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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 28, 2003 APPROVED 49 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH •50 51 A. Consider First Reading of Ordinance No. 13-03, Approving Clerk/ Treasurer Charter 52 Language Amendments, Bob Bening 53 54 Mr. Bening, member of the Charter Commission, stated they have been working for a year and a half 55 on separating the Clerk and Treasurer terms and functions. He indicated they developed what they 56 believe will work, and it was passed by the Charter Commission. In order to take effect, it has to be 57 approved by the City Council, in the form of an ordinance, which is before the Council now. He 58 indicated there had been an error in the packet information, but that has been corrected and the new 59 one is before them tonight. 60 61 Councilmember Dahl moved to approve FIRST READING of Ordinance No. 13-03 amending City 62 Charter to reflect City "Clerk/Treasurer" language changes. Seconded by Councilmember Carlson. 63 64 Councilmember Dahl indicated she would like to thank Mr. Bening, Mike Trehus and the Charter 65 Commission for the work they have done. She stated she is on the Charter Commission, and they 66 only meet about four times a year, but the work they have done on this is above and beyond the call 67 of duty. 68 69 Councilmember Carlson added her thanks to the Charter Commission. 70 71 Motion carried. Councilmember Dahl voted yea. Councilmember Carlson voted yea. •72 Councilmember O'Donnell voted yea. Councilmember Reinert voted yea. Mayor Bergeson voted 73 yea. 74 75 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 76 77 A. Proclamation Declaring week of May 11-17, 2003 "Police Week", Dave Pecchia 78 79 Public Safety Department Director Pecchia indicated May 11-17 would be Police Week, and asked 80 everyone to remember Peace Officers Memorial Day to recognize the efforts of the community 81 servants who work to make the community better and safer. 82 83 Councilmember O'Donnell moved to approve the proclamation declaring May 11-17 Police Week. 84 Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 85 86 Councilmember Carlson asked that the proclamation be posted on the website since it was not read 87 for the public and those at home. 88 89 Motion carried unanimously. 90 91 B. Consideration of Quad Cities Police Proposal 92 i) Decide whether to participate in further exploration 93 94 City Administrator Waite Smith summarized the staff report. She added that in the Council packets is •95 a draft of the issues the City Council felt needed to be addressed before further exploration would 96 lead to action, based on discussions at the previous work session. 2