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MINIITES OF A MEETING OF THE COIINCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO DECEMBER 16, 1958 - 8:11 P.M. Present were Paul J. Gareau, Mayor; Ralph A. Hazslton, President of Council; James Hinkel, Eddie Hixson, Wm. H. Kramer, Mary Alice Lynch, Francis O'Neill, James Wilson, and Lloyd E. Barnes, Service Director. Absent: Bruce MacDonald, and Carl F. Hasttich, Safety Director. Also present were C. J. Oviatt, Solicitor; E. M. Christman, Clerk; and Alex Kanareff, Engineer. Absent: Alice Dobbins, Treasurer. The minutes of December 2nd were approved as read. The Mayor reported relative to a communication from the County Engineer's Office, together with an Ordinance of Consent to be adopted for a program of repair and maintenance by the County of Certain streets and roads within the City, and recommended passage of the ordinance. In the absence of Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Hixson reported for the Street Committee and submitted the following to be included with the Ordinance of Consent as a recommended program, in the following sequence: Walter Road Canterbury Road - Lorain Road North to Westlake line Fitch Road Clague Road - Repair and Widen through North Olmsted Barton Road - Lorain Road North to Westlake line and widen. Barton Road - Lorain Road South to Township line. Porter Road - Lorain North to Westlake and widen. Gessner Road Stearns Road Kennedy Ridge Road. The Service Director reported three ponds have been flooded for ice skating, one at North Olmsted Park, one at Mastick Stables, one at Columbia Road, and a fourth, at the Sportsmaa's Club is being worked on to get the embankment solid enough to hold water. The Service Director requested Council's approval to advertise for bids for the recapping of tires for City equipment. The Service Director requested action of Council for several employees of the Bus Department who have been unable to take their vacations this year, whether consideration be given to reimburse them for the time, or to be carried over to the following year. The Police Department was complimented on their action when they discovered a window open at a gasoline station, and should be commended for their action. The Mayor requested action by Council to reflect the Service Director to assume the duties of the Safety Director while he is convalescing. It was moved by Mr. Hixson, seconded by Mr. Wilson, the Service Director bs acting Safety Director while Carl Haettich is convalescing. "Yeas" Hinkel, Hixson, Kramer, Lynch, O'Neill, Wilson. A communication was read from the Community Hospital requesting Council to appoint a delegate to attend the annual conference to be held January 19th at the Berea High School Building. The President of Council appointed Mr. Kramer as Delegate to this conference. A communication was read from the North Olmsted Planning Commission, stating that on December 9th a motion was passed to accept Suburbanite Homes Subdivision pending Council's approval, that on November 11th plans were submitted for a sewer package plant approved by the County, and on November 25th the problem of assessing, the eventual tieing in to the North Olmsted sewer, and the problem of assessing for maintenance and service were discussed. The matter was turned over to the Finance Chairman to meet with the Engineer and Solicitor for further study. (Correction - The matter was turned over to the Finance Chairman, Mr. Wilson, as a member of the Sewer Committee in Mr. MacDonald's absence.)