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~~~ State.S avings and the Bank at Heinen's have tied into our alarm system through the Police Department. This is offered. to all residents and merchants. It will be a monetary benefit to the Village.. Our new rescue vehicle is iri service but since Chief Hejcl is back, the Mayor stated he would let the Chief report on this. Mr. Avery had informed the Mayor that he should have a summary of the Village's progress during the last year according to Ohio,Code: "STATE OF THE VILLAGE" MESSAGE January 21, 1980 ~. Robert G. Beebe., Mayor The Incorporated Municipality of Mayfield Village, Ohio, as of January 1, 1980, continues to maintain a satisfactory financial posture and as of the end of calendar year.l979 has, to the best of my knowledge, paid all outstanding debts due ~iithin that calendar year. Considerable progress was .enjoyed during 1979 including the repair and/or paving of Village. streets, the start of construction of .a new Service Building, the addition of .personnel to the Police, Fire and. Service Departments and the overall maintenance of the Village in terms of satisfying its health, safety and welfare requirements. None-the-less, Mayfield Village, Ohio, in 1979, saw major increases in vandalism and burglaries and; other crime related areas. Our safety f orces also~wit- nessed and increase in ambulance and fire runs. It is felt the latter conditions directly, relate to both an increase in popul ation, buildings, related traffic problems and "outside" intervention. D uring the yeah certain property aquisitions were consumated as was the sale of a piece of Village property. All Village property transactions were satisfactorily finalized in 1979._ Considerable acts-o.fc_legislation we re-.passed by Council in 1979 - all property recorded in the Clerk of Council Office. The years end saw an election including two new Council seats assumed by-Messrs., Carmen and Spellman. Budgets, goals, objectives 'and priorities for the year .1980 have been reviewed and should be finalized within the coming weeks. It would ap- pear to the Mayor that ~an optomistic viewpoint may be_assumed re the calendar year 1980. But to maintain that viewpoint, and-effectively plan action courses, it will become increasingly vital that our overall objectives be studied and reviewed frequently and priorities established. The general economic condition of the country, surely with the inflation factor considered, could conceivably change our courses of action: Too, with inevitable growth, the Village must plan for increased problems in both storm water and sewage. -. An additional problem Mayfield Village faces is that related not only to the decreasing of State and County services but also the increased demand on the part of State Legislators for "improvements" - or changes - in our Police and Fire services. All of this translates.to more dollars needed for our overall operation. These factors also clearly demonatrate~the absolute need for increased communications with "out-side of Village" law makers. Again, despite the problem areas, I remain optomistic in terms of the overall 1980 picture. .