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Nova Felton, 8031 Noel Ct <br />Ms. Felton stated that she is looking forward to this new Council being honest, <br />transparent, being accountable, ethical, respectful and civil. She would like to Council to <br />report what the total cost of the State audit actually is. Ms. Felton also asked the have <br />the cost of the employees’ time should be factor in. She estimates the City to pay an <br />addition $20,000 in employees’ time. Ms. Felton also suggested each councilmember <br />have individual budgets and be charged for time they speak to department heads, they <br />be charged and billed for any overages they might incur. <br />Paulette Carr, 7901 Gannon Ave. <br />Ms. Carr noted that she was the petitioner requesting the state audit and felt she had the <br />responsibility and opportunity to look at a lot of programs to hand over to the auditor. <br />Acting Director of Community Development came forward and stated that one of the <br />incentives and tools the City has is tax abatement and is a reasonable request of any <br />business to ask for and granted only by Council approval. <br />Edward McCarthy, 7101 Princeton Ave <br />Mr. McCarthy noted that on Council’s approval of trucks, Ms. Watson was not told which <br />one to purchase. Secondly he thought all the vendors bid on the price for two trucks so <br />if the price goes up $10,000 do you approve it. His next topic is on private subdivisions <br />but does not understand why they don’t get the same services everyone else gets. Mr. <br />McCarthy was asked by his subdivision to ask for three things: 1. Snow removal of <br />anything over two inches and they don’t have to be the first to get this snow removal. 2. <br />Pick up large branches at least come by every once in awhile to remove them and 3. <br />Sweep the streets just as the City does for the rest of the City. Mr. McCarthy said they <br />pay the same taxes and follow the same laws and wanted to know shy they don’t get the <br />same services. <br />Mayor Welsch asked Ms. Watson to let her know if the price of the one trash truck’s <br />purchase price changes significantly. <br />M. COUNCIL COMMENTS <br />Mr. Glickert welcomed Ms. Watson as an Interim City Manager and will do anything she might <br />need to help her. He congratulated the Director of Parks Nancy MacCartney for securing a <br />grant for Mooney Park for new playground equipment. He also congratulated the Assistant City <br />Manager for receiving the Outstanding Assistant of the Year award from the Missouri Assistant <br />Management Association. Mr. Glickert presented the May 10 issue of TIME magazine <br />recognized the 100 most influential people in the world and Michael Sherraden, a professor at <br />Washington University in the school of social work, and a resident of University City. Mr. <br />Glickert asked if a proclamation could be given to him. Mr. Glickert quickly gave an idea of <br />what he does. He seeks a world in which success is a function of determination and merit and <br />not privilege or political favor. <br />Mr. Price commented on the election and noted that a lot of things get said and done that <br />should not have been and he knows that Mr. Crow is an honorable person. He hopes that <br />Council can move forward as there are some big financial problems that Council needs to deal <br />with, deal with Olive Street Rd., deal with the development that needs to take place and keep <br />the services we have. Mr. Price noted that on June 7 there will be a budget hearing and he <br />urged people to attend to see where the City stands and what do you really want. He noted <br /> 13 <br /> <br />