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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDecember 1, 2014COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA December 1, 2014 The Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana met in regular session in Room 101, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, Indiana at 7:00pm, on Monday, December 1, 2014. Council President Julius called the meeting to order at 7:00pm_ President Julius asked those in attendance to stand as Mr. Bobby Campbell gave the Invocation_ President Julius then led all those present in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The roll call and those present were: Councilperson Smith, Councilperson Payne, Councilperson Zastawny, Councilperson Owen, Councilperson Sellers, Council Vice President Gill, Council President Julius and Councilperson Samuel. Absent was Councilperson Glover. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: Vice President Gill made a motion to APPROVE the November 17, 2014, regular session minutes, with Councilperson Sellers seconding, PASSING on a vote of 7-0-1 with Councilperson Smith abstaining. Vice President Gill made a motion to APPROVE the November 17, 2014, workshop minutes, with Councilperson Sellers seconding, PASSING on a vote of 7-0-1 with Councilperson Smith abstaining_ APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the agenda, with Vice President Gill seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: General Claims: Controller Amy Deering presented the general claims list in the amount of 51,135,330.54. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the general claims list, with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. REPORT OF THE CLERK: None at this time. A. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: M. Matt Owen — 2014 -0R -S7 An Ordinance Abolishing the Jeffersonville City Court of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana: Vice President Gill stated that Judge Pierce presented some numbers at the last Council meeting and they were verified with Controller Deering that they are correct_ It reflected 75% of the gross salary of the Deputy Clerk, and the job title was incorrect. PUBLIC COMMENT: President Julius asked that the comments be kept under 3 minutes and to not repeat what other people in front of you have already said_ Mickey Weber, Clarksville Town Court Judge - Judge Mickey Weber expressed his opinion that the Jeffersonville City Court is an important resource stating if you close it, you will regret it, and it will place a hardship on the county and the city as well as the citizens of the city who no longer have 1 access to a judicial system that deals with the more minor elements. Judge Weber stated he is aware that the number of cases and revenue in City Court is dramatically down, but suggests looking at City Court as a public service much like the garbage or fire department and not a private enterprise to be determined on a basis of profit and loss. Judge Weber stated that if you close the City Court down, most likely the misdemeanor cases will go to the Clark County Circuit Court III which is one of the busiest courts in the state. Judge Weber stated that he doesn't know why the volume is so far down, but there are all kinds of solutions that don't involve closing. Judge Weber suggested the judges get together with the members of the City Council, the County Council, the Prosecutor's Office and law enforcement agencies and redistribute the cases without changing the case allocation plan. Judge Weber stated that there is a full month to sit down with all these entities and reinvigorate the volume of the Jeffersonville City Court, if that's what needs to be done to keep it open and stated he urges them to do so. Connie Minich, Executive Director of the Youth Coalition - Ms. Minich explained that they are designated by the State of Indiana as the local coordinating council for the Governor's Commission for a Drug Free Indiana. Ms. Minich stated that Scott Lewis is correct in saying if the City Court no longer exists, the money should be collected by the other courts. However, Ms. Minich stated that she is also correct noting the data she has available for the last five years when they lost the Sellersburg court and the Charlestown court, they never reclaimed that $20,000+ after they were abolished. Jeff City Court averages $102.60, and the other courts (Circuit Courts I through IV) average $10.27 for their collections for the Drug Free Community Fund. Ms. Minich stated that the Youth Coalition distributed $130,000 to 41 programs last year and 29 of those were Jeffersonville based, and so approximately $89,000 out of the $130,000 went back to Jeffersonville. Ron Smith — Mr. Smith remarked that he wished some of the Council members had attended some Circuit Court trials and had observed some of the people who go in there describing them as uneducated and unemployed. Mr. Smith stated that Council is getting ready to abolish a court system that takes 4 to 6 weeks to settle cases and will be sending them over to a Circuit Court that will take 4 to 6 months, which will make a bunch of high priced lawyers more money than they've already got and the poor and disadvantaged will not receive a speedy trial. Mr. Smith stated