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<br /> <br />Dr. Carr noted the reason the resolution was important is that the City Manager made an <br />unprecedented move. He endorsed three candidates at the tax-payers expense. Dr. Carr <br />stated it violated the Charter and may be against the laws of the State of Missouri to use <br />public funds to support a candidate or an issue. She said it was important to get a good legal <br />opinion and did not feel they could use the City Attorney as she told Council she works for the <br />City Manager. Dr. Carr asked to get an impartial, professional opinion on whether or not this <br />rises to the level of violating the Charter and state law. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft said he supports the outside opinion but the “whereas” tells what the writer of this <br />resolution wants. He asked how would you get an independent opinion with what the <br />“whereas” states. Mr. Kraft stated that a second opinion would not be necessary as all that <br />would have to be done would be to go to the Missouri Election Ethics Commission. All that is <br />needed to be done is to send the suspected violation to the commission and they are required <br />to investigate and they have absolutely no choice to investigate all complaints. Mr. Kraft said <br />why ask for a second or third opinion for a cost, when you can get a final judicial legally <br />binding answer for free? <br /> <br />Mr. Crow said the purpose of this resolution is to show citizens that all seven members of <br />Council can work together. He noted that there have been cases in which Council retained an <br />independent counsel. Mr. Crow said he would delete the one whereas but it was hard to be <br />disingenuous about money as there is a lot of money being spent on over-time. <br /> <br />Dr. Carr said unfortunately Mr. Kraft was incorrect. She stated the ethics commission does <br />not consider this particular issue. Dr. Carr said it may be able to be heard by the Attorney <br />General’s office. The Missouri Ethics commission will not look at this as she had submitted a <br />complaint to them about this type of issue and was told that it was not the kind of thing they <br />would consider. Dr. Carr stated she has a lot of distrust for a lot of people sitting up here and <br />would like to repair it and move forward. She would like to set some very clear parameters, <br />draw some very clear lines in the sand about what should be done or not done. Dr. Carr <br />stated she could see the next election will be another set of manipulations. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert said he would propose to postpone this resolution as there will be a new <br />Councilmember coming in at the next meeting and can be revisited at that meeting for <br />discussion on costs and who should they hire. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert moved to postpone Resolution 2014 – 12 until May 27, 2014 meeting, seconded <br />by Mr. Sharpe <br /> <br />Roll Call vote: <br />AYES: Mr. Glickert Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Kraft and Mayor Welsch <br />NAYS: Mr. Crow, Mr. Price and Dr. Carr <br /> <br />Resolution 2014 -12 will be carried over to May 27, 2014. <br /> <br />4. <br />Resolution 2014 – 13 University City is rich in tradition of diversity, acceptance and <br />tolerance. Council supports a non-hostile environment where citizens and employees will not <br />fear threat to reprisal for their political affiliation or for permissible campaigning, conduct for <br />filing grievance, or for being a whistle-blower. <br /> <br />Mr. Price moved to introduce, seconded by Dr. Carr <br /> <br />Mr. Price read the resolution. He said if you vote no you want a hostile work environment and <br />don’t want diversity. <br /> <br />Mr. Price called for the question. He said either you believe in these values or you don’t. <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />