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thing, in response to one statement you made: with regards to Police and Fire and things like that,you're not in the City of South Bend. You are in the City of New Carlisle. There would be no expectations of City services, but the rate is where this is all— Mr.Nussbaum interjected, I'm not saying that we are not getting something that we should get. What I am saying is that we are paying for something that we are not getting. When someone was asking for examples and criteria—this is an appropriate example. Committeemember Dr. Varner asked Mr. Horvath if he wanted to respond to Mr.Nussbaum. Committeemember Dr. Varner then asked, Or Mr. Schmidt?Are you feeling comfortable with the notion of a consideration with regards to negotiations? Where do you stand on that? Mr. Schmidt responded, Thank you, Mr.Nussbaum, for your statement to the Council. We just want to reaffirm why e are here. We are asking you to reaffirm the ordinance that has already Y gY Y been passed, to make it applicable to the users outside the corporate boundary. We do believe that we have many factors and momentum to negotiate a private use agreement to bring forward. We do not anticipate that this could be an extended negotiation. We respectfully ask that we not hold the rest of the ordinance and our ability to begin getting fees that were not consistently applied in previous years. We need to move forward on this. We need to get some finality to it. The multiple statements that Mr.Nussbaum brought up are all good reasons why 17-29 already exists. We have every expectation to be able to negotiate in good faith, without the threat of a lawsuit hanging over the City and Council. We expect to be able to get something done, and the ordinance to get something done already exists. We know what we have to get done with that ordinance. We have the public hearing today: reaffirm the ordinance and let the City move forward with all its customers and come up with the special rate agreements when the customers ask for them. Committeemember Davis stated, Do we make a motion to send this forward tonight? The public hearing tonight is not a problem. The question is: how much time should we allot, if we go on too late, or should we have a thirty (30) or sixty (60) days situation? Committeemember Dr. Varner asked Committeemember Davis if he had a motion to make. Committeemember Davis stated that he would opt to have the public hearing in the evening as well as allot Mr. Nussbaum thirty(30) days. Committeemember Dr. Varner stated, If it goes to the floor tonight,there would then have to be a motion on the floor to continue. So, we can take it from this point, if you want to do the hearing tonight. Committeemember Davis asked, But then the thirty (30) days? Committeemember Dr. Varner responded, Well,then after we have heard the input or the evidence, we can decide whether to continue for thirty (30) days or take action. 6