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Council Minutes of 06 -17 -2014 The Intra - Governmental Relations Committee met Tuesday June 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Hemann and Limpert; Council members Barker, Brossard and Schumann; Mayor Kennedy, Safety /Service Director Glauner and Planning /Development Director Wenger. • The committee met for the purpose of interviewing Mayor Kennedy's appointment of Robert A. Papotto to the Board of Zoning Appeals for the unexpired term January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014. Mr. Papotto previously served on the Board of Building Code Appeals and is currently under- utilized on that committee. The committee voted 2 -0 to recommend the appointment of Mr. Papotto to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Councilwoman Hemann made a motion to approve the Mayor's appointment of Robert A. Papotto to the Board of Zoning Appeals for the unexpired term January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Appointment of Robert A. Papotto to the Board of Zoning Appeals for the unexpired term January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014 approved 7 -0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said this is an extension of a comment he made at the last meeting regarding the contract that was passed under suspension to lease /purchase a lawnmower at Springvale. He reviewed this, and it says the city can buy the lawnmower for a $1 at the end of the four year lease. The $1 has to be paid within a certain period of time or the lawnmower is forfeited. Lambert cautioned if someone misses paying that $1 on time, the city is out a $40,000 lawnmower. Mark Mahoney, 26808 Fairfax Lane commented on a prosecution that was recently completed involving former police officer, Dan Fox. He knows the special prosecutor on this case, Mark Schneider, from when they worked at the County Prosecutor's Office years ago. Fox plead no contest and was convicted of whatever charges he faced. Mahoney pointed out to Gareau and to Council that Mark Schneider's work effort should be noted if a need for a special prosecutor should ever arise again. Mahoney referenced an issue regarding his development, Sandy Ridge. On Friday, a resident in his development was charged with deer feeding. He reported this incident back in March and now it's June. That's three months of police investigation for a relatively simple case. He does not know what the delay was regarding this issue. He asked Gareau what took so long regarding the misdemeanor process? Gareau said he cannot speak to as why that took so long. They previously tried a case with Mr. Stofko and this particular deer feeding issue, and he was acquitted. As a result of that acquittal, that Ordinance was revised so that this particular problem would not happen again in the future. The city wants to make sure cases are thoroughly researched, investigated and prosecuted. Mahoney pointed out other charges that have been brought against Mr. Stofko. Mahoney said he has no doubt that the case will be properly prosecuted. Gareau said he does not know if the charges Mahoney mentioned have been filed at this point in time. LEGISLATION 4