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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council July 17, 2006 Page 8 Chief Mohr also reported that the new ladder truck is in service. The old apparatus sold to Highland Heights was transferred to them last week. FINANCE -Phillip Brett Mr. Brett reported that he is signing two Fiscal Officer's Certificates for the two sets of Notes. He will be passing them around the table. POLICE -Chief Dearden Chief Dearden reported that they were recently notified by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office that they are establishing a task force to deal with the Internet crime against children. They are soliciting officers from all of the departments in the County to assist in this effort. The Mayor and Chief Dearden both agree that this is a worthwhile venture and that we have an officer we feel is very well suited for the task on a part-time overtime basis. They are going to be sending him down for the initial meetings establishing the parameters for the task force. That should be starting relatively soon. Mrs. Cinco asked who the individual was. Chief Dearden indicated it is Officer Galese. PARKS & RECREATION -Bill Thomas Mr. Thomas reported that he distributed to everyone the update for the pool as far as attendance for June. They are now tracking and the Pool Manager, Dave Perout, submitted the data on the back page. It all depends on weather. If you look at June 2004 totals, 5,413 individuals used Parkview Pool. If you come down to June of 2006, they had 5,682. Both of those years were similar in weather. It was cool with a lot of rain. Last year we had 8,751 individuals come through in June. It was the hottest dryest summer we have had in a long time. We really are dependent upon weather. We will update you again in July as far as attendance and everything else is concerned. Mrs. Mills asked Mr. Thomas to update everyone about the extended hours. Mr. Thomas reported that the pool closure date has been extended to September 4th. They are similar to what was done last year. The residents were pleased and we are glad to help out. Mr. Thomas reported that on Friday, June 30th, they took 74 Teen Adventure Camp and residents white water rafting. Interestingly, Mr. Thomas has gone on this trip for many years, but for the first time because of all of the rain, the water was 4 t/2 feet higher than normal. Normally it takes 3 1/z to 4 hours to go down the river. They were done in an hour and a half. It was a thrill ride. When they got done, they wanted to do it again. The water was so severe, a guide had to be in each of the rafts. Mr. Thomas further reported that on July 1St, Parkview Pool had their Fourth of July celebration. We had a tremendous turnout. There were pictures in the newspaper. Rick Smith, now anationally-known magician, did a wonderful job, along with some jugglers. It was a wonderful event.