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Special Council Minutes of 12-22-2020 Councilwoman Hemann said the salt truck was on order and then it was canceled. There was actually a purchase order issued for it, so apparently it was a need. She said she doesn't know why it would take 20 years to purchase a street sweeper if it was such an imperative item, when the City already had on order a salt truck. Regarding the JetVac, it did seem critical as additional information was circulated and it was reconsidered as a necessity and that's how things are discussed. The Council President called on Councilmember Brossard, who said he would defer to the Mayor. Mayor Kennedy said Dave Demaline who manages these two pieces of equipment put a higher priority on the street sweepers. Director Copfer said she learned the storm sewer foreman puts a high priority on the street sweeper because it can be used effectively in conjunction with cleaning the storm sewers. She said the Street Sweeper was on their agenda last year as well, but there was another item that was more important so they prioritized it. They prioritized that, the street sweeper and the salt truck was after that. The Jet Vac was very important. She said she understood and appreciated the assistance in funding capital improvements and capital equipment, the people who do the work are best served by us providing them the tools they need to do their jobs as requested. Roll Call: Yes: Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly, Williamson No: Limpert, Brossard, Schumann Motion passed. Ordinance 2020-128 amended 4-3. Councilman Limpert voted no with comment. As I said, there are some items here that 1 think should be revisited and, in my opinion, it would even be worth having another meeting on to get better dialog, but given the full scope of this as one amendment, my vote is no. Councilman Brossard voted no with comment. I also echo the opinions of Mr. Limpert and Mr. Schumann. I'm not sure that putting everything in a large bucket of amendments is the best approach, especially if there are some controversial items in there that several members are not comfortable with so my vote is no. Councilwoman Williamson voted yes with comment. My vote is yes just to expedite the passage of this legislation, but if it's worth mentioning, I would not mind swapping out the vehicles so I am not against that. Thank you. The Finance Committee met on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 7:10 p.m. Present were committee members Schumann, Brossard and Kelly; Council members Glassburn, Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Community Development Lieber and guests. S