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Special Session 869, Minutes June 26, 1967 Page 10 ought to give the Council an outline of what the policy ought to be with respect to matters that are going to appear in the paper - what it is going to be used for - whether certain departments are going to be highlighted - whether it would highlight the views of certain Councilmen or the l~yor - whether by-lines would be required for each article (so the people know who to blame if they don't like it), etc. etc. He said he thinks there ought to be some discussion by the Council; he is not willing to turn it completely over to the administration to decide all of these things. Councilman Lieberman said he thinks the basic concept has to be approved by the Council at this time so that the monies can be budgeted - then the City Manager as he proceeds comes to the Council for direction - the Coun- cil can certainly give direction in this area, and can certainly discuss it. Councilman Lieberman contended that the City needs something along this line and he is willing to discuss it, but the item should be budgeted now and the Council can then get down to business on it. Councilman Bamburg said he is not against budgeting it. Discussion continued. Councilman Woods concurred in the views expressed by Counci!~u Lieberman. Mayor Kaufman pointed out that for many years the City has been trying to use this vehicle - the School newspaper and the authorities have finally consented to allow the City to "piggyback" its paper along with theirs and he said he thinks if this opportunity is available it ought to be used. It gives the City an opportunity of alerting the citizens at least once a month with respect to problems. The l~yor said that in view of the fact there has been an issue raised with respect to item 1300-B3.4, Newspaper Publication, he would suggest there be a motion on this one item and the Council can then treat all the other Budgetary changes as a group unless he hears objections with respect to other individual items. Councilman Woods moved approval of item 1300-B3.4, Newspaper Publication. Motion seconded by Councilman Bamburg. Upon vote, all members of the Coun- cil voted AYE with the exception of Councilman Epstein who voted NAY. The motion therefore carried. Mayor Kaufman asked whether there are any objections to any of the other additions or deletions. Councilman Grimm asked for clarification on item 2640-B1.2 (To continue Consultant Studies by Mr. Blucher), $8,000, and this was reviewed by the City l~nager who explained this statement is a little misleading and should not read this way. He said the present studies are by Mr. Blucher and he is not intending to indicate by this item that he would be the one necessarily to continue the studies - he doesn't think this should be decided at this point, but he does think the City is going to have some more help - further implementation of some of his reports and study - the City Manager said he has investigated the possibilities of certain of the Federal programs as far as planning assistance - it doesn't look very good in that line - and he thinks the City should have some monies available and Mr. Blucher's contract and consulting services expire around October. He said specifically he thinks it would be aimed at further studies of land use and rezoning. The City l,~nager continued to answer questions and to explain. Councilman Grimm moved approval of the Budgetary Changes, as follows: