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Regular meeting June 27, 2005 hearing. Ms. Colquitt disagrees with this position from her colleagues. The Council always asks for citizen input and it isn’t appropriate for the citizens that live close to these areas, not to have an opportunity to voice their comments. Some may be alright with it, some may not – but in all fairness of all the citizens, they deserve to hear this. The bill was given its second reading. The bill was given its third reading. Mr. Brot moved adoption. Ms. Welsch seconded. Ms. Colquitt moved to table this bill. Mr. Sharpe seconded. A motion to table takes precedence. The motion to table was defeated 3 to 4, with Ms. Brungardt, Mr. Wagner, Ms. Brot, and Ms. Welsch voting Nay. Mayor Adams thought it intriguing that other pieces of legislation, as brought up by two Councilmembers, have been delayed or held over to solicit public opinion. This is the first time that he has heard certain Councilmembers moving legislation because they didn’t want to hear public opinion. Ms. Brot said that she didn’t say that we didn’t want to hear it; she said that it wasn’t required. Mayor Adams said that may be true, but there have been other pieces of legislation that did not require public hearings where the majority of the Council had pushed for public hearings. Historically, when a Councilmember asks to have a public hearing on an issue, the Council has deferred to allow said hearing. This is the first time, in his memory, where a Councilmember has asked for a public hearing and the majority of Council has denied that Councilmember that privilege. Ms. Welsch said that she would have interpreted this issue differently from Ms. Brot and Mr. Wagner, if this was not a pilot project. This bill specifically sets up a pilot project. She believes that during this pilot year, she believes our citizens will be able to respond to the actual presence of chickens in University City, as opposed to a perception of a problem. After the period of one year, the Council will have the option to review it and take citizen input based on fact on whether or not the program should be continued. Ms. Brungardt said that she already knew of illegal chickens living among us. They have not brought any negative complaints that she has heard of at all. She has never met a University City chicken. She only knows about these chickens based on word of mouth. She thinks we need to move forward and not volley back and forth on this issue now. Ms. Colquitt disagrees. She asserted that Ms. Brungardt did not know for sure if there had been any complaints, because the City Manager had not been asked to prepare a report. Just because a complaint has not been brought forward, does not mean that we Page 18