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many of Governor De Wine's decisions, including closing schools restaurants, and public <br /> places. These actions were taken to avoid people congregating, etc. They were undertaken to <br /> 'flatten the curve. " Councilmember Kepple asked if MetroHealth was offering mental health <br /> services and if there was an uptick in need for those services, and Mr. Allen indicated that <br /> there was a higher need. A MetroHealth helpline is free and available to all. Director <br /> Gelsomino noted that her department is transitioning from congregant meals to delivery <br /> ones. What was a telling conversation for me was regarding the amount of cases in <br /> Lakewood. Director Allen nigh fully pointed out that we need to guard against the <br /> stigmatization of individuals and also talked about the individuals right to privacy in this <br /> matter. <br /> After Mr. Allen exited the meeting, Mayor George gave an overview of what her <br /> administration is doing to address the crisis. They have situation reports daily and that helps <br /> keep us all up to date. Chief Dunphy gave an overview of the Fire Department's process to <br /> address the crisis and indicated that they were following guidelines put out by the CDC, <br /> WHO, and state level agencies on the matter. As far as categorizing people, Chief Dunphy <br /> indicated that the department is following the CDC public health flow chart for determining <br /> how to categorize things. At the time, there was no one in the city that had been diagnosed <br /> with the virus. Mayor George pointed out that there may be a future need to call an <br /> emergency council meeting in the future to pass legislation to give her and Council leeway <br /> during the crisis in regard to funding ofstaffpositions. That meeting happened a couple days <br /> later on that following Thursday, to give an indication of how quickly things have been <br /> moving. <br /> Vice President Litten made a motion, seconded by President O'Malley to receive and file the <br /> oral report. <br /> A roll call vote was taken as follows: <br /> Yeas: Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner <br /> Nays: none <br /> On the motion: Motion passed. The oral report was received and bled. <br /> ****NEW BUSINESS**** <br /> 2. Communication from President O'Malley regarding appointments to the Citizens <br /> Advisory Committee. (pg. 1) <br /> President O'Malley made a motion, seconded by Vice President Litten to receive and file the <br /> communication. <br /> A roll call vote was taken as follows: <br /> Yeas: Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner <br /> Nays: none <br /> On the motion: Motion passed. The communication was received and filed. <br /> 2 <br />