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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES-1993-01-23-19931 CITY COUNCIL January 23, 1993 A SPECIAL MEETING of the Evanston City Council was held on Saturday, January 23, 1993 at 9:20 A.M. in the City Council Chamber to consider the 1993-1994 City of Evanston Budget. ROLL CALL - PRESENT: Alderman Rainey Alderman Lanyon Alderman Warshaw Alderman Fiske Alderman Newman A Quorum being present. ABSENT: Aldermen Feldman, Paden and Davis TARDY: Aldermen Esch, Heydemann, Moran and Drummer PRESIDING: Mayor Joan W. Barr Alderman Brady Alderman Washington Alderman Kent Alderman Nelson Alderman Wollin Alderman Engelman Mayor Barr asked for a motion to go into the Committee of the Whole. Alderman Warshaw so moved and the motion was seconded by Alderman Wollin. Motion carried. No nays. REVIEW OF BUDGET MEMORANDA. City Manager Anderson called Council's attention to the nine Budget Memoranda distributed to the Council in the previous evening's packet and the five memoranda placed on their desks that morning. He said that additional memorandas would be ready for the next meeting. He pointed out that Budget Memo #35 updated adjustments made to the budget to date. (At this time Alderman Esch was present.) The changes total $32,700 on the revenue side. He noted that Budget Memo #37 addressed the recent court decision which stayed the recent 6 % Commonwealth Edison rate reduction ordered by the Illinois Commerce Commission. It was anticipated that the decision would have resulted in a $100,000 revenue loss in utility taxes to the City, but the Court decision is expected to delay the implementation of the rate reduction for some time and so the loss to the City is projected to be $50,000 in this budget year. By projecting it at that figure, it will soften the impact on the City revenues in the next budget year should the stay become permanent. At this time Alderman Heydemann was here. 2 January 23, 1993 In response to a question from Alderman Warshaw, Finance Director Shonk explained that the figure for payments - in -lieu of -taxes reflect those payment historically received by the City. He noted that Council had passed a resolution encouraging tax exempt entities to voluntarily give payments -in -lieu -of -taxes, but few have. He reminded her that the taxes are paid a year in arrears, so some have not yet come due. He said that he would check this with the Housing staff. City Manager Anderson promised Alderman Nelson that the City would look into vacating those alleys never opened and would pursue selling them to adjacent property owners. Alderman Rainey requested a Budget Memo that lists the large property owners who are delinquent on their property taxes; an explanation to the Council concerning the implications of these delinquencies; the average length of time it takes to collect these delinquencies; whether these delinquencies were paid late, but still listed in the December 17, 1992, list in the Evanston Review; and how many of the outstanding lease -hold taxes from the Research Park remain unpaid. City Manager Anderson observed that the high number of major property tax bills which are delinquent is why the City has had to go from a 1 % loss to a 2 % loss in the revenue calculations this year. At this time Alderman Drummer was present. Alderman Newman felt that it was very important to monitor leasehold taxes because there are not the same incentives to pay them as property taxes (such as loss of property.) He requested a Budget Memo on whether the owner of the underlying property is responsible for the leasehold taxes if leaseholder does not pay his leasehold tax. He thought that non-payment of property taxes by major property owners was an issue that ought to be addressed in the Economic Development Committee, because of their long-range implications. In response to questions from Alderman Nelson and Newman, City Manager Anderson said that consideration of a possible increase in the cigarette tax could be placed on the Administration and Public Works Committee agenda for the next meeting and that consideration of allowing the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores over 12,000 square feet is scheduled for Council consideration at the first meeting in February. He said that the comparison of Evanston's liquor tax with that of other communities was being undertaken in conjunction with a study comparing overall taxation. In response to another question from Alderman Newman, City Manager Anderson stated that the percentage of building permit fees that was given to the company conducting the plan review and inspection of larger projects was a matter of bid, not of negotiation. Alderman Nelson made reference to a memo released by the police department with the crime statistics for last year. He noted that an ad for a mayoral candidate did not include those statistics and he felt that without them, citizens would be unaware of what the police department had accomplished in the past year. He asked that the statistics and the memo be released to the press, so they could analyze it and bring out the true facts to the public. REVIEW OF EXPENDITURES City Manager Anderson made reference to requests for training that he had received during budget preparation. He noted that for an organization of this size and for what it does, the City does not have as much money earmarked for training as it should, and the boards and commissions have even less. The Commission on Aging requested funds that are not included as a line item in their budget. However, he felt that the City should not be developing training programs in isolation, but training should be done across the board. There may be some training that is unique and specific, but most training should be a combination of the two. He