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9. BILL 8968 — Introduced by Mr. Glickert. An ordinance amending Chapter 2.62 of the University City Municipal Code relating to the Police and Firefighter’s Retirement system, by repealing Section 2.62.051 thereof, relating to investment accounts, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as “Section 2.62.051 Investment Accounts,” thereby amending said section so as to clarify the method of computing credits to an employee’s investment account. L. CITIZENS’ COMMENTS M. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mr. Price thanked Ms. MacCartney and her staff for re-instituting the youth basketball th from K through 8 grade. He would like for staff to check into why there was a lack of girls signing up. Ms. Brot congratulated Janet Watson, Deputy Director/Finance Officer and Julie Feier, City Manager for receiving their ten year award as members of the International City Manager Association. She would like to remind councilmemebers that commission appointments will be changing soon and the need to turn the appointments into the City Clerk, as the Boards and Commissions are an important segment of University City’s government. Ms. Brot complemented University Heights 3 for their letter to Ameren UE, highlighting the twenty separate power outages that they have experienced. She asked the City Manager to reaffirm to Mr. Rainwater that University City would like this situation remedied. She wanted to remind everyone of the Holiday Walk in the Loop on December 1 and invited all to visit the trolley which will be open from 11:00 to 2:00. Mr. Glickert congratulated Deputy City Manager Watson and City Manager Feier also on behalf of the Council for their ten year recognition. Ms. Ricci asked the City Clerk to investigate process that would be needed to have all Councilmembers’ microphones live. Ms. Ricci motioned to charge Ms. Pumm to inquire into the cost to reconfigure Council’s microphone system so that they are open at all times and further that Council will give it a try. This motion was seconded by Mr. Glickert. Mr. Sharpe, Jr. asked to make sure the microphones could be cut off if necessary, if they were all live. Mayor Adams asked where it would be expensed in the budget. The motion was approved with three Nays from Mr. Sharpe Jr., Mr. Price and Mayor Adams. Mayor Adams also requested the possibility of getting an extra microphone. Mr. Sharpe, Jr. moved to recommend to the Arts & Letters Commission, that all University City calendars photo shots in some way relate only to University City for all future calendars. This motion was seconded by Ms. Ricci and was approved unanimously. Mayor Adams gave the following dates of future events and meetings: Meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.