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Session 1533, Minutes Page 11 (me December 10, 1990 CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY." The bill was assigned No. 7994 and given its first reading. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. Schomer moved that Council meet in executive session at 8:55 p.m. this date in Room 6 of City Hall for the purpose of discussing personnel matters. Mr. Adams seconded the motion. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Thompson, Price, Adams, Wagner, Schuman, Schoomer, and Mayor Majerus. NAYS: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Majerus reminded Council of the annual employee holiday luncheon on De- cember 21 at the Community Center. She urged councilmembers to attend so they may talk with and thank those who keep the City going. Following brief discussion, Mayor Majerus said the next Council study session will be held Saturday, January 26 at the Library. Mayor Majerus extended her best wishes to all present for a very happy and healthy holiday season and new year. Mr. Adams noted that the State Legislature passed an ethics law, and he asked for information as to the kind of reporting that will be required of public officials in the future. Mayor Majerus said exact requirements for financial disclosure filing have not yet been received, but she would ask for guide- lines as soon as they are available and distribute them to Council. CITIZEN COMMENTS Mr. Bob Kaufman, 8129 Stanford, said he was surprised recently to be ticketed for raking leaves into the street before the deadline for doing so, noting that this happened on the only day he had help, late on Friday before they were to be collected the following week. He felt this policy, which resulted in $27 tickets for himself and same of his neighbors, was inappropriate and punitive, particularly when it then took the City more than a week to collect the leaves. He did not understand the heavy-handedness of this policy, par- ticularly when other areas of the city were inundated with leaves, in some cases actually causing a hazard. Mayor Majerus said this neighborhood was certainly not singled out, and there were problems all over the City, with other areas also ticketed. She noted that when leaves are put out ahead of time and there is rain, the storm sew- ers often get stopped up, causing many problems. She added that the leaf situation will get worse, particularly starting next year when no yard waste at all can go into the landfill. She said the City could take a fresh look ir ihme at this law, but as a citizen she was unwilling to support a policy that al- lowed people to rake their leaves into the street and let them sit there for weeks. Mr. Kaufman suggested that perhaps the schedules could be adjusted to meet the needs of various areas as opposed to weeks of leaves sitting in