suggested that boards and commissions should have training funds available to them and that a policy be developed as to how those funds are to be expended. Mr. Anderson noted that funds have not yet been identified to pay for that training, but suggested that can happen after a policy is developed. He requested that the Council consider setting aside $10,000 or $15,000 for that purpose in the contingency fund. January 23, 1993 Alderman Nelson suggested that a sum of money be set aside for training of boards and commissions, without a commitment to spend it. He also made a reference to the Human Services to develop a policv to eoverning svendine that monev. Alderman Brady supported his suggestions and pointed out that travel for aldermanic purposes was a problem for many years until a policy was developed as to how much may be spent and by whom. Now it flows rather nicely. Aldermen know what money is available and how it can be disbursed. She supported having a similar procedure for boards and commissions. City Manager Anderson clarified for Alderman Lanyon that the training would be for board and commission members, not staff. Alderman Warshaw suggested that with the reduction in the size of the Council and the reconfiguration of some boards and commissions, Council should scrutinize those adjustments to see whether they necessitate additional financial support for certain committees. She suggested that some boards and commissions might need to subscribe to technical publications to fill in the gaps of information that aldermen used to supply. At this time Alderman Moran was here. Alderman Nelson said that he was struck by the fact that in spite of reducing the Council by half, the budget will for the Council will go from $173,000 for an 18 member Council to $177,000 for a 9 member Council. He suggested that the thesis proponents for a reduced -size Council put forth: "Cut the Council - cut the budget," did not seem to hold true. He envisioned that board and commission members would step in and assume some functions previously handled by Council members, and suggested that perhaps training for board and commission members should be incorporated into the City Council budget. He recommended that the Human Services Committee look into it. PUBLIC WORKS Alderman Newman noted that a secretarial position was being removed from the Traffic Engineering budget and commented that while the staff was extremely hard working, often requests for service took a long time to be filled. He felt that Council members were always anxious to have requests to that department handled swiftly and wondered if removing a secretary would impact service delivery. City Manager Anderson said that the decision was made because it was determined that it would not impact service delivery. He clarified that the reason that some of the requests to Traffic Engineering take longer is because they require extensive field analysis and not clerical work. If eliminating a secretarial position in that department does impact service it will be re-evaluated, as is the case with any change that appears to impact service delivery. In response to a question from Alderman Fiske, Director of Public Works Barber explained that the footnote related to group #970 in Sanitation was in error - it should read $112,000. He also explained that in the 1993-94 Budget year, the City of Evanston will be going on-line with the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County for disposal - hopefully in January, 1994. Disposal fees will go from $30 a ton to $46 a ton, which will include disposal costs and our portion of debt service for that new facility. That accounts for some of the increase in that area, as do some of the adjustments which have been made in disposal over the last few years - such as yard waste and recycling -and where vehicles are assigned. The changes to the program since 1989 and how costs are allocated account for most of the major changes. Alderman Kent, Mr. Barber and Aldermen Rainey and Brady discussed the problems created by snow and ice build up in unpaved alleys. Mr. Barber clarified that the City does not clear alleys except where they provide access City parking lots. He suggested that plowing alleys would generate as many complaints as not plowing them, because plowing them would result in a ridge of plowed snow in front of garage doors. He said that the nature of the last storm, when it rained then froze and then snowed, created a problem with ice that was difficult to deal with. Alderman Brady suggested that since the City has almost completed the paving unimproved streets, that it consider applying the 50-50 program to paving unpaved alleys. Alderman Warshaw supported her idea and said that if the current (federal) administration frees up any transportation dollars for streets and paving, the City should have a plan in place to pave the unpaved alleys, so even if the City has no funds it can allocate to this project, it would 4 January 23, 1993 be ready to take advantage of any federal money that becomes available. Alderman Kent urged the Council to develop a plan that would allow people to use their alleys next winter after a snow. In response to a question from Alderman Newman on the increase in the debt service for the recycling center, Mr. Barber explained that it would be paid for out of the general fund and noted that part of the revenue in that fund is generated by the recycling center and the revenue from the $1 a month recycling service charge. The $109,000 shown is the first full year of the debt. In response to a question from Alderman Rainey regarding the process by which buildings that are converted to condominiums come on-line to our garbage collection, Mr. Barber explained that while there is no formal notification procedure by the City, most