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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 11-16-09 Page 11 Beautification Commattee- Mr. Saponaro was in the hospital and is now home recovering, but Mr. Marrie reported on his behalf. Mr. Marrie stated that most of what was discussed at the meeting was the flowers and pots and plantings that were done last year and their concern as to whether it will be done this year which has not been decided because of the economy and our budget restraints. They also discussed the possible repair for the gazebo. There was some concern on that which was also discussed in other departments. Those were the two main things that were discussed at the meeting. Mrs. Mills added we planted the daffodils too along the median strip. Mr. Marrie stated a group worked very hard in between traffic and planted 600 and some daffodils in the center strip starting at every other tree all the way down nearly to White Road and then at the end where the sign is for Mayfield Village, and from there going south another 150 hyacinth plants were done. The Garden Club, Marge, Jean Britton, my better half, Carol, my daughter Colleen Marrie-Grant, Mary and Merv Singer, and a few others were also there. Board of Apneals - There was no meeting. There is no report. Cemetery - Mrs. Mills reported that the cemetery will be decorated for the holiday. The usual wreaths will be put on the gravesite. Citizen's Advisorv Board - Mr. Marrie reported that they will be meeting tomorrow evening. One of the subjects that will be discussed is a project the Committee is going to take on to help a couple different groups, basically a hospice group and also a Vets group on some donations. It will not be done at Christmastime because we have talked to different groups that have received this help and everyone does a lot of work and provides gifts at Christmas and Thanksgiving, but after that they are just forgotten. We are taking on a project to do something for these poor souls if you will, at Eastertime. They really welcome it then, especially Malachi House for one and the VA Hospital for another because they say that they are very thankful during Christmastime, but the rest of the year they are like orphans. We decided we are going to take this on. Merv and Mary Singer will be Co-Chairing this project with my wife Carole and myself. It is a group project that the Citizen's Advisory Board has taken on to do something. There will be a write-up in the Voice of the Village and also hopefully a mailing will go out to all of the homes in the Village asking for the donations which will be decided. We do have to talk to the Vets. They have very specific requests on certain items such as no mouthwash that has alcohol in it, just little things that we don't think about, but it's a big thing for them. Mr. Marrie does not know where we are going to go exactly to minute detail with this, but we are taking this project on. Council President Buckholtz replied, great. He knows the Board was looking for something to sink their teeth into and this is good. Mr. Marrie added, this has been talked about for a long time. It has always wound up as a discussion during Thanksgiving and Christmas. After much discussion we decided to do it the other way around. As it turned out, it was very very well received and welcomed by the groups we talked to about doing it at another time. Council President Buckholtz said he can testify to that. They called a couple of years on Thanksgiving and actually got rejected. They said we don't need any help, where are you in a couple of months, like January through March?