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Council Minutes of 08 -19 -2014 The Finance Committee met Tuesday August 12, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Schumann and Barker; Council President Jones; Council members Brossard, Hemann and Limpert; Mayor Kennedy, Finance Director Copfer, Human Resources Director Farver, Safety /Service Director Glauner, Mayors Court Clerk Cole and Recreation Commissioner Drenski. • Discussed was Ordinance 2014 -50 which is an Ordinance amending the rates of compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel for the year 2014 to change the part-time Assistant Clerk of Court position (Section 4B 3) from part-time to full -time; and to otherwise restate the compensation rates and descriptions for various administrative and legislative personnel for the year 2014, and declaring an emergency. Cole explained to the Committee that her department was responsible for $1.2 million last year. The current part-time employee was trained to educate her with the work involved in Mayors Court. Also noted was the second part-time employee had recently resigned. The funds for the employee will come entirely from the Mayors Court fund. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014 -50 with suspension. Councilman Kearney made a motion to amend Ordinance 2014 -50 to add support personnel (Section 4B, 4). The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2014 -50 amended 6 -0. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2014 -56 which is an Ordinance amending and re- establishing Chapter 131.99 of the Administrative Code, entitled "Composition and Organization of the Office of Mayor" in order to provide for the reorganization of the Division of Parks and Recreation. This Ordinance will give the Recreation Dept. the ability to reorganize staff in preparation for the opening of the new fitness center. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014 -56. Councilman Brossard took a moment of personal privilege to commend Council President Jones as today is her due date. He admires her sense of commitment and duty to her role as Council President. He thanked her. President Jones thanked Councilman Brossard for putting those comments into the record. Councilman Limpert, Chairman of the Environmental Control Committee: The Environmental Control Committee met Tuesday August 12, 2014 at 7:02 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert, Brossard and Hemann; Council President Jones; Council members Barker, Kearney and Schumann; Mayor Kennedy, Safety /Service Director Glauner and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2014 -53 which is an Ordinance amending Section 941.04 of Chapter 941 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code entitled "Refuse Collection" in order to update standards for collection of recyclable materials. Glauner outlined the change, which notes that occupants of single - family or multi- family residential structures shall place cardboard boxes, newspapers, junk mail, magazines, cereal boxes, glass bottles, jars, steel cans and numbers 1 and 2 through 7 plastics (used to be 1 and 2 only) in the green recycling containers. Councilman Limpert asked how this would affect the 11