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REGULAR MEETING October 8, 2018 know?And so therefore,that is where we are. I recognize that we need to do that. We need to have that. There should be some representative from the Zoning Committee at those meetings with everybody. I have to still be with that anyway no matter what but we need somebody there. We have to be kept in the loop. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic stated, And just a final thought. Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, Go for it, I'm a peace. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic followed up, Instead of taking it out entirely, if they did want to at least start the process in 2019, maybe leave a little bit in there? Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, How much do you need? Dr. Mueller stated, May I offer one (1) suggestion so as to ensure our Controller doesn't have a heart attack trying to figure out how to move all this stuff? What if we commit to not hiring the new position until we have a consensus from the Council? The only thing we've asked for in the budget, in terms of this move, is this one (1) net new position. We can commit to not filling these positions until we have a consensus from Council. At this moment, I don't want to give the nightmare of accounting to the Controller's Office. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, I see some life in that. What are your thoughts? Councilmember Sharon L.McBride stated,I know I'm new to the Council but I've been presenting to the County Council for nine(9)years in my role so I understand a little bit about appropriations. So, you have to appropriate and put a number in there before it can pass. I'm open for having it and us having discussion. Part of my thing is I totally agree with everything that has been said about the communication and us getting together. I think due diligence on our part has to take place as well so we can have conversation before the eleventh (11th) hour to try to move things forward. I just think we need to take some accountability in that we could have had this conversation as well. Councilmember John Voorde stated, I think we should accept Dr. Mueller's proposal that the money be left in the budget as long as he and the Administration are willing to agree that it will not be spent to hire the person he is looking for until we have an ordinance formulated with the understanding that we want to get that done as soon as possible. Dr. Muller stated, Even if we took the ordinance today without a new ordinance, we would want some ramp up time for the staff. So I think we would be looking for more discussion, a resolution or something prior to the actual ordinance so we can fill these positions and then implement the ordinance. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, So your proposal,though,would be more relative to Bill No. 51-18, right? Councilmember Jake Teshka concurred, Correct. Dr. Mueller replied, Well there is the budget of the salary in this bill. The position itself is in the Salary Ordinance but the salary for all the positions for DCI are in the Salary Ordinance. Councilmember Jo M. Broden followed up, Quarterly staff reports to Committee Chairs, I think, takes care of all this, frankly. A status report on a quarterly basis, especially when we have these big things coming. I think that helps. It helps bring everybody along. The cards are out,the benefit can be there. You can still go full-boar forward but there is that opportunity. How we handle the budget process could be afforded to zoning issues. I know I have benefitted from reports from Police and Fire. Those have been phenomenal. Those types of touch points I think can help avoid a lot of this.We are part-time,you are full-time.We have to bridge the gap somehow and someway. It is not adverse but is the tool most of us need being in the positions we are. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked Council Attorney Bob Palmer,The rate increase is not in this, correct? Council Attorney Bob Palmer replied, That is correct. 21