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Roll Call vote Ayes: Mr. Kraft, Mr. Glickert, Mr. Sharpe and Mayor Welsch Nays: Dr. Carr, Mr. Crow and Mr. Price Resolution 2014 – 14 was removed. BILLS – first reading Introduced by Mr. Glickert 6. BILL 9227 – An ordinance amending Chapter 340 of Title III, Traffic Code, to revise traffic regulation as provided herein. Introduced by Mr. Sharpe 7. BILL 9228 – An ordinance amending Chapter 355 of Title III, Traffic Code, to revise traffic regulation as provided herein. K. CITIZEN COMMENTS Kurt Becker, 115 McMenamy Mr. Becker had a clarification on what was said earlier that the Civil Service Board had set a date for the firemen appeal and noted to his knowledge that was not the case. Secondly he spoke on question posed about how many hours of overtime are now being worked. He said that number as of today is 963 hours. Lastly he is present despite all of the emotions, frustrations and anger that have been expressed; he was optimistic that we can move forward. He was optimistic that there is a path out of this. Mr. Becker said that if anyone would want to sit down and discuss this he is a willing and able participant. Beth Martin. 410 Mehville Ms. Martin stated she has had conversations with ward one Councilmembers, friends and neighbors. Her understanding from these conversations was that University City from its Charter prohibits employees from participating in an election. The state law spoke specifically as to what a city could do. Ms. Martin said the firefighters participated in a photograph and was in accordance with state law and the City Charter is not in agreement with state law. She said the City needed to change their rule to be in accordance with the state law. Ms. Martin said the basic agreement is what is a uniform and what does it mean. She said it no longer is a question of whether they were in uniform or participated in a campaign; those candidates all lost. The City called in the firefighters after the election and suspended them. She noted that she did think some of firefighter’s campaign literature were not appropriate but in the end the firefighters were suspended, lost their pay and the City is paying overtime. In general, her conversations were with whether the suspensions were too severe. Mr. Walker stated to her that he would be willing to reconsider and re-evaluate the suspension. He stated it was important to him that the union apologizes and admits they were wrong. Ms. Martin said she has heard that the union expressed an apology to Mr. Kraft and he would be willing to sit down again to discuss it. Ms. Martin said she was frustrated with all of the resolutions and the no or postponement votes. She asked the Council to have the City Manager update the City’s laws to clarify what the state statute says. Ms. Martin noted that Mayor Welsch’s newsletter stating that there was only a small group of disgruntled citizens and thought that was demoralizing and not true. Beth Norton, 734 Trinity Ms. Norton stated that Councilmember Carr was her representative and she had voted for her because she came to her house and said she was responsible for having the State of Missouri audit University City. Ms. Norton said Councilmember Carr is in the paper and writes more letters and posts than anyone on the dais. She said Ms. Carr exaggerates and embellishes in what she writes and it inflames people. Ms. Norton said Ms. Carr gives characterizations and interpretations which are not true and she is constantly complaining about everything. Ms. Norton noted that Dr. Carr is the first to criticize everyone. 15