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Council Minutes of 11/20!2007 said selected professional to provide services for preparation of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 CAFRs" be stricken. Councilman Tallon made a motion to amend Ordinance 2007-128 as read. The Law Director suggested Mr. Tallon add "in accordance with the amended version before Council tonight" to his motion. Mr. Tallon agreed to include the Law Director's suggestion in his motion of adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2007-128 amended. Mr. Tallon noted that the committee had unanimously recommended approval by Council. • Ordinance 2007-134, an ordinance creating new Section 131.02 of the Administrative Code entitled "Authority to Accept Donations" in order to authorize the Mayor to accept certain donations on behalf of the city. After an overview by the Law Director and Finance Director, a discussion was held and some recommendations were made to change this ordinance. The changes are as follows: Section 1, (B), the first sentence will now read, "Prior to accepting any such donation of money or personal property that has a value of at least Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00)"; strike "All such donations accepted by"; "the Mayor" is left in; "on behalf of the City" is stricken; "be evidenced by" is stricken; added is "submit a report to the Clerk of Council"; stricken will be "a writing signed by the Mayor,"; after the words Director of Law, "and" is stricken and "which" is added; after the words shall state, "that" is stricken. In 131.02, Authority to Accept Donations, (3), the amount will be changed from $5,000 to $1,000. In Section 1, (C), a new Section 3 is added: "For purposes of this section, an `unconditional' gift is one in which there is no obligation imposed by the donor upon the City as a condition of acceptance. A gift shall not be considered `conditional' if the donor simply restricts the use of the gift to a particular department or division of the City or, if the gift is money, the fund into which the money shall be deposited." Councilman Tallon made a motion to amend Ordinance 2007-134 as submitted in writing. Councilman Miller, noted for clarification, there was an extra "be" after the word "shall" under (C). Law Director answered it was a typo. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2007-134 amended. Councilman Tallon noted the committee had unanimously recommended approval of the legislation to Council. Councilman Orlowski, member of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee, reported for Councilman Ryan: 1) The Intra-Governmental Relations Committee meeting of Tuesday, November 13, 2007, was called to order at 8:08 p.m. The chairman was unable to attend due to an illness. Larry Orlowski chaired the committee meeting. In attendance were committee members Jones and Orlowski; Council Members Barker, Gareau, Miller, Tallon and Kennedy; the Safety Director, Law Director, Finance Director; guests. Resolution 2007-132 was reviewed, a resolution supporting the preservation of customer choice through Ohio electric governmental aggregation. Ohio electric governmental aggregation is the best choice, considering the current legislature in Columbus, In reality, the best choice for the residents of Ohio is an end to de-regulation and returning to the regulation of utilities. The committee voted unanimously to recommend adoption by all of Council. 5