that Judge Joe Weber cannot handle another 963 cases and asked if Council intends to put people in a jail that we don't have room for. Mr. Smith predicted that by creating a backlog of cases, it will force the County to build a new jail which will cost millions of dollars. Mr. Smith stated that he has been told that it will cost $1ML+ to build a new court. Stated that the system is being rigged and Council members are falling for it and it's not going to be saving anybody any money. Mr. Smith expressed his shame at some of the Council members for what they're going to do to the poor people who are disadvantaged. Susan Popp, Clark County Council Member — Ms. Popp explained that she came tonight to basically say that the Clark County Council and the City Council need to sit down to look at the implications of shifting the caseload from the City to the County stating that she isn't sure that it's been thought through. Ms. Popp stated that a big picture view should be taken on this matter rather than just what's best for the City of Jeffersonville. Ms. Popp explained that she doesn't have a spread sheet and hasn't looked at the numbers, but just feels like there should be communication with the County to determine how it will affect the courthouse and the courts. Ken Pierce, City Court Judge — Judge Pierce asked the Council if they have any questions with anything that he presented at the Council meeting held two weeks ago. Judge Pierce also stated that 2 he had previously asked if there was a budget number that Council members thought was reasonable and opened up suggestions to that inquiry. Judge Pierce stated that he has no reason to believe that Jeff City taxes are going to go down if they close the court and if a new County court was established, predicts that County taxes may go up as a result of this. Judge Pierce provided informational handouts that he gave to Council members and brought to their attention the Clark Court Accountant position title has been changed to Chief Deputy and stated that he has been told that this position is 75% of the Chief Deputy's salary. Judge Pierce stated that he is going to operate on the assumption that this number was picked from thin air, or Ms. Conlin, or someone else as he was not contacted as to how much work the Chief Deputy does for the court; therefore, suggests that number be taken out of the assessment of the court. Judge Pierce remarked that he doesn't know how we have two more Clerk employees (the Court Clerk and the Traffic Clerk) occupying budget space for a court that is low on cases. Judge Pierce stated from his end, there is a Chief Probation Officer and a Bailiff and explained since he is putting fewer people on probation, he feels that he should be willing to sacrifice a Probation Officer which will generate a total savings of $133,000 (for eliminating two Clerk positions and one Probation Officer). Judge Pierce explained if the court numbers go back up like they should, he requested Council keep an open mind and potentially increase employee numbers again. Judge Pierce stated that this employee cut is his proposal. Judge Pierce explained that in addition to the approximately $272,000, we need to add in what Ms. Minich mentioned which is that this court in 2013 was contributing almost $90,000 to good local organizations — more than any other court. Judge Pierce stated that he can't explain why, but these funds are not being collected in the County. Judge Pierce explained that when you combine that, it puts the cost of City Court well under $200,000, which is well below 1% of the overall City budget and feels that it is a small price to pay for public safety. Judge Pierce pointed out the alleged missing cases and questionable record keeping. Judge Pierce stated that he has done the research and he is confident that the majority of the missing cases can be located and recovered by his staff. Judge Pierce also stated that he was told that 75% of one of the Clerk's Office employees time is spent on City Court and finds it hard to believe that it takes 2 3/ employees to handle this case load so he started looking at some numbers. Judge Pierce explained that the Chief Deputy Clerk taught a morning class at Ivy Tech this spring and after being made aware of this by an undisclosed source, he looked at the time sheets and noted that there are several times where this employee didn't clock out and declared that it is impossible for someone to be in two places at one time so clearly there has been some error in record keeping. Judge Pierce stated if there is an error in record keeping with these missing files and an error in record keeping on the time sheets, and 75% of this individual's time is going to be assessed against the court, he thinks it calls into question all the numbers coming out of that office. Judge Pierce stated that we must remember that this is an individual that sued him. Judge Pierce stated that maybe the numbers haven't been kept "totally perfectly" and mistakes have been made and feels that it should be looked into. "Just because we prick our finger, there is no need to amputate the entire arm here". Judge Pierce stated that 2 years ago the court was running perfectly, and then within 4 or 5 months it all started to deteriorate declaring there is no way that a court has