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because the contract requires advance payments and the City's signature prior to Mr. Nelson's signing; and that the con- tract is within the budget allocated by the Council for the production ($16,000). After a' short discussion of the agreement, on the motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Evans, advance payments required by the contract were approved, and the Mayor and Clerk were authorized to execute the contract on a (4:2) vote, with Councilmen Yamamoto and Ortiz dissenting. A-76-56 ORAL COMMUNICATION Councilman Ortiz SISTER CITY PROGRAM reported that he had COUNCILMAN ORTIZ received the reports showing previous attempts to maintain a Sister City Program, but that he still wished to proceed with his promotion of the idea. On the unanimously approved (6:0) motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto, Councilman Ortiz was appointed as Council liaison to investigate a Sister City Program at no cost to the City. CA 67 ORAL COMMUNICATION Mayor Garthe announced COUNTY PARAMEDIC PLAN that he, Councilman PROGRESS REPORT Brandt and City Manager Spragg had attended an Orange County League of Cities meeting regarding the County Paramedic Plan. City Manager Bruce Spragg elaborated on the meeting, stating that the County plans to place on the November ballot the establishment of a County-wide paramedic taxing district; that he, Mayor Garthe and Councilman Brandt have been attempt- ing to develop the City's position on the matter; that essen- tial elements of the plan, in his mind, are: 1) Any paramedic taxing district would be totally voluntary for the cities' participation; 2) each City which does choose to participate would be able to retain, at its own option, the choice of operating its own program or joining with other cities; 3) Cities should be able to develop the types of things already started as well as to charge a portion of their costs; that Santa Ana could utilize non-firemen certified paramedics if desired; that it would be beneficial if the cities took a uniform position; that there should be time prior to the elec- tion for the City to formulate a position. CA 112.22 JOINT DINNER MEETING The Joint Dinner Meeting LIBRARY BOARD of the City Council and the Library Board was called to order by Mayor John Garthe in the Black Star Room of the Saddleback Inn, 1660 East First Street, with all Councilmen in attendance. The fol- lowing members of the Library Board were also present: Chairman Bill Hill, Harold Jenkins, Robert Kohl, Ginger Yates. Mr. Howard Samuelson, Library Director, was also in attendance. Mr. Samuelson responded to Chairman Hill's request and stated that the Library is operated efficiently and effectively, but needs increased per capita support. He distributed a compara- tive data report of the ten public libraries in Orange County, indicating that all of them have higher per capita support than Santa Ana: only one has lower costs per books circulated; that the City has the third highest number of books circulated per staff member (over 14,000), the third lowest number of employees per 100,000 book circulation, and second lowest in ratio to population. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 176 MAY 3, 1976