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Council Miautes of 3/21/2006 on second reading. The motion was seconded by Council Member Dailey Jones. The motion passed unanimously. Councilman Miller commented that he wanted to compliment both Mr. Tallon and the administration, particulazly Mrs. Copfer, for preparing Council well with information. Over the years, the information has been continuously more thorough, more informative and quite helpful. All the meetings were open meetings. All of them were held according to schedule, and anyone who wished to attend was welcome. Those who did, enlightened both new and old members of Council. He doesn't think there's a time that he has gone through this process that there wasn't something new that was learned, and that reflects on the progress the city is making as well as the quality of the people who are providing the information. He appreciates the input from everybody who was involved in along, arduous process. Councilman Barker thanked the administration, Finance Department and Mr. Tallon and the committee. He knows that the administration spent a lot of hours. The committee held approximately 17 hours of meetings, multiplied by seven members of Council, that is a lot of man-hours that went into this process. He thinks it went very well. Councilman Barker, Council's representative to the Recreation Commission: The Recreation Commission met on Saturday, Mazch 18. Present were Safety Director Terbrack, Councilman Barker, Chairperson Kelley, Mr. Baxter, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Kanis and Mr. Lasko. The budget was discussed and approved unanimously. Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on Thursday, March 16, 2006. In attendance were committee members Orlowski, Barker and Tallon; Council Members; the Service Director, Safety Director, Law Director, Police Chief and Mayor. Safety Director Terbrack requested Ordinance 2006-68 be held in committee pending additional information. Ordinance 2006-70 by Mr. Barker was agreed to be held in committee pending further information, review and consideration. Agenda items: • Resolution 2006-55, a resolution urging the Ohio State Legislature to enact legislation providing for a criminal penalty for violations of the residency requirements contained in Ohio Revised Code Section 2950.031, and declaring an emergency. This was discussed for a brief period of time, and it was agreed to move forward with this resolution. The Ohio code pertains to residency requirements prohibiting persons who have been convicted of certain types of sexually oriented offenses from establishing residences or occupying residential premises within 1,000 feet of any school premises. This resolution is directed to the Ohio State Legislature, the chair of the Criminal Justice Committee in the Ohio State Legislature and Gov. Robert Taft. Council Members Miller, Orlowski, Tallon, Dailey Jones, Ryan and Barker were sponsoring this resolution, with Mr. Miller originally presenting this resolution. The committee unanimously recommended approval of the resolution and passage under suspension of the rule as the resolution has been reviewed in committee on two occasions. 7