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Ql ammtttrr ■rpnrt PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE tJu tit Mom= tfountil of tip QUtj of Onus limb: The October 28, 1991 meeting of the Public Safety Committee was called to order by its chairperson, Councilmember William Soderberg, at 5: 00 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Donald Niezgodski, Ann Puzzello, Loretta Duda, Stephen Luecke, William Soderberg, Linas Slavinskas, Thomas Zakrzewski, Sean Coleman, Eugene Ladewski; Richard Nussbaum, John Leszczynski, Jeff Rinard, Don Porter, members of the news media, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Soderberg noted that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss Bill No. 46-89, which addresses "Defacement or Damage To Property." Council Member Slavinskas, the sponsor of the Bill, noted that this is the second step to the two-phase program addressing graffiti in our City. The first step was the resolution educating the public as to current state laws in this area. Bill 46-89 would make a civil penalty for those individuals who would mark, damage, deface, or otherwise impair the appearance of property which results specifically in a pecuniary loss. He noted that since the Substitute Bill was filed, that he has had discussions with the City Attorney and the Council Attorney with regard to duplication of state law. More particularly, there was a concern that by the inclusion of current Section 13-92 that all such action addressed in that Section would be required to be mandatory and referred to the Prosecutor's office. It was suggested that this should be a discretionary right of the City Attorney's office. Accordingly, it was recommended that the Substitute Bill be amended by the deletion of Section 13-92 ; that Section 13- 93 be renumbered 13-92 ; that Section 13-94 be renumbered to 13-93 ; that in Section 13-91 paragraph (a) that pecumiary be spelled "pecuniary", and that in Subparagraph (b) of the same Section the reference be made to Section 13-92 . Both the Council Attorney and the City Attorney noted that the Bill was enforceable and that initial violations would be paid through the Ordinance Violation Bureau. Council Member Slavinskas stated that he believes that this was a continuing process of implementing local home rule by providing civil sanctions for such activity.