a history of 1,500 cases for 10 straight years and the bottom falls out from under it — something has happened — and all he is asking the Council for is the opportunity to fix it. Judge Pierce explained that we ask people to come to our downtown and spend money and the City makes money off of that. Judge Pierce explained that sometimes people steal things, or drink too much alcohol and stated that Jeff City is bringing 3 these problems in and then Council wants to pass the cost off to someone in Borden or Charlestown exclaiming that this doesn't make sense. Judge Pierce stated that the media referred to 1,100 missing cases after an interview with Councilperson Owen. Councilperson Owen stated that he did not reference missing cases in his interview and his comment concerning the inefficiencies in the City Court was in reference to the budget numbers. Judge Pierce stated that he felt it was incumbent upon him to inform the Council that he was unaware of the 1,100 missing cases and it was an issue that blindsided him. President Julius referenced Judge Pierce's comments a couple of times whereby he has quoted Council as having insinuated that taxes would go down and President Julius said he has never heard that before. Judge Pierce explained that he just said that they wouldn't go down and didn't insinuate that, explaining that it is a fiscal issue and saving money is an issue here. Judge Pierce explained that Council may save money in one place, but their constituents will likely feel the cost on a County -wide level if a new court, or two new courts are opened up because it will obviously increase the levy. President Julius explained to Judge Pierce that when they spoke a week ago Sunday he asked for the Judge's proposed plan, that was presented tonight, be made available to him well in advance so that he could then send it out to the other Council members giving them time to digest the information, but stated he just received it tonight. Judge Pierce apologized to the Council for not getting the information to them sooner but explained that it's a pretty straight forward proposal. Vice President Gill apologized to Judge Pierce for not contacting him, if that was what was expected of her, but there was a group of four Council members that President Julius met with regarding this issue and she was not part of that. And, if there was something that she needed to know that she didn't get from Council members or the Controller, she would have called Judge Pierce. Vice President Gill stated that she just wanted him to understand why he hasn't heard from her. Judge Pierce urged Council to look into this issue a little more deeply because a person can't be in the same place two times, so there is obviously an error made. There are 7 days that he counted were the individual in question was working during the classroom time stating maybe they were snow days, maybe they were spring break days, or there is a glitch in the computer system, or record keeping. Judge Pierce stated that if this is a numbers mistake, he doesn't know why Council can't look at these numbers more closely. Vice President Gill informed Judge Pierce that the Council doesn't see time sheets and doesn't have any control over any of the employees. The City Clerk is technically the department head so that is something that needs to be taken up with her. Judge Pierce stated that when it's being used against the court and he is head of the court, he has to make a statement about it. Vice President Gill stated that she didn't know that they were using it against the court. Councilperson Zastawny inquired about a comment that was made indicating more people would go to jail and the jail would fill up faster with the loss of City Court and asked if there was any truth to that. Judge Pierce answered that it was just speculation, obviously, but the idea is there are only so many cases a judge can see in a day and only so many pretrial conferences a prosecutor can have in a day, so at some point you reach mass and eventually there is a backlog. Judge Pierce stated that there are hidden costs that would occur if the court closed. An increase in offenders sitting in jail longer due to the backlog will cost taxpayers more money, another court would probably require 4 another prosecutor, more jail time and more expense for court space, and stated that there are probably a thousand other costs that he hasn't even thought about. Judge Pierce stated if another court opens up, taxes will go up for County residences, which about 40% of the County is Jeffersonville, so he doesn't feel there is any cost savings for anyone. Judge Pierce stated that he doesn't know of any department in the City that makes money. Councilperson Zastawny stated that in Sellersburg and in Charlestown, they closed their city courts and then asked Judge Pierce if the Council can close the City Court, could they also establish a City Court, and Judge Pierce stated yes they can. Councilperson Zastawny remarked that it doesn't seem like they have had consequences to the point where they feel like they need to reestablish City Court and when they closed the courts the expense was shared County -wide. Councilperson Zastawny stated that he agrees that the City of Jeff is 37-40% of the County, so we would pay 40% of that extra expense, but