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Council Minutes of 12/18/2407 $22,000. Both individual and net profits ended below, mostly offset by an increase in withholding. 2) Thanks to Council for accommodating the amendment to the final appropriations transfer for the year. 3) Thank you to Mr. Tallon for his service to our community and particularly as chairman of Finance Committee where she enjoyed working with him and appreciated his leadership and experience. She hopes he has a great retirement, his "honey do list" is long, and his travels are many. 4) She wishes everyone a happy holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with hope that everyone gets to enjoy their families. Councilman Gareau paid tribute to Councilman Miller who was not able to be present this evening. He will be honored for his service at a future meeting. He hopes everyone keeps Mr. Miller and his family in their thoughts. Mr. Miller has served the city well and should be thanked for his years of service as a Councilman. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met jointly with the Streets & Transportation Committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Present were committee members Gareau, Orlowski, Jones and Barker; Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley; counsel Janet Alter; Law Director Jim Dubelko; Douglas Hogan from the Illuminating Company and Mr. Harbarger representing a number of interested utilities. Two items were discussed: • Ordinance 2007-124, an ordinance to adopt new Chapter 902 entitled "Use of Public Right-of--Way by Service Providers and Contractors Performing Work on Service Provider Facilities" and declaring an emergency as amended. This was the second meeting to discuss this particular piece of legislation. The committee took the posture between the first and second meeting that the administration would solicit input and comments from the various interested utilities. A number of comments were incorporated into the copy that was provided to the committee. Some suggested changes were discussed: First, above-ground facilities were def ned and controlled as 902.1 (b) and 902.06 (a) (2). Second, there was a presumed consent provider systems was verified at 902.02 (a). The third one could be summarized as an amendment was a provision and designation of maps exemption from public records for propriety for security information as 902.02 (e) (f) and 902.03 (d). This is a very comprehensive piece of legislation. Fourth was the insurance and bond requirements adjusted from $5 million to $3 million at 902.04 (a) (1). Notice of work when required was amended at 902.07. Construction permits, when required, were amended at 902.08. Hearing procedure was revised to delete hearing by the Service Director at 902.10. Miscellaneous provisions were located at 902.11. Those items are the significant amendments that were discussed that evening, but it is not an exhaustive list. The committee was provided with a redline copy to show the changes. Those changes have been brought forward in the copy before Council this evening. Also, there were at least two other changes that were brought forward by the administration 4