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Booth; San Timoteo Project Assessments; Volunteer Fire Department; Council cellular phone bills; and requested that Item 21 of the Council Agenda be moved forward. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS Procedures for Lifting Hiring Freeze and Hiring Policies Councilmember Bennett presented for Council approval and adoption a resolution regarding procedures for lifting a hiring freeze imposed by action of the City Council and a resolution relating to hiring policies. Mayor Gaytan asked City Attorney Biggs to describe the resolutions. She explained the resolution relating to procedures for lifting a hiring freeze which would resolve the question: When a hiring freeze is imposed by resolution does the following year's approved general budget automatically lift the hiring freeze due to authorization of positions in the budget? The proposed resolution would state that any hiring freeze would still be in effect regardless of the approval of the general budget. Discussion continued among the Council members. Councilmember Bennett clarified the changes to the resolution relating to hiring policies which excluded (1) public safety personnel, (2) hiring of temporary seasonal personnel in the parks and recreation department/neighborhood services and added the caveat that would allow a department to justify to Council the necessity for filling a position. Discussion continued. Motion/second by CM Sanders/Hutton, to call for the question. M ' otion/second by CM Sandoval/Bennett, to adopt and approve as presented Resolution No. R-1 7-97, with the deletion of lines 6 & 7 (opening statement) and on page 2, Section 1, wording of "Parks and Recreation Department" should read "Neighborhood Services." After discussion addendum to the motion/second by CM Sandoval/Bennett, to insert the word 44SWOM99 on page two, line three ". . . . exception of sworn public safety personnel ....... After further discussion, vote on the motion: CM Sanders/Mayor Gaytan/CM Cook voting NO; CM Chastain/Bennett/Sandoval voting YES; and CM Hutton abstaining. City Attorney Biggs defined that an abstention is going with the majority and declared that since there was no majority, there was no action on this motion. Discussion proceeded regarding adopting and approval of Resolution No. R-16-97, regarding procedures for lifting a hiring freeze and the item was pulled at Councilmember Bennett's request. AGENDA REVIEW As requested, Items 1, 2, 7, and I I were pulled for discussion and separate vote. CONSENT CALENDAR K