stated that there must not have been serious consequences to the loss in the city courts (Sellersburg and Charlestown) or they would have been reestablished. Judge Pierce stated that those courts combined didn't have as many cases that he will have this year even with a reduced amount. Judge Pierce stated that with City Court costing less than 1% of the City's overall budget, it's something that needs to be addressed. Judge Pierce stated to Council members that he appreciates their consideration. Councilperson Owen made a motion to PASS 2014 -OR -57 on the third reading, with Vice President Gill seconding. Councilperson Samuel commented that at the last Council meeting, he voted against closing the court based on trying to determine the value it provides to the City through our constituents and stated that there has been a lot of conflicting information. In his mind, the missing cases and employees teaching at Ivy Tech that were discussed tonight did not make a difference in whether to keep open or close City Court. One of the statements that was made at the last meeting that concerned him was that a bunch of the cases will be dismissed due to the clogging up of the courts and the felony cases will be dismissed while misdemeanor cases will be heard. Councilperson Samuel stated that he spoke to the Prosecutor's Office and was told that is absolutely not accurate and law requires that felony cases be heard before misdemeanors. Councilperson Samuel also stated that he spoke to the County Judges, local Police Chief and some State Legislators and was trying to identify the harm it would cause by closing the court. Councilperson Samuel stated that he found it interesting that every one of those people he spoke to indicated that closing the court would not cause a problem, and he found that unusual. Councilperson Samuel stated that over the last few years there has been an effort to close the court and he has been one who has pushed against it and also questioned the motivations of the people that were suggesting to close it, but after much soul searching and speaking to the folks who are directly involved with using the court and its value, he will vote to close the court tonight. Vice President Gill stated that when saw on the news that she was being accused of making this decision based on politics, that was untrue and explained that all of the numbers that are in front of them have nothing to do with politics. VP Gill explained that all of the conversations that she has had at the State level, at the City level, at the County level — the numbers can't be disputed, so she called and had meetings with her constituents. After giving them the numbers and asking for them to get back with her, not one of them stated that Council is jeopardizing public safety, or felt like it was political. Vice President Gill stated that her constituents looked at the numbers and had the same concerns she had; therefore, stated that she is standing by her support to close City Court. 5 Councilperson Owen stated that he also reached out to a member of the County Council and asked what the operating expenses for the circuit courts were and it was explained to him that the circuit courts are not budgeted individually, but are budgeted together (all 4 courts). That budget is $1.7 ML which is an average of $425,000, which is less than what our City Court is operating on and stated that this speaks to his comments of inefficient use of the court. Vice President Gill referenced minutes from a City Council meeting on December 4, 2006, which states that "Councilperson Perkins said Mayor Waiz has an idea to abolish City Court " indicating that the closure of City Court has been discussed since 2006. Aye, Councilperson Smith X Councilperson Zastawny X Councilperson Smith X Councilperson Payne X Councilperson Sellers X Vice President Gill X President Julius X Councilperson Owen X Councilperson Samuel X Nay After the roll call votes, the motion PASSES on the third reading by a vote of 8-0. 2. Amy Deering — PUBLIC HEARING 2014 -OR -59 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation: PUBLIC HEARING — 2014 -OR -59: Council President Julius opened the Public Hearing at 7:51pm and without further comment closed the hearing at 7:52pm. Ms. Deering stated that there were no changes from the last Council meeting. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to PASS 2014 -OR -59 on the Third Reading, with Vice President Gill seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. B. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Mike Kaphammer, Clark -Floyd Counties Convention Tourism Bureau — Advertising Jeffersonville during Bridge Construction: Mr. Kaphammer presented a marketing proposal to help mitigate in a positive way the "big squeeze". Mr. Kaphammer stated that with the exception of rush hour in the morning and the evening, it's not that difficult to get to Jeffersonville and Clarksville and this marketing proposal would make the public aware of that. The Tourism Bureau has three marketing people on staff and they would like to put a one year campaign together which Tourism had already designated $30,000 toward and are requesting a contribution of $30,000 from Jeffersonville and $30,000 from Clarksville to go toward the total cost of the campaign of $90,000. Mr. Kaphammer explained that the purpose of the campaign is to soften the negative image that exists with the public that you can't get to Jeffersonville and Clarksville due to the bridge construction. President Julius stated that his initial idea was to go to UEZ, the Council and Redevelopment to request each contribute $10,000. Councilperson Smith stated that he thinks it's doable and 6 appropriate and also suggested getting in touch with their State Senator and try to recoup some of this money. Councilperson Smith explained that he didn't feel that it should cost the taxpayer since this bridge project was something that was handed to us. