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!11 Creating More and Better Jobs !) Major technology firm. on W. Main Street: long range. 2) Explore economic partnership ~with Louisa and F!uvanna Counties: Ongoing; proposal within next 30 days. 3) Continue regional approach to welfare re. form (_fund coordination): applied for grant. 4) Economic Development Department market the City: Marketing plan being developed. It was agreed that staff will discuss the feasibility of the time-frames and work plan and identify budget issues related to them for discussion at the work session in December. Ms. Richards said the Thomas Jefferson Economic Development partnership needs to be made more in synch with the City's goals. The meeting was adjourned. President ~ ~ COUNCiL CHAMBER - November 17, 1997 Council met in r%maiar session on fhis date wifh the fbiiowq~ng members presem: Mr. Cox, Ms. Daugherty, Ms. Richards, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano. PRESENTATION: GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS _ASSOCiATiON AWARD Ms. Rita Scott, Director of Finance, ap_nounced that the City has receiv~ the Government Finance Officers Association Award _fbr excellence in financial reporting for the 17th cons~utive year. PUBLIC A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints presented Council with a proclamation recognizing Family Week. Dr. Joseph Mooney, 201 Sunset Avenue, expressed concern that the City's newly announced Public inSbrmation Officer lives in the County, and posed the fb!iowing questions: !) is this the best way to spend money; 2) is it legal to have offered a higher salary than what was advertised; 3) what effbrt was made to find qualified City residents fbr the position; and 4) how credible can a spokesperson be for the City when they bye in the County? Ms. Betty Siegner, 20 ! Sunset Avenue, said she was shocked and dismayed when she read that the Public Information Officer position was given to a County resident which she fbe!s shows a great lack of sensitivity. Ms. Siegner said that she libels people were mislead by the advertisement for the position, and the interests of City residents should be put first. Ms. Siegner said that she f~els the job should be readvertised at the range being of~.red. Ms. Erin Garvey, 624 Da~ds Avenue, Chair of the Charlottesville PTO Council, spoke in support of the hiring of Cass Cannon as the City's Public Imrormation Officer. Ms. Garvey said that she participated on the interview panel for the position and feels Ms. Cannon is more than qualified. Ms. Garvey said the position is professional and therefore the person's qualifications are the most important fhctor. Ms. Martha Levering, 8 t 50rangedale .Avenue, Presidem of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations, speaking for herself} said that she was part °fthe imerview