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Council Minutes of 6/5/2007 Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2007-30 as recommended by the Planning & Design Commission. The amendments to Section 1135.02, Accessory Structures and Buildings, are as follows: - (j) (5) eliminate "...a minimum of thirty (30) feet from the right of way." and substitute "...as close to the front setback line as possible." - (j) (7) eliminate "...of six (6) square feet..." and substitute "...no greater than permitted for temporary signs under 1163.33..." - Add (j) (8) "Any portable storage container shall be free of dents, rust and/or graffiti and shall be maintained in good condition." The motion to amend was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2007-30 amended. Councilman Tallon, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, June 4. Agenda items included: • Ordinance 2007-48 and Ordinance 2007-54 were discussed together as they were directly related. Ordinance 2007-48 is an ordinance to transfer funds from the Sewer Bond Retirement Fund, Fund 460, into the General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund, Fund 410. This is the second half of a transfer that had taken place at the appropriations meeting. There was $616,000 left in the Sewer Retirement Bond Fund, 1987 debt. Since all of the obligations were met, there were no further expenditures; therefore, it was presented to Council that this money could be transferred to the General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund, and used to pay the debt service of the Sewer Bond. This, in turn, released user fee monies to operate the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Council was told that, without this, Waste Water would be operating in the red. Based on this, Council approved this in appropriations. The other half of this was to transfer the monies from one fund to another. In order to do this, bond counsel was asked to prepare the legislation, which is before Council today. This will only postpone the short- comings in the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Finance Director Copfer stated, in her opinion, this was the best option. She was asked if there were any other options for this money. She stated again, in her opinion, this was this best use of this money, but she would check with bond counsel to see if other uses can be utilized. There was much more discussion on this matter. After discussion, the committee voted unanimously to recommend passage of Ordinance 2007-48. Ord. 2007-54, the transfer ordinance showed the transfer of the dollars. There was one other transfer, an increase in Recreation salaries for the purpose of hiring extra help for summer programs. The committee unanimously voted to recommend passage of Ordinance 2007-54. • Ordinance 2007-62 which will extend for an additional three month period the contract with Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Inc., and Daniel J. Collins to, respectively, provide engineering consulting services to the city and serve as City Engineer. The Service Director asked for more time because the contract would be completed during Council's vacation and because of engineering services 6