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"- Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Smith, to schedule hearings for February 28, 1977. Mr. Delay expressed concern regarding the annexation policy and, asked if it could be a scheduled discussion item at a Committee-of- the-Whole meeting in the future. Manager said that perhaps Mr. Porter and Mr. Delay could get together and have a discussion first. Mr. Haws and Mr. Bradley both expressed interest in attending such a meeting. Mayor Keller said that he felt that it was the general consensus of the Council that the item should be set for a Committee- of-the-Whole discussion. ""--' Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. V. Approval of request by LCOG Acting Executive Director for review of proposal for limited compensation to Board Chairman (memo and proposal distributed to Council) Mr. Haws indicated that this request was made, with the issue being whether the Chairman of the LCOG Board should be paid to offset his lost income. Mayor Keller expressed concern over the legality of doing something of this nature. Mr. Long, of the city attorney's office, said he did not know and that he assumed that the Counsel for LCOG had considered the problem. Mr. Obie asked whether compen- sation could be made to the members of the Planning Commission. Mr. Long replied it could not be made. Mr. Obie then said that because the Planning Commission members, who spend hundreds of hours of time are not reimbursed because of City policy, then he would not be in favor of reimbursing on a piecemeal basis, in this instance for the LCOG Board Chairman. Mr. Delay said that he did not like City policy but the Council was dealing with another Board at this time and sees no conflict. He said the merits of the case were that people are losing income by serving and should be compensated for that loss. Mr. Lieuallen raised the possibility that conceivably one Council member could become LCOG Board Chairman and be receiving money and that would be in conflict with the City Code. Mayor Keller said that was a concern of his as to whether it was legal or not. He asked staff to respond as to its legality. Mr. Bradley said the Council could make a recommendation to support this request based on the staff recommendations and findings. Mr. Lieuallen replied that the charter is the City Council's policy and the City Council would have to change the Charter to take another position. Mr. Long replied that the Charter limits the Council on what it can do and this question is different. LCOG is a separate governmental unit and has different funding, etc. He said it was not an easy question to answer. Mr. Lieuallen moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to instruct Mr. Haws to vote no on the proposed compensation request. "- 2/28/77--c40 \1b Pub Hrg . e .