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Couacii Minutes of 3/21/2006 was impossible to vote on this issue because it has nothing at all to do with legislation. Council is not preventing the Mayor from doing whatever he wishes to do when it comes to charity. The bottom line is Council should not be considering something involved in the Mayor's business. If the Mayor wishes to do something, fine. We are not here to be running charities. We are not here to be doing things that our body is not supposed to be doing. It is impossible for him to vote on this legislation. The vote on the motion was three yes votes and three no votes and one not voting. President Kennedy cast the tie- breaking vote of yes and commented he felt it was good legislation. It's a shame to him that the event will not be held at Springvale. It could be one of Springvale's biggest events. He understands the real concerns of those who voted no. Resolution 2006-52 was adopted with four yes votes and three no votes. Mayor O'Grady thanked the President for his vote and those who supported it. Next year, the Mayor's Ball will be held at Springvale. It is a wonderful opportunity to showcase a facility that belongs to our city and to market that facility. Just to clarify, no city workers on city time are used for the Mayor's Ball. That's not how it works. It's a private group of citizens to get together and do this. There are no tax dollars that go from the City of North Olmsted towards the Mayor's Ball. The Mayor's Ball is a fundraiser. It raises funds for charities and for community organizations. We in the City of North Olmsted are most assuredly in the charity business. The Dept. of Community Life Services helps needy citizens in the City of North Olmsted. The benefits of this Mayor's Ball will go directly to those needy citizens through our Community Life Services Dept. Councilman Ryan reiterated this has nothing to do with this specific legislation. He has no opinion on it. What he is trying to stress is he believes Council is putting themselves on a path of approving things which he believes are the sole discretion of the administration. Council is the legislative branch of the city and should stay out of this. Ordinance No. 2006-50 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its second reading. An ordinance to make appropriations far current expenses and other expenditures far the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2006 as amended. Councilman Tallon moved for suspension of the rule requiring three readings, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Ryan. Roll call: Tallon, yes; Ryan, yes; Orlowski, yes; Miller, yes; Jones, yes; Gareau, yes, with comment. He was the only member who voted against the amendment that was made out of committee far this legislation. He still believes that his vote is an appropriate vote for the amendments that were made. However, it bears noting that these are but several thousand dollar issues in a $20 million General Fund, $69 million total budget. He is not going to vote against the budget that we will use to fund the operations of our entire community based upon three or four separate issues about which he has reservations. While those reservations are there, he is compelled to vote for this legislation to move the city forward to allow it to function, to allow it to operate. His reservations will remain, and we will see how things bear out in the future. Roll call continued: Barker, yes. The motion passed unanimously. Mayor O'Grady quoted from a memo from the Police Chief "I would like to indicate that in my proposed budget I did not ask for a third corrections officer. The present proposed budget does not have any money available to be moved into this position. Any money diverted out of any 14