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• a ??? OF ?ORTH QLMSTED otO?s'?iT?iESa 7F'i Ccella Mf?S`a` 1-`i D?F?iit.l?CZ,vrt B CLTL'TURAL AR'I'S COllMISSION MINiT'I'ES - AUGfJST 7, 2001 IN ???CIL CHAMBERS 7:oa P.M. I. R4LL CALL: IVlayor Musial welcomed each new commissioner and opened the meeting at 7:15pm. PRESENT: Board members; B. App, B. Martindale, M. Raig, C. Kilbane, R. Garland and G. Thompson. ALSO PRESENT: Mayor, Musial_ and Clerk of Commission, D. Rote. ABSENT: Board member; L. Beach. II. RENqEVa AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: N/A III. NEW BUSINESS: 1. The Mayor will officially swear in commissioners. Mayor Musial officially called to order the first Cultural Arts meeting and thanked each of the volunteers for donating their time to participate in the Commission. He beIieves that the Cultural Art Commission will be an exciting adventure. The board will have an opportunity to do many aood things for the City of North Olmsted. It may take time to see the benefits of what this board will bring to the City, but in the long run, it will be well worth it. The Mayor swore in six of the seven board members whom were present. 2. Commissioners need to elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. The Ivlayor indicated that although it is a very difficult task the first order of business is to establish a chairman and vice chairman. He questioned if there was anyone willing to volunteer for the positions. Mr. Raig indicated that he would be willing to sit as chairman. Mrs. Martindale indicated that she would be willing to serve as vice chairman. B. App rnotioned to appoint Michael Raig as chairman of the Cultural Arts Commission. The motion was seconded by R. Garland and unanimously approved. M. Raig motioned to appoint Beverle Nlartindale as vice chairman of the Cultural Arts Commission. The motion was seconded by G. Thompson and unanimously approved. 3. Commissioners need to set their meeting dates for the remainder of the year. The Mayor reviewed that the board needed to set up meeting time/dates for their commission. He indicated that he would like to see the Commission become a fully operational Commission. In order to help them he has assigned a person to contact all the surrounding municipalities in the area to find out if they have Cultural Arts ordinances. If they do they will be asked to send us a copy of their ordinance so that this board can review them and extract the best parts to help them make a full Commission. The Mayor reviewed that the terms of the Commission is only one year. Under the current ordinance there are only 7 members the commission can enlarge the