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April 18. 2006 9. Fred Schoenfeld, 415 North Street, spoke in opposition to several items contained in the Operating Budget. 10. Jerry Rogers, 4630 West Norfolk Road, spoke in opposition to several items contained in the Operating Budget. 11. Ronald Reed, 5911 Bertrand Street, spoke in opposition to the increased real estate tax rate. 12. James Mayo, 4424 Seagrove Road, spoke in opposition to the increased real estate tax rate. 13. Dr. David Stuckwisch, Superintendent of Schools,801 Crawford Street, 3rd Floor, spoke in support of the school funding contained in the proposed budget. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, asking the City Manager and Staff to make adjustments to the budget that would support an additional six cent tax rate reduction. Councilman Smith called for a point of order and asked that Council continue with the public hearing. Mayor Holley asked that City Attorney Oksman advise the Council as to whether or not the motion made by Councilman Moody is out of order. City Attorney Oksman advised Council that it was not appropriate to make a motion during a public hearing. Vice Mayor Moody withdrew his motion to be restated at the conclusion of the public hearing. 14. Byron Kloeppel, School Board Chairman, 801 Crawford Street, 3rd Floor, spoke in support of this item. 15. Sharon Anderson, 6005 Dunkirk Street, asked if the Ebony Heights neighborhood was included in the CIP. 16. Edward Ellis, 3117 Rolen Road, spoke in opposition to the increased real estate tax rate. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, asking the City Manager and Staff to make adjustments to the budget that would support an additional six cent tax rate reduction. Councilman Smith asked that City Attorney Oksman give his opinion as to whether or not the motion made by Vice Mayor Moody was out of order. City Attorney Oksman stated that it was his opinion that the motion would be out of order for two reasons. First, this is not a regular meeting of Council; it is a Special meeting for certain purposes. The law provides that at a Special meeting of Council no business shall be conducted which was not contained in the notice of the meeting. Secondly, the motion made by Councilman Moody does not provide a corresponding reduction in expenditures leading to an unbalanced budget.