also announced that the Community Council would be donating approximately $12,000 to install electricity at the pavilion. Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on April 3. In attendance were committee members Talton and Orlowski; Council Members; Mayor, Safety Director, Service Director, Planning Director. Agenda items: • Resolution 2006-68, authorizing the Service Director to advertise for bids for the construction contracts for the proposed Fire Station No. 2, further authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts with the lowest and best bidders, and declaring an emergency. Megen Construction Company is the construction manager/management company. We will have multiple prime contractors and there will be fourteen different packages. Councilman Orlowski questioned the Planning Director for clarif cation whether the bid specifications have been updated to reflect the changes regarding the storm water detention on the 11