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hiINUTES City Council October 28, 1981 Snow The City Attorney reported that the City's present snow emergency ordinance Emergency states that no parking is allowed on streets until such time as snow Ordinance is removed. This applies to snow falls of 2 inches or greater. Mary The Attorney reported that he has a contract executed by the president House and secretary of Mary House. $500 earnest money has been delivered. The remaining purchase price will be issued to the Mary Flouse shortly. The Flttorney stated that the property is registered property and the title will be examined before the transaction wi11 be complete~. This will be done within 10 days. The Flttorney further stated that as far as the City is concerned, the property is theirs and MaryHouse has been informed that there may be recreation employees working at the property. The Attorney also stated that paragraph H was deleted from the contract. Paragraph H dealt with payment of taxes on the property. Mr, fahey asked if the City had liability insurance for this property. The Clerk replied that it had this insurance. Mrs. Scalze asked if the Attorney was going to hand1e the fence situation at the skating rink, or if this should be handled by someone else. The Attorney stated that the Recreation Department should handle this matter. The Attorney stated that the fence should be installed before hockey season. Travel Mrs. Scalze commented that at the budget meeting the Attorney was asked Time to check into the situation of travel payments made to the Recreation For Directors and Assistant Directors. Recreation Directors Mrs. Nardini stated that the Council was concerned about getting in trouble with IRS because the City was paying these directors a flat fee for travel time. The Attorney stated ~hat he did not realize that he was supposed to research this matter as he was not present at the budget meet~ng. The City Clerk stated that he talked to the Flttorney on this matter and was informed that the City could continue to do as they are doing. The Flttorney felt that the directors should be considered as independent contractors and it was their responsibility to keep records for the IRS. Mr. Fahey stated that the directors are employees of the City. The Attorney stated that if this were the case, the City should be reimbursing them for actual gas expense and should have vouchers on hand for those expenses. Fl flat payment could be a problem with the IRS. Page -13-