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<br />BILLS FOR INTRODUCTION <br />Introduced by Ms. Brot: <br />BILL 8920 — <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY <br />MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL, BY <br />ENACTING THEREIN A NEW CHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS “CHAPTER 2.41 <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX BOARD”, CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE <br />AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. <br /> <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS <br />Richard Docket, 6844 Crest Ave. <br />Mr. Docket said that the street lights on 6600 block of Crest have been out for over six <br />months. He said that Ameren UE is requesting a rate hike and they haven’t begun to take <br />care of the present problems, in a timely fashion. <br /> <br />COUNCIL COMMENTS <br />Ms. Ricci thought that Council was taking the time to discuss bills on their first reading. <br />She had wanted to discuss items on bills being introduced, bill number 8920. Ms Ricci <br />listed the following corrections or questions: <br />1.) 241.030 Officers & Rules of Procedures is not a part of the statute. <br />2.) the statute uses the word “any” tax but the University City version says “the” <br /> tax. <br />3.) responsibility of each governing body instead of or, <br />4.) 241.080 the language in paragraph (a) is what the statute says yet the statute is not <br /> clear, consequently this provision is not clear. <br />5.) 241.080, paragraph (b) the statute does not have a limitation of one page in length. <br /> as stated in this bill. <br /> <br />Ms. Brot stated that previously Mayor Adams had said that he would announce the names <br />of his nominations for the Economic Development Retail Sales Tax board, selected from <br />those recommended by the Council. Mayor Adams responded that he had originally <br />planned to do so, but the City Manager had asked him to wait until the St. Louis County <br />Council made their one nomination. <br /> <br />Ms. Brot wanted to go on record thanking and complimenting City staff for the great job <br />done during the second recent extended electrical outage. Ms. Brot encouraged people to <br />attend any of the public meetings with Ameren UE to protest their handling of the past two <br />major electrical crises while simultaneously introducing a rate increase. Mr. Price said that <br />he was planning on joining Ms. Brot in the protest to Ameren UE and was encouraging <br />everyone to join him. She felt that University City‘s staff needed to improve the <br />communication with the citizens in letting them know where help can be found in possible <br />future crises. <br /> <br />Ms. Brot also reminded Councilmembers of the Big Read program and the pizza lunch on <br />February 17. She was looking for any suggestions for encouraging community <br />participation. Moreover she also encouraged everyone to attend, “Hannah’s Suitcase”, a <br />play by Metro Theater and Edison Theater, January 11 – 21, as part of the Big Read <br />program. <br /> <br /> 6 <br /> <br />