condo owners are interested in recycling and the word gets out. Often the developer notifies the association that this service is available. The buildings need to make application to his office. Condominium buildings are eligible when they are 75 % owner -occupied. He noted that there are approximately 4100 condo units receiving City garbage collection, representing most of the condo units of which the City is aware. In response a to question from Alderman Engelman, City Manager Anderson said the Human Relations budget reflected the City's expected loss of funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since HUD did not approve the City's amendments to its Fair Housing Ordinance. Director of Human Relations Thomas explained that our annual allocation from HUD is based grants for each fair housing case. In the past three years, it has averaged between $45,000 and $50,000. He also explained that the budget had been adjusted for that loss on the expenditure side as well. In response to a question from Alderman Rainey, Mr. Thomas explained that there are no uncollected Fair Housing fines, but some settlements to Fair Housing cases involve payments to the City over a period of several years. In response to a question from Alderman Nelson, City Manager Anderson explained that when the City purchased Noyes School, they did so with the agreement that every five years the School District had the option of buying it back if needed for an expanding school population. Miller School was purchased by the City, but did not have a similar clause. Assistant City Manager Aiello further explained that the lease for the Chiaravalle Montessori School in Miller School is up in 1995 and they have begun to think about what they want to do. They are planning to meet with the aldermen in the area. Mayor Barr asked whether the pension bill passed recently in Springfield would affect Evanston. City Manager Anderson said that staff had just received a copy of the bill yesterday and is still analyzing it. They think it will affect police and fire pensions, but not others. In response to a question from Alderman Esch, the City Manager explained that the City is not responsible for funding the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), but only for making contributions to the state. Finance Director Shonk noted that it is not fully funded, but that City pays the amount required each month and is current in its payments to the state. Alderman Brady noted that the City Manager has proposed setting aside $200,000 for staff training and suggested that the line item for training be placed in the City Manger's budget, so it would be easy for Council to track how much money is being spent on. it each year. She also asked how he determined who was in need of what kind of training. City Manager Anderson explained that training was based on both organizational needs and the individual needs of departments. A survey was conducted recently and the allocation will be based on the needs articulated in that survey. He was not sure that a similar survey would be as successful in identifying the needs of boards and commissions. He felt that the amount allocated for staff training is grossly inadequate because the major resource in the budget is dollars for people. It is the time we buy and training is the way to keep people up to skill levels, as skill levels need to change for technology. It is one of the things the City has been inadequate in for many years. He pointed out that it is impossible to do it all in one year because the funding is not there. There are a number of areas that the City is not up to where it should be, but it is slowly moving toward the appropriate level. Alderman Warshaw questioned reducing the line item for receptions and entertainment from $1800 to $0. City Manager Anderson explained that if the need arises, a small amount of money can be allocated from contingency for that purpose. January 23, 1993 LIBRARY Alderman Nelson and Library Director Nye discussed how the new technology, including CD ROM, will affect library operations. Mr. Nye explained that the computerized catalog is currently available by modem. He foresaw a time when books might replaced by discs and when library patrons would be able to access several data bases and CD ROMS from the same workstation. In response to another question, he explained that while storage space needed for books might decline, space needed for computer work stations will increase. In response to questions from Alderman Heydemann, Mr. Nye said that the only really unanticipated expense relative to the move to the interim library site, is if they want to move anything fairly substantial from floor to floor or out of the off -site storage building. Moving large items there requires the use of a freight elevator and a warehouse man. But this is not a frequent occurrence. He pointed out that substantial savings have been realized in maintenance of the interim library site because it is included in the lease of the building. Alderman Nelson suggested that the library form an alliance with the Center for Artificial Intelligence. He felt that it was a natural alliance because that center deals with language, reading and learning skills and they are using the new technologies that would work well in the library for all age levels. Alderman Kent suggested using General Assistance (GA) clients to clean the library since the City was not using regular maintenance workers. Mr. Nye explained that cleaning at the interim site is the responsibility of the building owner. He noted that the public areas of the old library were cleaned by a commercial service under contract and the library branches are cleaned by staff. Alderman Kent suggested dividing the maintenance and cleaning contracts for the new library