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Following a recess from 3:25 P.M. to 3:32 P.M. Council continued to July 17, 1978, discussion of maintaining the hiring freeze, on the motion of Councilman Brandt~ seconded by Councilman Ward, carried 5:0 unanimously. A motion made prior to the recess by Councilman Bricken, seconded by Councilman Brandt, to maintain the hiring freeze and to direct the Staff to provide a monthly report of personnel vacancies, failed to carry on a 5:2 vote, with Councilmen Ward and Garthe dissenting. Councilman Bricken asked Staff what would occur if the hiring freeze were continued until the City reached the point where it would have to be restructured to continue to provide services. City Manager Spragg responded that the City would have to review any number of areas to consider contracting out some services, to merge some services with the County or with other cities, or to discontinue providing some services the City has provided in the past. Councilman Ward stated that in the event the City does not receive funds from the State to supplement next year's revenue that City structure must be reanalyzed and reorganized. CA 50 ~ CA 65B HIRING FREEZE EXEMPTION REQUEST On the recommendation of EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT Warren H. Clark, Director APPROVED of Equipment Maintenance, in his report of June 27, 1978, the hiring freeze was lifted and hiring of three Equipment Mechanics and one Equipment Serviceman was authorized, on the motion of Councilman Brandt, seconded by Councilman Bricken, carried 5:0 unanimously. The request for exemption was made at the suggestion of Council following discussions of the Maint- enance Service Department at the budget review meeting held on June 24, 1978. CA 50 CHANGE IN CITATION PROCEDURE On the motion of Council- VEHICLES & VESSELS FOR SALE man Bricken, seconded by FILED Councilman Brandt, carried 5:0 unanimously, a report dated July 6, 1978 prepared by the Planning Department recommend- ing that courtesy notices be eliminated from the procedure to prohibit the illegal display and sale of vehicles and vessels in various locations in the City, and that citations be issued upon first violation, was received and filed. The Planning Department makes this change to eliminate Staff hours required to track down second violations. CA 79 BOWERS MUSEUM ACCREDITATION Deputy City Manager REPORT Manuel Rede reported to Council the progress toward accreditation of Bowers Museum; that he and the Museum Director, Reilly Rhodes, had communicated with Albert Bergeson, Regional Commission of U. S. Customs, who found that an investigation of museum imports had been completed and the case closed in 1974; that the Museum had been found not in violation of any Federal regulations; that Mr. Bergeson had agreed to inform Mildred Compton, Chairman of the Accreditation Committee, before the Committee's next meeting in mid-September. He reported further that Reilly Rhodes had prepared a letter to the Accreditation Committee asking that the accreditation be granted by the present Committee. Mr, Rede also said that a letter from the Mayor had been prepared asking Congressman Patterson for any assistance he might give to expedite the process of accreditation of the Museum. CA 85 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 288 JULY 11, 1978