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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - February 5, 1975 >W ITEMS REMOVED FRON CONSENT CALENDAR (cont'dl: 5. a) Motion to amend status of Budget Review Committee from Ad Hoc to Standing Committee: Councilwoman Miller expressed her view to Council that the main job of any City Council was the budget. She thought the City Manager should be allowed to proceed with his budget and then Council should do their homework, rather than a Committee. She said she thought the Budget Review Committee did a fine job last year, but there were many serious items which were missed, both by Council and the Committee, such as the cost of living increase for Staff, etc. She did not feel that making the Committee a Standing Committee was a good thing at this time. Council discussion ensued, and the consensus was that a list of charges for such a standinq Committee should be prepared, o.n that they w,ul!' like to see tl!a cpinien n'r m -embers !•;::o served on the Comv,ittee last year. Councilman Cheney commented that it was his feeling that the more citizens who participated in the Town's government, the better it was, and he moved that the status of the Budget Review Committee be amended as proposed. Mayor Grabowski seconded the motion with the amendment that the status not be changed until a list of charges were prepared for Council review. Councilman Cheney agreed to the amendment. City Manager Robert Crowe was directed to prepare a list of charges together with the Chairman of the Committee. Mr. Crowe requested that he receive input from Council before the charges were drawn. Mayor Grabowski noted that there were already some charges prepared, and since Councilman Helgesson had proposed the Committee originally, the City Manager might work with him. C. SPECIAL REPORTS: 1. Presentations from the Floor: Fir. R. J. Hahn Es eranza Drive: Urged Council to seek a solution to the question of a corporation yard for Town owned equipment as soon as possible, and requested that this matter be placed on the Council's Agenda at the earliest possible time. He reminded Council that he had requested the re- formation of the Ad Hoc Corporation Yard Committee at an earlier meeting. Mayor Grabowski commented that the City Manager continued to seek solutions to the problem, and all alternatives were being studied. He noted that Council had already done quite a bit to alleviate the problem for the neighbors around Town Hall, and was quite hopeful that a solution would be found that would be satisfactory to all, but this would take time, since the Community as a whole must be considered. Councilman Cheney thought the matter should be placed on a future agenda so the residents would know of the Town's plan of action. Mr. Hahn also read the item relating to equipment from the founding principles of the Town. -2-