2013-04-22 Regular City Council Session

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happened in those task forces would be handled by the Council, meaning Council would be given the option to approve it. She stated that how the appointments were made was irrelevant, as the Mayor formed this task force and requested the Councilmembers to submit their nominees. She noted it did not say there was any approval of that procedure. Ms. Carr noted this was not much different from the logo issue or from turning off the lights at the driving range. She stated that if they wanted to point to her as the former watchdog or the watchdog, then she would have to agree with President Obama, that elections have consequences. Ms. Carr said she was doing exactly what she was elected to do and that was to remind Council to comply with the Charter. She said that the plan and the ordinance brought to Council, did not comply with the Charter. Ms. Carr stated that she deeply regretted that the Council was not informed prior to Mr. Kraft sitting down and saying that he wanted to talk about Council Rules, when it was more about whether Councilmember Paulette Carr was right or wrong. She said the will of the Council was to send the plan back; to have the Plan Commission take a look at it. Ms. Carr said the Plan Commission does, by Charter, have the right to put together plans from time to time, but that does not supersede the final authority of the Council. Mayor Welsch stated that she did not believe that it was correct to bring former Councilmember Lynn Ricci’s name up in this session and accuse her of moving all of the social security numbers from City Hall off-site. She said it has never been proven and she did not feel they should be happening under this Council. Mayor Welsch reiterated that she had the authority under the Rules of Order and Procedure in place in 2010, to appoint the task force. She also said that Council should remember that the task force recommended that the City could consider a complete streets’ ordinance. She said the task force did not bring an ordinance to Council. Instead the task force talked to staff and staff brought it to Council and that is the way ordinances come to Council. Mayor Welsch reminded everyone that the draft plan is just that “a plan” and she hoped everyone present at the last meeting and this meeting to ask to see the staff’s response to all of the questions that came up at the last meeting. It detailed that it is just a plan and that no one would put a trail through a private subdivision without the approval of the private subdivision. Mayor Welsch stated that this was a 20 to 25 year plan. She repeated again that this plan never came to Council. She said five members of this Council voted to send it back to the Plan Commission, but it never came to Council from the Plan Commission in the first place, which she believed was why she and Mr. Glickert voted against the motion at the last meeting. Mayor Welsch stated that she was not sure what the lights or logo issues had to do with the discussion. Mr. Price commented that with his experience on the Council, the budgetary actions do determine policy. He stated that if we don’t budget to fully staff police, we have determined policy on what the Chief can do. He said if they decided to allocate 80% of the street budget for bicycle trails then that means Council decided a policy we would not fix potholes. Mr. Price said Council has to be clear when they decide budget actions. He said it was not a complicated issue, but a budgetary issue for him. Mr. Price said if they were not fixing the regular streets, then he would hesitate to take money from streets that do not get repaired today 7