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE $10,000 of the $30,000 to go toward this campaign. Councilperson Owen remarked that council would have to do an additional appropriation and Vice President Gill stated that we don't have time for that. Controller Deering suggested taking the money from the Council's Special Projects budget line item and Council members agreed. Councilperson Smith stated that in order to speed the process up, they should go ahead and approve the full $30,000 so Mr. Kaphammer can move forward with this marketing campaign. Vice President Gill made Mr. Kaphammer aware that there is a commercial and they don't want to double pay for another one. Councilperson Samuel WITHDREW his motion requesting approval of $10,000 and agreed to change it to the full $30,000. Councilperson Smith asked Mr. Kaphammer to come back and show Council the proposed marketing campaign and Mr. Kaphammer stated that he would do so. Councilperson Smith made a motion to APPROVE taking $30,000 from Council's Special Projects line item, along with the request that the campaign be shared with them prior to it going public, with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. 2. Dennis Julius — Amendment to the Jeffersonville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #100 Contract: President Julius stated that he emailed Vice President Gill, Councilperson Zastawny and Councilperson Samuel a copy of the agreement that was reached with the FOP. President Julius stated that the agreement agrees to pay raises in 2015 of 4%, and 3% in 2016 and going outside the contract in 2017 at 2.1% and they have also agreed to a 2% shift differential for base pay only. This will sunset in 2017 so it will not continue on past the contract. An agreement was also made for them to sit in on the insurance committee that was created, through 2017, with no incentive. President Julius stated that this was done through the FOP and Fire contracts. Council Attorney Lewis advised Council that they would vote first, then the FOP and then the language will come later. Vice President Gill made the motion to APPROVE the FOP contract, with Councilperson Sellers seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. Councilperson Samuel advised that Council needs to establish the salary for the chiefs and assistant chiefs. Mr. Lewis stated that you can do a motion now, but technically, it has to be done next year as well. Councilperson Samuel stated that they need to figure out how to address this before the first pay in January, 2015. 3. Kim Calabro — 2014 -OR -60 An Ordinance Fixing the Salaries of Elected Officials of the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, Commencing January 1, 2015: Human Resources Director Kim Calabro stated that she and Les Merkley, Amy Deering, and Vicki Conlin met regarding this ordinance. Ms. Calabro explained that last year's ordinance had sections where they reference longevity pay, holiday pay, cell phone stipends, take home vehicle stipends, retirement, and isn't sure how that got into the ordinance since elected office holders don't have any of that, so they all agreed that it didn't apply and removed it. Ms. Calabro stated the ordinance in the packet before them tonight is what they came up with. Vice President Gill asked if the salaries have changed and Ms. Calabro stated that they have not. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2014 -OR -60 with the changes on the First and Second Reading, with Vice President Gill seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. 7 4. Dennis Julius — City Health Care Clinic: President Julius asked Council if there were any questions regarding the contract/agreement that he sent to them on the City Health Care Clinic for review. Mr. Lewis requested changing on page 5, paragraph 19, Miscellaneous Section, 4th line — change from "Kentucky" to "Indiana". President Julius asked if the hours that are listed in the contract can be changed and Ms. Calabro stated that the decision for the hours of operation will be made collectively. President Julius also questioned the language in the contract on Pg. 1, Para. 1 stating that "the company (city) shall have no role whatsoever in the organization, operation, management of the administration of the clinic". Also, on page 2, #5 of the contract states "the number of employees working at the company's (city) facilities at 500 Quartermaster Court, 47130, or otherwise, in close proximity to the clinic's site". Ms. Calabro explained that they were just referencing that this was our business site. President Julius stated that he feels that the contract can be approved with these exceptions: Page 1, paragraph 1 and the hours of operation. Councilperson Owen made the motion to RECOMMEND approval of the contract for the City Health Care Clinic subject to the changes that have been mentioned, with Councilperson Sellers seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. 5. Amy Deering — 2014 -OR -61 An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds within the Same Department: Ms. Deering stated that this ordinance represents some transfer requests that came in from the Safety, Fire and IT Departments where they had some needs within a different series in the budget. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2014 -OR -61 on the First and Second Reading, with Vice President Gill seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY REPORT: None at this time. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: 1. Chief Eric Hedrick, Jeffersonville Fire Department: Chief Hedrick advised the Council of an upcoming retirement in the Fire Department on February 18, 2015, and stated if they did want to start someone ahead of time to replace that person, there needs to be an adjustment in the Salary Ordinance. Vice President Gill stated that when this was brought up before, Chief Hedrick argued against it. Chief Hedrick explained that was because there had to be a change in the Salary Ordinance and Council wouldn't make the change due to a previous situation where a man was to go to Afghanistan and ended up not going, leaving an extra person. Councilperson Sellers stated that it wasn't the council, but PERF who had the hiring issues remarking that Council would have approved that in order to save on overtime. Chief Hedrick stated that in order to do that PERF work in advance, it would require an adjustment in the Salary Ordinance based on what Corporate Attorney Les Merkley told him. Vice President Gill asked Ms. Calabro if there was a way to bring someone in before January 1, 2015, and Ms. Calabro stated they are at the mercy of PERF who can take one month or three months to approve. Chief Hedrick explained that the reason he is bringing it up tonight is to explore a way to do something creative with the Salary Ordinance so that they could bring someone in on a temporary status so that they could have them trained in advance. After discussing options, Councilperson Smith suggested Chief Hedrick speak to other Fire Departments in other cities such as New Albany, and see how they handle this situation. President Julius stated that Council is in agreement to bring someone in to cut down on the overtime, but is asking Chief Hedrick to look into ways that it can be done. 8 PUBLIC COMMENT: None at this time. COUNCIL COMMENTS: Councilperson Smith: None at this time. Councilperson Zastawny: Stated that negotiations are a really tough thing to do and those on the Council who haven't put their time in on the Negotiation Committee need to step up and check it out. It's difficult and challenging but feels that both sides worked in good faith and did the best they could for the firefighters and the City of Jeffersonville and is happy with the results and hopes everyone else is as well. Received a response from the Tourism Bureau regarding his request for money to go toward lights at the Woehrle Athletic Complex to enhance tourism opportunities in Jeffersonville. They replied with a request to fill out an application and Councilperson Zastawny stated that he is going to do that. They will also need to do a presentation for the Tourism Board and set up a bond mechanism. Councilperson Payne: None at this time. Councilperson Sellers: Wants to thank the negotiating team and knows that it is a lot of work and also wants to thank the Police because they have been patient with just with the bonuses that they've gotten the past three years. Vice President Gill: Wants to thank the negotiating team as well as the FOP. They've always stayed in good contact with them and always come to the negotiation table stating they want to work with the City and they reiterate that every time. When Judge Pierce spoke tonight he referred to the Deputy Clerk's position of not clocking out, and wanted to let everyone know that she just received a text message verifying the Deputy Clerk's pay was docked during that time and Human Resources did handle everything. Vice President Gill asked Ms. Calabro if this was correct and she stated that this was her understanding. Vice President Gill stated that she does not want the public to think that the City Clerk's Office wasn't doing what they should be doing. Councilperson Owen: None at this time. Councilperson Samuel: Reminded Council that negotiations weren't over. They now have the Fire to work with. President Julius: Asked Mr. Lewis if he had heard anything from White Reach and Mr. Lewis stated that he has not heard whether or not they have complied. Mr. Lewis stated that he will call Les Merkley tomorrow to get an update and let Council know. Evening News reporter Elizabeth stated that it was her understanding they didn't close on a deal and they have intentions to get the deadline extended again. 9 ADJOURNMENT: Councilperson Samuel made a motion to ADJOURN at 8:38pm, with Councilperson Owen seconding, PASSING on a vote of 8-0. TED BY: Vicki Conlin, City Cler APPROVED BY: Dennis ius, President 10