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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council January 23, 2023 Page 4 our General Fund for the year actually went up by $842,000. All in all, we ended up the year in pretty good shape, much better than we had budgeted. We are starting the year off with $41.9 million in our General Fund. We are currently finalizing the budget for 2023 which Council should have if not this weekend by next weekend for sure. Council President Schutt asked, any questions for Mr. Wynne? There were none. Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mr. Wynne. Shane McAvinew (Parks and Recreation) — Thank you, Council President. I have just a brief report. We are working through hiccups on our snowplow program. I have been in contact with three of the five vendors. The companies are struggling a little bit. Currently I have been talking most of my day with them about evaluation of routes. If you do get a phone call, I am doing my best to work on it and get it all corrected. The second thing is, we are in the process of moving forward to replace Sean Supler. We had some wonderful candidates that interviewed last week. We narrowed it down to a young lady who currently works for Macedonia Recreation Department, Samantha Clark -Cartwright. Out of the 6 interviews we had, we had 5 very very good interviews. She stood out a little bit above the top. Hopefully in the next month you will see a new face around the Village. She's very pleasant. She's been in recreation for 3 plus years, so she is familiar with the commitment needed. Council President Schutt stated, thank you Mr. McAvinew. Chief Matias (Police Department) - As I mentioned at Caucus, I put together a little presentation to talk about our first full year of operating our photo enforcement program. A copy of the presentation is attached to these Minutes. The following are some highlights: The idea started in 2020 when we were monitoring the speeds on the ODOT traffic monitor on 271 north of Highland Road. When we were comparing the data from 2020 to 2019 and earlier, we could see a really significant increase in the amount of vehicles speeding at ridiculously high speeds (85+). We saw between the two years about 100% increase. We started doing traffic details up there to try to slow the vehicles down. With the volume and high speeds especially during rush hour, it was too dangerous. The photo enforcement program is a supplement to, not a replacement for, our traditional traffic enforcement. It can operate at locations where roadside traffic stops are too dangerous due to high volume and high speeds. Also, we can do more violations, increasing the deterrent effect. The goal is the perceived likelihood of getting a citation will get people to slow down on their own.