and have the cleaning done by GA recipients and have the maintenance continue to done by skilled tradesmen. RECREATION In response to several questions from Alderman Newman, Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Wirth said that fees from non-residents help support the operation of the Robert Crown ice rinks and that the fees are the same for both residents and non-residents. He noted that by keeping the fees the same, programs generate more net revenues. In response to another question, Mr. Wirth explained that the City supports Bo Price's Drum and Bugle program because it has been a City institution for many years, deals primarily with at -risk youths and involves many volunteers. In response to questions from Alderman Washington, Mr. Wirth explained that there have been no cuts in funding to the Drum and Bugle Corps this year - expenditures have been charged to a different program line. Superintendent of Recreation Grodsky clarified that volunteers for the program have agreed to use transportation provided by the department rather than contracting that out. Alderman Drummer explained that Bo Price had been teaching (primarily) young black men for about 40 years and volunteers his time, as do others. He discussed his philosophy of recreation and explained that he felt strongly that recreation programs were the best way to reach the at -risk young people in the community. He pointed to the success of the basketball program at Mason Park and felt that it helped contribute to the City's quiet summer. He viewed recreation as the way to establish contact with youth in the community. He noted that the recreation programs use many volunteers and felt that funds for recreation is money well spent and goes a long way in reaching people that the City has been unable to reach before. Mayor Barr briefly reviewed the history of the Drum and Bugle Corps and said that it had been inactive for a time, but was started up again when the Community Development Committee voted to fund the purchase of new instruments. Then she encouraged the aldermen to try to stick to budget issues. Alderman Kent requested a report on the status of a lending library that had been proposed for the Fleetwood- Jourdain Center. 6 January 23, 1993 REVIEW OF OTHER FUNDS In response to a question from Alderman Rainey, City Manager Anderson explained that there are several transfers from the Water Fund included in the budget. There is a transfer of $699,000 from the Water Fund to the General Fund to cover ongoing expenditures. It is the last such transfer that the staff will recommend. An additional transfer of $142,000 is recommended that will be made a part of a permanent transfer. These are funds the City no longer needs to transfer into the bond reserve account and will be used in the General Fund to offset the need for property taxes. It is the Water Bond reserve account and is money that is not needed to meet bond expenditures. He explained that the amount is a derived amount, established in the bonding procedure at the time the City goes to market the bonds. He explained that it is like filling up a glass every year - when it is full you can divert the rest of the water (money). Mr. Shonk further explained that the reason the City has more in the fund than is needed is because of investment earnings. City Manager Anderson said that he may be recommending another small transfer to the Council during February to cover ongoing expenditures. Alderman Warshaw thanked staff and particularly Mr. Shonk for being so on top of our bond financing, and thereby enabling the City to take advantage of dropping interest rates on a regular basis. At this time the Council took a five minute recess. POLICE DEPARTMENT Alderman Newman discussed police staffing levels and his belief that police presence makes a difference to a community. He noted that calls for police service and arrests are up and felt that the City could not adequately respond to this demand without increasing the number of policemen. He suggested that the number of sworn officers should be increased by 25, which he felt would decrease response time, provide a measure of deterrence and increase morale in the department. Alderman Warshaw supported Alderman Newman's suggestions for an increased police presence and said that was why she advocated having the City institute a residency policy for police officers and fire fighters who are new hires. That way they would be a daily presence in the community even when they were off duty and would get to know the community better. She hoped that the Council would reach a resolution on the matter during February. Alderman Heydemann said that she had read the study done by John McKnight that Alderman Brady had referred to at the last meeting. What she recalled from that study was that when police presence was the only factor changed, it didn't make any difference. By itself, as a single factor, it had no impact on the crime rate. The study said that what made the most difference was community involvement - having the community say that it will have zero tolerance for criminal activity. She expressed concern that increasing police presence would be seen as the simple way to deal with a complex problem. She noted that last summer the community had expressed a zero tolerance for gangs and criminal behavior, and pointed out that Mothers Against Gangs has made its presence felt in the parks. She felt that by those actions, the community had shown it was ready for more than a simple solution. She said that it is the citizens' commitment to the neighborhood that will have the most impact on the problem of crime. Alderman Rainey said that this debate will go on as long as there are elected officials, because some of them feel that police presence is better, some feel that community