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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday,. September 19, 2016 Page 2 Mrs. Mills stated, that was discussed some time ago. We usually discuss it at the beginning when we start to book things. Diane, do you want to address this? Ms. Wolgamuth stated, we have talked about it every year. We are talking about it again for next year. Council President Saponaro asked, so it is under consideration? Ms. Wolgamuth replied, it is under consideration. I think it depends on the event. There are some that are more conducive to moving than others. As our audiences get bigger, it gets more difficult because we can only seat about 180 people here so as the audiences at The Grove become 300 and 400, it would be whoever got here first. We are talking about it to see which ones we might be able to move. Mr. Jerome agreed. If we were paying for someone to come and we had to cancel and still pay them, I was all for trying to move it, but I think with most of our contracts - Ms. Wolgamuth stated, most of our contracts are at 3:00 p.m. so if we call it before 3:00 p.m. we don't have to pay. That's why we are always struggling about whether to call it and there have been some we called for rain and then it cleared up and was a nice evening. It's just difficult. Council President Saponaro stated, thank you. Anybody else? There were no further comments. - Presentation of ITMC Master Municipal Clerk designation to Mary E. Betsa o Lisa Benedetti - ®hio Municipal Clerks' Association Council President Saponaro welcomed Lisa Benedetti from the Ohio Municipal Clerks' Association. Ms. Benedetti is also Clerk of Council for Mayfield Heights. She is here to present a designation to Mrs. Betsa. Ms. Benedetti thanked Council. Council President, Council members, Administration and members of the audience, I am Deputy Clerk of Council of the City of Mayfield Heights and a Past President of the Ohio Municipal Clerks' Association. I am honored to be here this evening to present your Clerk of Council, Mary Betsa, with a Master Municipal Clerk designation. With me this evening also is Deb Hladky from the Village of Oakwood who recently received her MMC and is a big supporter of Mary. I am glad she is here to support her. To give you a bit of background on our profession, the office of municipal clerk is the oldest among public servants. It is atime-honored and vital part of local government. It provides the professional link between citizens, the local governing bodies and agencies of government in other levels. The office serves as the information center on functions of local government and community and municipal clerks are mindful of their neutrality and impartiality which allows them to be of equal service to all. We are fortunate to have an international association of municipal clerks which is 1 2 i~