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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, December 21, 2020 Page 3 Greater Cleveland area to find out where we could get one. We found one retailer who had two nativity sets. Doug went out and got one right away. He bought the bigger of the two. So if you have driven by the nativity set and thought it looked kind of small, that was the biggest one we could get our hands on. The Service Department did a great job of putting it out. Now we have both the Menorah which we have had for many many years and we have the nativity set. So we thank Doug for that. In case anybody's wondering whether it's constitutional to put a nativity set or even a Menorah on Village property, the Supreme Court decided that question many years ago and they said yes, it was under certain circumstances. That is the story of why there is a nativity set in front of the Gazebo and also of course why there's not a nativity set at Musca Plaza this year. Another holiday event I want to bring up and that is to give a shout out to our Recreation Director, Shane McAvinew along with Sean, Danielle and our Recreation Department. With the assistance of our Service Department and the Mayfield Village Police Department, we had a great morning last Thursday passing out hams and turkeys and turkey breasts to our senior citizens. It was cold but it was a beautiful morning. MVPD kept traffic running great. We had loud festive music playing. Everybody had a good time. Thank you to Shane and company and all who were involved for making spirits a little bit brighter in Mayfield Village. And to end on a positive note, we have been notified by NOACA that we have been selected to receive an electric vehicle charging station for our Civic Center parking lot. We don't have all of the details on that, but Ms. Wolgamuth will be attending a workshop in January for more details on that program. That's everything I have for tonight. Thank you, Council President. Council President Schutt stated, thank you Mayor Bodnar. Comments From Council President Schutt Council President Schutt stated, the Organizational Meeting of Council will be held on Monday, January 41h with Caucus immediately following. The Regular Meeting of Council will be held on Tuesday, January 19th. Pursuant to House Bill 404, extending virtual meetings to July 1, 2021, these meetings will be held via Zoom. Council has received a copy of the draft calendar and Council Committee assignments for 2021. Please let myself or Mary Beth know by next week if you have any questions or concerns. Final approval of the calendar and Council assignments will be on January's Organizational Meeting agenda. In addition, Tom Cappello and Mike Cicero will be sworn in during the Organizational Meeting. Mayor Bodnar will also administer the oath of office to 5 individuals whose terms have expired on their respective Committees.