commitment is the way to deal with it and some feel using a combination approach is better. She said that she did not know in which communities the study was conducted or what their unique characteristics were, but did know that this debate has gone on for years. She said that community involvement utilizes a lot of police time and cited the number of police present at a Residential Crime Prevention Committee (RCPC) meeting. She suggested that Council allocate money, perhaps $30,000 to $40,000, to conduct a study of Evanston and police department staffing levels. Such a study could tell us whether the City is using a correct number of police officers and whether it is deploying them in the best way. Perhaps there is a better way to deploy them, perhaps we need more, or perhaps there is a better way to use community involvement. It would be nice to hear from professionals whether we are doing things right. Perhaps the study should look at 7 January 23, 1993 whethers requirement to live in the community would be appropriate. She pointed out that there is no one more commited to this community than her foot patrol officer, who does not live here. She felt such a study would clear up a number of questions. Aldermu Newman agreed with Alderman Heydemann that simply increasing the number of police would be imprudntt; but questioned how the same number of police could handle the dramatic increase in service calls and arrests I I have occurred during the last ten years. He reported that a constituent active in the community police effort bag told him that Evanston police officers were complaining that there aren't enough police. He admitted that heilnd not read the McKnight study, but said that he would like to review it. He supported Alderman Rainey's call forprofessional study of police staffing levels. He would like to be able to go back to constituents and report what theprofessionals say about our staffing levels. Aldernmt Wollin asked Chief Jacobi whether staffing levels had been considered when the Police Department was workiuZ for national accreditation. Chief Jacobi explained that part of the accreditation process was for the departnent to evaluate staffing levels and noted that it is done on an annual basis for the whole organization. He said th*the assessment considered the number of arrests, calls for service, obligated and unobligated time in each beat anw, the number of calls processed, and their assessment was that their staffing levels were appropriate. Alderman. Wollin pointed out that new technology, such as the mobile data terminals, would help police officers use theiff time more efficiently when they are fully operational. Aldernmt Lanyon said that in light of the previous speakers' remarks, he did not feel that this was a budget critical discus4on and felt that time should be set aside in the near future to begin a detailed examination and debate on this. He fehth-at an entire meeting, or several meetings, should be set aside to discuss this. At thisfime Alderman Rainey left the meeting. Aldermn Brady said that the City is in one of those unique time situations now, since it is beginning its search for a newpolice chief. She recalled that when the City was searching for a new City Manager, similar discussions took place Tout consultant studies, but the Council wisely chose to have a new City Manger come aboard and allowed him tomaake his own recommendations. She suggested that the City Manger relay the concerns of the Council to prospective police chief candidates during the interviewing process. She also suggested that a candidate be informed that staffing levels will be an issue that he will be expected to address and to make recommendations on early in his temre if he is appointed. She suggested that allocating money now for a staffing study while being in the middle of a seach for a police chief is not good policy. Aldenimn Warshaw noted that there were many times when aldermen were required to be in more than one place at a time and announced that Alderman Rainey had to leave so she could represent the 8th and 9th Ward aldermen at theground breaking ceremony for the new St. Francis Hospital day care center. She said that the aldermen had been ivolved in meetings on this project over the last several years and she was pleased that it was now a reality. She vies also delighted that Alderman Rainey was their representative at the ground breaking. Alderman Esch wondered where all the surveys were stored that had been done over the years and whether very manyaf them had been implemented. She noted that the field of police administration had changed dramatically over & last twenty-five years, so that those now involved in administration have a great deal of understanding of the level and degree of problems that Evanston is experiencing as an urban suburb. She felt that the presence of gangsaccounted for most of the substantial increase in calls over the last ten years. She suggested that a new police chiefwould bring a degree of expertise that would equal that of any professionals who might do a survey. And she espreased interest in saving the $30,000 a survey would cost. Aldeoian Nelson moved that the Council adiourn as Committee of the Whole and reconvene in reeular Citv Council session. Seconded by Alderman Warshaw. Motion carried. No nays. s January 23,1993 Docket 23-1A-93: Ordinance 4-0-93: Authorizing the Citv Manager to Execute the Revised Redevelopment Agreement - Consideration of proposed Ordinance 4-0-93, by which the City Council would authorize the City Manager to execute a revised Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Evanston, Dayton Hudson Corporation and NCC Evanston Associates Ltd. Partnership. Alderman Nelson introduced proposed Ordinance 4-0-93. Marked Introduced. Assistant City Manager Aiello