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Council Minutes of 8/19/2008 government purposes for which the city's Hotel/Motel Tax is imposed. In the past, this particular fund was restricted to capital purchases, capital improvements, equipment, and items of that nature. The administration came forward and requested that the purpose of the HoteUMotel Fund be expanded to include a more general usage within police and fire divisions and emergency dispatch. However, they requested the issue of wages and benefit not be included. The committee by a vote of 3-0, with the motion made by Councilman Gateau and seconded by Councilman Kearney, recommended approval as amended. The amendments include the permitted purposes of expenditures for police, fire, and dispatch divisions with the exception that wages and benefits shall not be a permitted purpose for which funds maybe expended. Councilman Gateau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-92 as stated. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney. Roll call: Gateau, yes; Kearney, yes; Orlowski, yes; Ryan, no; Mahoney, yes; Jones, yes; Backer, yes. The motion to amend passed with six yes votes and one no vote. Ordinance No. 2008-92 is amended. • Ordinance 2008-93 which was recommended for approval as amended in committee with a motion by Councilman Gateau, seconded by Councilman Barker, and passed 3-0. The ordinance amends Section 1 of Ordinance No. 97-34 which established the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund as previously amended by Ordinance No. 2006-113 in order to further expand the purpose for which monies in the said fund maybe expended. This was a companion piece of legislation required to be amended so that the city could in fact in the future expend from that fund any police and fire division and emergency dispatch purposes with the exception of wages and benefits. Councilman Gateau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-93 as stated. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gateau, yes; Barker, yes; Mahoney, yes; Kearney, yes; Jones, yes; Ryan, no; Orlowski, yes. The motion to amend passed with six yes votes and one no vote. Ordinance No. 2008-93 is amended. • Ordinance 2008-94, an ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 99-107 which established the Safe Traffic Oriented Policing Program (STOP) in the North Olmsted Police Department as previously amended by Ordinance No. 2004-42 in order to further expand the purpose for which monies paid into the STOP Fund may be expended. Originally, any revenue that was generated by virtue of the STOP program was limited in the past to those officers and equipment that were specifically used in the STOP program. It could be used for purchase of a police car, but that police car was supposed to be designated for the STOP program. It could be used for equipment that was related to STOP. It was also used for payment of wages and benefits for the police officers that were put on the traffic detail. It was later amended to include a certain percentage of the Prosecutor's salary and benefits which were attributable to court appearances on the STOP program. The change would expand it for the purpose of including emergency dispatch. The amendment would be as follows: "...provided, however, that when in any given year surplus monies as determined by the Director of Finance to exist in the fund over and above those that ate required to pay compensation to police officers and the city Prosecutor as above described. and to meet the existing annual debt service, if any, for prior purchases of police 6