A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER Councilor Echols read instructions to citizens.&nbsp; Deborah Bond,&nbsp;Finance and Management Services Director&nbsp;... 1. RESOLUTION NO. 3046: EXTENSION OF WAIVER FOR NEW BUSINESS LICE... Eric Schmidt, Community Development Director introduced Kristin C... Steve Fancher, Director Environmental Services&nbsp;introduced&nb... Ron Papsdorf,&nbsp;Government Relations Manager&nbsp;presented th... Mayor Bemis noted that April 5 Council meeting will be canceled d... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE 2. FINANCIAL AUDIT SUMMARY: MERINA &amp; COMPANY&nbsp; Kamila Austin, Partner with Merina &amp; Company described the re... Councilor Fuhrer asked how&nbsp;staff&nbsp;tracked fees that were... Dan Blue presented the staff report (PowerPoint Exhibit B). Councilor Fuhrer referred to the tone of discussion around the BE... Motion to Approve THE APPOINTMENT OF RIC OLANDER TO THE CDHS COMM... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... C. CONSENT AGENDA Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1, C-3, C-4, AND C-5.<BR... Mr. Schmidt said given both incentives, of the overall dollar amo... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NUMBER 3047 EXTENDING THE SMALL BUSI... Mr. Blue presented a Letter of Support from the&nbsp;Natural Reso... Mr. Papsdorf said there is a fairly broad support and value of th... Vote to Approve THE APPOINTMENT OF RIC OLANDER TO THE CDHS COMMIT... Mayor Bemis&nbsp;noted he&nbsp;will be obstaining from the vote a... Councilor Warr-King asked if there were any issues due the the li... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NUMBER 3047 EXTENDING THE SMALL BUSINE... Councilor Fuhrer asked how often staff would present an update to... Councilor Fuhrer referred to the bills for Council consideration,... Councilor Warr-King announced that the Gresham Sister City&nbsp;A... Councilor Warr-King said&nbsp;as&nbsp;liaison to the Finance Comm... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1, C-3, C-4, AND C-5.<BR> ... Mr. Schmidt said&nbsp;no,&nbsp;most of the improvements have been... Mayor Bemis&nbsp;thanked everyone in the organization who made th... Mr. Blue currently staff plans for an&nbsp;annual formal report w... Mr. Papsdorf&nbsp;said that is the exact assessment&nbsp;made by ... Councilor Echols asked why&nbsp;the absents of the fraud policy i... 3. SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR INTERNAL OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES Ap... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NUMBER 3046 EXTENDING THE SMALL BUSI... Councilor Echols&nbsp;asked how&nbsp;the word will get out to the... Mayor Bemis referred to the&nbsp;liquor license bills&nbsp;and sa... Ms. Moffitt said fraud policies were not&nbsp;looked at&nbsp;in t... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NUMBER 3048 APPROVING A GRANT AGREEM... 4. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NUMBER 3046 EXTENDING THE SMALL BUSINE... Mr. Blue said it will be&nbsp;in the City's spring news letter, o... Councilor Warr-King asked about the level of support in Salem on ... Councilor Fuhrer&nbsp;asked if the fraud policy would be from the... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NUMBER 3048 APPROVING A GRANT AGREEMEN... Councilor Echols ask it if would be noticed as an&nbsp; utility b... Mr. Papsdorf referred to the&nbsp;second page of the staff report... Ms. Moffitt said this would be a best practices fraud policy&nbsp... Motion to Approve AND AWARD THE PURCHASE OF PANASONIC TUFF BOOKS ... Mr. Blue said staff is working closely with&nbsp;the Communicatio... Councilor Warr-King asked what the differences are between Gresha... Motion to Approve AGENDA ITEM E-3 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR INTERNA... Mr. Papsdorf said the&nbsp;differences relate to notification of ... Vote to Approve AGENDA ITEM E-3 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR INTERNAL ... Councilor Echols referred to the&nbsp;gang intervention services ... F. COUNCIL MEASURES AND PROPOSALS Mr. Papsdorf said he is not&nbsp;sure that there will be a hearin... Councilor Echols asked if these are general fund dollars. Mr. Papsdorf said yes these are general fund dollars. Mayor Bemis said the Board of the League of Oregon Cities has men... Councilor Fuhrer felt council should not be neutral on SB&nbsp;76... Mayor Bemis asked for&nbsp;more information on the liquor&nbsp;bi... Councilor Echols reiterated her&nbsp;appreciation for the synopsi...