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APPROPRIATION RE: <br />$40,000 INNOVATIVE <br />GRANT <br /> <br />APPROPRIATION RE: <br />$27,619 FIRE <br />DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />APPROPIIATION RE: <br />$48,485 YOUTH <br />SERVICE CENTER <br /> <br /> VALIDITY OF THE NOVEMBER 3RD REFERENDUM, SINCE ONE-HALF OF THE <br /> CITIZENS WHO CAST VOTES, DID NOT VOTE FOR THE REFERENDUM. MR. BUCK <br /> <br /> CONCLUDED BY PROPOSING THAT HE WOULD CAST A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE <br /> REFERENDUM, IF IT PASSED BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY PF PNE, OUT OF THE <br /> TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE POLLS IN MAY. <br /> <br /> MR. CONOVER COMMENTED THAT BY DELAYING THE REFERENDUM UNTIL <br /> <br />MAY, IF APPROVED, WOULD NOT DELAY ANY CHANGES. <br /> <br /> MR. AL. BRO COMMENTED THAT IF COUNCIL COMMITS TO AN ISSUE THEY <br /> <br /> SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT ISSUE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE <br /> <br /> QUESTIONS COUNCILIS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS AFTER THE REFERENDUM HAS <br /> <br /> BEEN VOTED ON BY THE CITIZENS. <br /> <br /> DR. HALL QUESTIONED IF THERE WOULD BE A SET NUMBER FOR THE <br /> <br /> APPROVAL OF THE REFERENDUM IN MAY. <br /> <br /> MR. BUCK STATED THAT EACH COUNCILOR HAD DISCUSSED THEIR STANDARD. <br /> <br /> MR. CONOVER STATED THAT THE TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY WAS NOT PART <br /> <br />OF HIS ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT HE VIEWS THE TWO-THIRDS AS A RATIONAL <br />NUMBER. <br /> MR. CONOVER STATED THAT THE TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY WAS NOT PART OF <br /> <br />HIS ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT HE VIEWS THE TWO-THIRDS AS A RATIONAL NUMBER. <br /> <br /> A MOTION TB PUT THE REFERENDUM ON THE MAY 4TH BALLOT WAS MADE <br /> <br />BY MR. CONOVER, SECONDED BY MS. GLEASON, AND APPROVED BY THE FOLLOWING <br />VOTE: AYES: MR. BUCK, MR. CONOVER, MS. GLEASON, NOES: MR. ALBRO, <br />DR. HALL. <br /> <br /> MR. ROGER WILEY, CITY ATTORNEY, COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD NOTIFY <br />JUDGE PICKFORD OF THE CITY CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE <br />ELECTIONS, BASED ON THE MOTION. <br /> <br /> MR. ALBRO MOTIONED THAT THE REFERENDUM ON THE MIXED WARD/AT <br /> <br />LARGE SYSTEM BE HELD IN SIXTY DAYS. THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF <br /> <br />A SECOND. <br /> <br /> THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE $40,000 TRANSFER OF FUNDS IN THE <br /> <br />INNOVATIVE GRANT, , WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 2ND, <br />WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE~ AYES: MR. ALBRO, MR. BUCK, <br />MR. CONOVER, MS. GELASON, DR. HALL. <br /> <br /> UR. HENDRIX COMMENTED THAT A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL <br />CONCERNING A REQUEST FOR A NEW RADIO SYSTEM FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. <br />FIRE CHIEF JULIAN TALIAFERRO, FOLLOWING MR. HENDRIX'S REMARKS, MADE <br />COMMENTS REGARDING THE GROWTH IN DEMAND ON THE RADIO SYSTEM. <br /> <br />CITING STATISTICS SINCE 1970, THE RADIO SYSTEM DISPATCHING RESPONSI- <br />BILITIES HAVE GROWN FROM HANDLING TWO STATIONS TO EIGHT STATIONS, <br />AND RESPONSES FOR THE REQUEST. HE CONCLUDED BY STATING THE $27,619 <br />IS THE CITY'S SHARE FOR THE RADIO IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE PAID <br />BACK BY THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TEM YEARS. <br /> <br /> 0N A MOTION BY MR. ALBRO, SECONDED BY MS. GLEASON, THE APPRO- <br />PRIATION WAS CARRIED FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. <br /> <br /> MR. HENDRIX COMMENTED THAT THE APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION HAD <br /> <br />NOT BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT THE FUNDW CHICH ARE A <br /> <br /> <br />