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Motion by President Litten, seconded by Councilmember Bullock to receive and file the oral report. All in favor. Motion passed. 2. RESOLUTION 2022-44 - A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, to enter into an Agreement with the Lakewood Firefighters Association for a three-year period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2025, and ratifying that Agreement. (Referred to COW 10/17/22) (pg. 00 1) Motion by President Litten, seconded by Councilmember Bullock, to adopt Resolution 2022-44. All in favor. Motion passed. 3. RESOLUTION 2022-45 - A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, to enter into an Agreement with the Lakewood Paramedic Association for a three-year period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2025, and ratifying that Agreement. (Referred to COW 10/17/22) (pg. 037) Motion by President Litten, seconded by Councilmember Bullock, to adopt Resolution 2022-45. All in favor. Motion passed. 4. Report from Public Safety Committee regarding meeting held November 7, 2022. (to be provided) Councilmember Baker delivered the following oral report: We had a good discussion. There was one docket item which was the communication from myself, Councilman Bullock, and Councilman Shachner, regarding speed enforcement trends that was introduced on October 3rd. From October 3rd until now, the Administration as well as my colleagues have worked together to understand the landscape and layout the conversation we had tonight, which was very frui ful about speed enforcement. Also, we had some discussion of the traffic calming program, but tried to focus the communication and the discussion tonight on enforcement trends. The Planning Department,particularly Dave Baas, gave a really good overview ofsome traffic data. ChiefKaucheck, and the Police Department, gave a really good understanding of some of our enforcement trends. We ended up deferring the communication so that we can meet again in January to see where we are at. Two of the outcomes were potentially studying having traffic cameras in school zones. Then also some type of detail from the Lakewood Police Department to focus on speeding within the school zone potential using traffic camera and having some pre and post data to understand if cameras had an effect and actually slowed people down. There was also public comment about traffic noise and how it affects the quality of life. There are some things that we can research that other cities may be doing to address that our public commenter actually noted that it is the second 2