explained that this was an entirely new redevelopment agreement that had been negotiated over the last week with a new developer. She called Council's attention to two memos that had been placed on the Aldermen's desks which contained amendments to the agreement that had been negotiated the previous evening concerning interest and the Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) program. In response to a question from Alderman Drummer she explained that the MBE/WBE Advisory Committee will be working with staff during the next couple of months to pull together a complete inventory of businesses. Then the coordinator will work closely with the contractors and developers to see how the contracts will be bid out, as he has been doing with the library contract. She noted that many of the MBE/WBE businesses are very small and what the City hopes to do is to establish opportunities for a joint venture situation. If the goal of 25 % MBE/WBE contracts is not attained, the City will retain the last $50,000 of the disbursements due to them and the advisory committee will develop the City's own job training program. She explained that changing developers for this project gave the City an opportunity to put some teeth into the goals it had set in the area MBE/WBE jobs. Alderman Drummer said he was pleased to see that this was more than a "best effort" - that there were concrete proposals. In response to questions from Alderman Brady, Ms. Aiello explained that there were significant changes to the time- line because the new developers felt strongly that there had not been enough time negotiated in the first agreement for demolition, and, as yet, there are no engineering drawings for the center. The developer also wanted to take into account some issues related to the construction season that they did not feel had been appropriately scheduled. All this has been taken into account as it relates to financing - now the City is not required to sell bonds until demolition is completed and it can be sure that the project is really going to go. In response to questions from Alderman Kent, Ms. Aiello said that the word is out about the MBE/WBE program and the coordinator, Mr. Mayberry, has been getting many calls inquiring about the program. She said that he will have had experience with the Marino Project, the library, and the construction side of this project before having to deal with the employment side of this project. She explained that Target has agreed to change the way they advertise for employees for this store. What they will do is to restrict the advertising to Evanston through the Review, churches, flyers in grocery stores, etc., so the pool from which they are selecting will include a large number of Evanstonians. She announced that the Jewel has signed on as the grocery store for the center and noted that the company has a policy of working with both the Illinois Unemployment office and the Youth Job Center, so she expects that practice to continue. She expects that they will begin recruiting approximately six months before the store opens, so new employees will be able to complete the extensive training program before the grand opening. In response to a question from Alderman Engelman, City Manager Anderson explained that in the agreement, the City pushed up the last date it must sell the bonds, but it is not obligated to wait that long. It is possible for us to assess the circumstances, and if we feel the project is going forward and it appears that the market may undergo a dramatic change, the City can go forward at that time. Staff will keep an eye on the project and on the market and try to make an astute judgment as to when would be the best time to sell the bonds to protect the City's interest. Alderman Nelson moved to Susnend the Rules in order to adopt or000sed Ordinance 4-0-93. introduced this mornine. Seconded by Alderman Engelman. Motion carried. No nays. Alderman Nelson moved Council adoption of proposed Ordinance 4-0-93, as amended to include the provisions detailed in memos given to aldermen this morning regarding interest and the MBE/WBE program. Seconded by Alderman Brady. Roll call. Voting aye - Lanyon, Warshaw, Fiske, Newman, Drummer, Brady, Esch, Heydemann, Washington, Kent, Moran, Nelson, Wollin, Engelman. Motion carried. (14-0) 1 9 January 23,1993 Docket 24-1A-93: Resolution 11-R-93: Establishing a litigation fund for the Howard/Hartrev Project - Consideration of proposed Resolution 11-R-93 by which the City Council would authorize the City Manager to enter into an attorney expense sharing agreement concerning a possible Howard Street barrier. Alderman Nelson moved Council adoption of proposed Resolution 11-R-93. Seconded by Alderman Warshaw. Motion carried. No nays. Docket 25-1A-93: Resolution 12-R-93: Partial Reimbursement of Bell & Howell regarding Howard Street Barrier - Consideration of proposed Resolution 12-R-93 by which the City Council authorizes the City Manager to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with Bell & Howell concerning the possible erection of a Howard Street barrier. Alderman Nelson moved Council adoption of proposed Resolution 11-R-93. Seconded by Alderman Warshaw. Motion carried. No nays. Mayor Barr congratulated everyone involved, particularly Assistant Manager Aiello, City Manager Anderson and Alderman Nelson, for bringing the project to this point. Alderman Lanyon moved that the Council recess into Closed Session to consider matters of negotiation and pending litigation. Seconded by Alderman Warshaw. Roll call. Voting aye - Lanyon, Warshaw, Fiske, Newman, Drummer, Brady, Esch, Heydemann, Washington, Kent, Moran, Nelson, Wollin, Engelman. Motion carried. (14- 1 The Council so recessed at 11:48 A.M. and adjourned from Closed Session at 12:21 P.M. KIRSTEN F. DAVIS CITY CLERK