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Recreation Commission Meeting March 1, 2004 OLD BUSINESS Amendment to Ordinance No. 2002-14 Section 1E (We Care Program) Ms. Drenski presented a two-page section of Ordinance No. 2002-14 of the We-Care Program Section 1E, attached hereto as Exhibit B. The first page was the actual Ordinance; the second the amendment presented by Mr. DiSalvo. Mr. DiSalvo requested that the Commission consider the proposed amended version of the current "We Care" Program. Ms. Drenski said that Mr. DiSalvo went over the amendment with the Rec Department staff. Definition of Family was changed to make it clearer. A few of the Commission members noted that there was a lot of discussion on this matter and thought this was a done deal. Mr. Jesse said that it was handled in a subcommittee. One of the biggest stumbling blocks was to define "family." The Commission needed to do what Mr. DiSalvo has done to present this to Council to amend the Amendment. Mr. Kelley said that it all was being accomplished by taking a business approach to the fiscal and operational management of an enterprise activity at the Rec Center. In order to do that, and the Commission had this discussion for a long time, City Council started a "We Care" Program. The only thing that appears different is the non-inclusion of retirees. Mr. Kelley deferred to Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller said that "retired" needs to be defined. Is it a person that works for the City for two years? For ten years? Anybody who leaves the City of North Olmsted could say they are retired. Mr. Kelley asked Ms. Drenski if Mr. DiSalvo's format was run through the Law Department. She replied that she did not know. Ms. Kanis asked if we could have, at the next meeting, a subcommittee meeting at 6:30 to go over this matter. Mr. Kelley thought that was a good idea, and to take it to the constituents over the next month to see what they think of it. Mr. Miller would like the Rec Center to be able to operate under Mr. DiSalvo's amendment until such time as the Subcommittee comes up with some recommendations, since it is discretionary. Personally, Mr. Miller would not like to extend the "We Care" Program to anyone but current, full-time employees. Mr. Kelley said that it is in the signed contracts of the city employees as a negotiated item. Mr. Lasko said that the only interpretation that should be made by the Commission should be of page one, and not page two, i.e., the Ordinance only. Page two is in conflict with page one as far as it says "Members of the 'We Care' program shall only include current full time and part time City of North Olmsted employees." That's in direct conflict to what's in paragraph 1 under E on page one. Mr. Lasko suggested that the Commission need interpret what's on page one of this handout and not use what's on page two. Page two is in conflict in some cases on page one. Mr. Baxter said that the issue as stated before was that there was no definition of family, so the work was put into how the Commission wanted to define family. Mr. Lasko reiterated that if that is the Ordinance, Mr. Dubelko would be saying the same thing. Mr. Jesse said that what the Commission needs to do is to take Ms. Kanis' suggestion and sit on the matter until next month because one can't interpret an ordinance with one's own policy. Mr. Limpert said what the Commission needs to do is perhaps come up with a definition of some of the terms and get with the various unions for said definition. Ms. Jones said that the only thing the Commission solved Page 8