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wondered who told him that it left. Mr. Crow said we need to come back to the credibility issue, are we telling too many people different things to make them happy or are we running the City the way it should be run. Mr. Crow wanted to know where the City is with the firehouse grant. He said he agreed with Ms. Ricci that he would like to get a Park’s update and maybe one of these days there will be a City Manager’s update. Mayor Welsch said that when Council approved their Rules, it was agreed that they would follow Robert’s Rules of Order which states clearly if something goes on the agenda, sufficient information should be given to the body so that they will know what will be discussed. She said it was not a question of putting it on the agenda but rather a question of putting it on the agenda with no background information for members of this Council so they could come prepared to discuss whatever is on the agenda. Secondly she believed if Mr. Crow went back over the minutes that he did not ask Mr. Walker to get back to him on the Council Meeting in April, you said has anyone considered the fact that one of the Council’s meeting might fall on the first night of Passover. Mayor Welsch wanted to make it clear that a draft of the calendar was passed out to Council for review and the City Manager asked for feedback last October and did not receive any comments on it. Mr. Sharpe asked Ms. Watson the names of the communities that have fifty percent reserves in their budget and he asked Mr. Walker to get to him on where the City is with Kingsland Walk. Mr. Walker said that a draft calendar was circulated to all Councilmember and there was opportunity for comments at that time. In respect to the City calendar, he noted that Council has already been advised that it has been referred to the City Attorney and there has been no resolution in the past week or two. In reference to Ames Place, he said the City does have in place a zero tolerance zone and he spoke to the Police Chief and the Chief did not believe the officer made that statement. Lastly in reference to the City Manager update, Mr. Walker said unlike the previous City Manager he has not had an Assistant City Manager but has recently hired an Administrative Assistant who will be responsible for preparing an update on items of interest. Mr. Kraft said the Council meeting is on the sixth night of Passover and he only had one constituent ask about it. He said most Jews take the first two days off but not the whole week. Mr. Kraft said what democracy says is you do what the majority says. He thinks his website, his letters have been consistent: making U City’s government more efficient with no cuts in services. What is on his website is clearly his own views and there is no secrets about that. He said in the past the Council received the budget in May and voted on it in June with no discussion on spending the reserves. He said that the process in the past was not good and the process this year could be improved on again next year. Mr. Kraft said having public meetings, study sessions and passing a resolution so the City Manager does not have to guess at what the Council wants. He feels the disagreement is alright in a democracy, you disagree and vote. In the final analysis we all live together, vote and carry on. Mr. Glickert sent emails he received to the City Manager on the run held on Gannon this weekend thanking the police for their assistance. Ms. Ricci said we had a meeting with the Wilson folks and when the agreement was originally made it was not known at that time they would tag the current grant to it. She said if the City should receive the additional $987,000 that if any additional money beyond the million dollars would be needed, it can be used. She said the down time is the delay with the projection of 15