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Session 1205, Minutes December 18, 1978 will also cost a lot of money. Page 15 Councilman Kelley said the Council, if it has good reason to vote against the ordinance, should vote on the ordinance tonight if they wish to have the election in February. Councilman Adams said he would like the option of picking the election time, but he would like the legal opinion of outside counsel before voting on this ordinance, and wanted to be sure he is following city, state and federal laws - that what he is voting on is legal. Councilman Lieberman said he thought Council should proceed to set a special meeting for January 3rd, to consider this issue. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE No. 4061 Loretta Waxman, 847 Westgate, a representative of the University City Associ- ated Neighborhood, ACORN, said that their organization is proposing an amendment to Ordinance No. 4061, Section 21-36, to exclude senior citizens from increased registration rates for larger cars, and have them pay a flat registration fee of $2.50. She said many municipalities in St. Louis County already do this as a concession to people over 65 on a fixed income. Thomas Chase, 747 LePere, also spoke in favor of this proposed amendment. Councilman Glickert asked it this was being proposed for all senior citizens, regardless of income, and Mr. Chase said it was. Mayor Mooney asked if this would apply to all cars, regardless of type or size, and Mr. Chase said it would. Councilman Sabol said he would like to ask the City Attorney to draw up an ordinance to this effect. Mayor Mooney said we should determine how much it will cost the City. He asked Mr. Ellman to gather some information on this matter. Mr. Ellman reminded the Council that the application for a license does not show the age of the applicant, so he would not have a precise method for determining the exact cost, but based on the fact that about 1/5 of the popu- lation is 65 or older, the City would lose in the neighborhood of $5,500. Councilman Lieberman said a better apprcach for this group might be to present their proposal to the state legislature with the possibility of adding this to the circuit breaker. BILLS FOR THIRD READING None BILLS FOR SECOND READING BILL NO. 7292 - FIXING THE COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES AS ENUMERATED HEREIN FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1979, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 5093. The City Manager said that Bill No. 7292 should be amended to include changes