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<br />Charter. A lot of work had gone into the plan and it was Council’s responsibility <br />eventually to vote on the plan in a timely manner. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr stated, again she objected, noting that evidently Mr. Kraft had this <br />planned long enough to write it out. Ms. Carr stated she did not have a chance to <br />check much but she could tell you can tell you the Bike Walk Task Force put <br />together by the Mayor, did a fine job. She said there were a couple of problems <br />such as the task force brought forth an ordinance that asked Council to abdicate <br />their responsibility to make policy. Ms. Carr said she disagreed with Mr. Kraft <br />comments stating that Council was not responsible for policy. She believed that <br />he was also wrong, as the listing of the powers of the council dealt with taxation; <br />public services; public improvements, as streets, stripping, and signs; adoption of <br />standard codes is what the street will look like and when it will be repaired and <br />replaced; issuance of bonds; condemnation of property; ownership of property; <br />acquisitions, maintenance of public buildings; collection and disposal of sewage; <br />weights and measures; regulations of buildings; listing the others stating these <br />were the twenty-some powers of Council. Ms. Carr then read the powers and <br />duties of the City Manager; he shall be the chief administrative officer of the city <br />and shall be responsible to the Council for the proper administration of all the <br />City’s affairs. He should have the power and shall be required to: appoint City <br />officers, employees; remove all officers and employees; prepare the budget <br />annually and submit to the Council and be responsible for its administration after <br />the adoption. Ms. Carr noted the major policy document of the City is the budget <br />and City Council makes the final decision by their vote and the City Manager is <br />responsible for its administration. She noted there was nothing listed under the <br />powers of the City Manager that talks about taxation, streets and roads and all <br />are the Council’s responsibilities. Ms. Carr noted that most of those decisions are <br />made in the course with the passing of the budget and that is why it is so <br />important to take the budget apart and look at it. Ms. Carr said her objection <br />were as much to the content of the Bike/Walk Pedestrian Draft Plan and the way <br />it was brought to Council. She said the biggest problem was not that parts of it <br />did not follow the City Charter but the fact that the subdivisions, where paths were <br />being routed, had no say. Ms. Carr said the University Park Trustees did not <br />understand the letter that was sent out by Ms. Riganti. She said they did not <br />realize that the public hearing had any significance for them and she stated that <br />was unforgivable. Ms. Carr said somehow during that 18-month process, the <br />trustees should have been consulted and at least one could have been <br />considered as a stakeholder. She then asked Mr. Walker who makes decisions <br />for grants, when was the grant for the bicycle plan brought to the City and if it was <br />submitted in the form of a resolution and passed by Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker stated that he would have to verify that, but he did not think it was. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr stated that normally when you look back at all the other grants; they <br />were accepted in the form of a resolution and approved by the Council. She <br />stated on October 4, 2010, she was busy with the former Councilmember Lynn <br />Ricci, who had just taken social security numbers of all the employees and <br />transferred them from a secured city computer to a Gmail account and she was <br />not focused on the task forces at that time. Ms. Carr believed that whatever <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />