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<br />to Jbxne 1, 1964 ha? bE?,?,.n ?ssu?_.? ??n ?-ir pr?-.sent p61rcy. Tfie rhange in date will give
<br />future adm;..?rstration?.; mrre?.ILme -ro invactigat.e insTzrance placement at renewal time.
<br />Directtr Limperr reported q9.a._?.stlonnaY.r? cards caere mailed out to residents in areas
<br />where floc?ding o,_r„urred dari-ng t:?ae r=c2n#: neavy rainti. ThE.y had a 90% return on the
<br />cardy ,shsw°`Lng rahat f lc??ding cr..r :.=ed and wttere o The Service Department has purchased
<br />a 3Y° pumpe and will makQ the old fire truck available fer pumping in areas that £lood.
<br />A smokc mar-lhins has al.so bee? a-.q°_?ired, whi.ch i.s being use.d to check the present trouble
<br />spo±s, and wzll be use.d t<) (-heck sewers in every developmEnt before approval is granted.
<br />The Safety-Serv ice Pirec.t-ir reque3ted cORs`'?,:ierat.? be g?-yen to rrnting }?nifofims fcir the
<br />Servi?°.e L??par±ment, 'at a of $'1?8?5 per imek pet-mat-i, (?r- atiauti ?_$29 a Eaeek 'fdr thir_ty
<br />men.
<br />Engineei Labas reported an e?igineer frc,m the Corps af Engineers in Buffalo visited with
<br />the We.st7.ake and Nortr (7l.mste.d C:.t:y Engineers, with regard to Sperry Creeka The Federal
<br />Engineer° also visited homes in WestYake and N€arth Olmsted as a beginning in trying to
<br />estimate }r:e damage t.hat floodx.ng of Spvrry Greek has caused. There is nothing definite
<br />as ye* from h-:.s invest igati,:.rxs ,
<br />Mr. VanZandt, Gt:.airman o: the Legislat.ive Committeea reported a meeting March 16 to dis-
<br />cuss two propose.d crdinar.,^es. The f3.rst was amendment to Ordinanee 62-6, Seetion 2,
<br />whic.ri pert.airs tca secretarial fees tor the Diree:tor of Law< Section 2 presently reads
<br />t.hat the Direotc,?° cf Finance is au-11-horizec3 and dzrected to pay to the part-time secretsry
<br />emplGyed by the Law Directar the sum of $187.50 per month. The proposed amendment
<br />would direct t.t-ia* the authcrized compensati.on be psid directly to the Law Di.rector.,
<br />instead ef to the percon ar person,-; empl?yed by h.im.,
<br />?Vw Also drGc:dssed by the Legislats.ve. C,ammittea saas a propased ',ordinance provi.ding for
<br />spe.cific feas t-,, be charged for settirzg grac3e:, by the (:ity Engineer, The Committee
<br />felt that befcre any feeG are determined or set, the Platting Ordinance should be
<br />revf.e.we3, and ??terminaticn made wneither ift zs necessary that the City Engineer set
<br />these gz°a.des, T'he Commitfiee wili m?et with Planning Committee of Council on Monday
<br />Mar^h <? , when t.h:ey wzll th,?? PYatting Ordi-nancee
<br />Mr. Caater iepcrte-,d th?. Mayor °s Gamm:;??t?-,e o77 Gommunity Improvement has met 'twice and
<br />is in the :,rganiz?tie,nal stages. Afte-r another meekbng there will be recommendations
<br />tm Council from t,h!.? Commit}ee,
<br />Mre LY.mpert repo-rted tne. Ti-ansportation Cz,mrnittee met twice Iast week, On March 10
<br />there w?s a 3oir`t meeting with trie Finance Cammittee P the Mayor and the Safety-Servir_e
<br />Direct`'r° lhe P'r"°hase c'f a hydraulic tire ehanger for the bus garage was discussed.
<br />Because zt wifli save time in ?hangf.ng tires„ increase the life of the material being
<br />handled, arx:3 be a d.yfinite sa£etv factJx°, #:he Committee recommended the purchase.
<br />The recpuest f,3r weeks' vacat.ic,n after t:wenty years' service for the bus drivers,
<br />and for pazd lns:iranc.e f,;,r the drlvc-rc Wa,s a1so considered and zpproved by the Committee.
<br />The Transpcrtarion Committee met Martih rl wi:th officials df North Ridgeville and Westlake
<br />to disriuss the extension of our services to th.eir communities. Another meeting for
<br />furtfier di?cussior, wa,s set fcrr Apri'1 15 at EIo30.
<br />Mr, West, Gh?????n of the Finance (;ommlrgee rcpQrted a meeting on March 10 with the
<br />Mayor, the Safety-Seryl,`,e Directpr and the F'inance Direetor9 to go over the 1964
<br />budget, 1t was app?oved w;ith some sma11 adjttstments, provisions are included for
<br />two ad,3iti(?;nai f _:emen a.nd two additianal pc:la,cettien. Andther ambulance was also
<br />authorized, r xe, t,,-j??l Ge,neral gund is $7,495-529 some $17,000 less than was spent in'
<br />1963e Tre Tran`portation Gommittee`s re,comme.ndaiticn that $1,650 be spent for a tire
<br />changer was appr??ved. AlsD approved was taur weeks' vacation for bus drivers after
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