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Drive be inserted verbatim into the minutes. President Oxian moved the minutes be corrected by the insertion of the motion verbatim. Commissioner Petrass asked if there may be some confusion with Mrs. King- Hendriksen being referred to as Mrs. King or Mrs. Hendriksen. Commissioner Petrass asked that the name be consistent throughout. President Oxian moved the minutes be accepted with corrections. Commissioner Weiner seconded the motion. The motion passed, unanimously. B. Treasurer's Report Commissioner Weiner distributed a proposed budget for 1995. Commissioner Weiner gave explanation for the figures. Legal Counsel DeRose noted the CDBG was not actually the amount of the Administrative Assistant's salary because of employment expenses such as FICA, Workers Compensation Insurance, etc. President Oxian explained the overall amount should be $19,000. Mrs. DeRose said a new expense should be added for employment expenses to make the budget balance. President Oxian said he had signed a contract with the City for the CDBG, so he knew the figures exist on paper somewhere. C. Correspondence Ms. Anderson inquired if the Commissioners had received a copy of the pamphlet describing the Preserving the Recent Past Conference. She noted the office had received several copies of the Procedural Due Process in Plain English booklet from the National Trust and it was available to the Commissioners if they wished to borrow it. She reported HLFI had sent a letter asking for nominations for the Servaas Memorial Award for 1994. She reported the office received from the Alliance Review of Preservation Commissions A Report on Preservation Commissions Identification Project Completed. She commented if any Commissioners were interested in that information to contact the office. D. Committee Reports 1. Budget and Finance Reported in Treasurer's Report. 2. Legal No report. 3. Historic Districts Commissioner Choitz reported the Lincolnway West District was progressing on their Standards and the Steering Committee was working toward a public hearing date. 4. Historic Landmarks a. First Reading None. b. Second Reading None. c. Status of Recommendations to Council President Oxian reported all the Landmarks had been taken off the December agenda for the Council as it was the same evening as the Commission's meeting. He reported they are all pending. He also reported 310 West Monroe was recently sold. 5. Standards and Maintenance Commissioner Van Dalsen reported the Committee had met to discuss COA violations. She noted many legal questions had come up that needed to be answered, but the Committee had several suggestions to pursue. Legal Counsel DeRose reported she believed in order to create penalties, the Ordinance would need to be amended. She said there may be other means that does not require amending the Ordinance such as notices or some form of public embarrassment. President Oxian inquired if property owners violating HPC Ordinances could be