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.' Another concern was that the issue had gone on long enough, and he felt that he did not want to support a delay. He said he would consider an appropriation split of 75 percent for facilities, 12.5 percent for recreational and cultural services, and 12.5 percent for tourism. C.B. 1462--Relating to the transient room tax, creating a Subcommittee of the City Budget Committee, and providing for procedures; adding Sections 2.070,2.071,2.072, and 2.073 and declaring an emergency was read by council bill number and title only, there being no Council member present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Hamel moved, seconded by Mr. Williams, that C.B. 1462 be read the second time by council bill number only, with unani- mous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Ms. Smith noted she was in favor of both the ordinance and the reso- lution, stating that the members of the Subcommittee felt it was a very appropriate way to expend the funds and the power of the Subcommittee would be structured so that public hearings would be held in regard to determining who would receive future room tax allocations. She noted there was a built-in continued review by the Council. - Mr. Delay said he was against adopting the ordinance as he was very concerned with the appointment process and felt it unfair that the mayor shoul d make the appoi ntment to all subcommi ttees of the Council. He noted that this Subcommittee was too important, one which would be dealing with the distribution of public funds and therefore was opposed to the ordinance. Mr. Lieuallen said he would feel more comfortable if the Budget Committee made the appointments to its Subcommittee. He did not have as much a problem with mayor appointing some of the boards and commissions, but he did not like to see the mayor appoint members of Budget Committee to a subcommittee of the same group. Mr. Bradley concurred with Mr. Delay and Mr. Lieuallen. Mr. Hamel noted that he could live with the mayor choosin9 the members of the Subcommittee, noting that the mayor had been elected by the entire city, while the City Council members were only elected by certain wards, and there- fore he felt that the mayor had a broader appointment power. Ms. Smith noted that this issue of appointment by mayor was an agenda item scheduled for the work session and perhaps could be resolved at that time, saying she felt it more important at this particular point to pass the ordinance so that the Subcommittee could continue with its work. Ms. Smith moved to amend the motion to initiate the proposed al ternate ordi nance whi ch woul d read "a room tax subcommitee to remain in existence to July I". . Mayor Keller noted that the work session probably would not solve the problem of a very devisive Council. He noted that historically 33l(- 4/25/77 --17