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. • ,. Council 'linutes of 6/1/81 -5- 4D (cant ° d) ^ Orclinance Wo. 81-78 intraduced by Mr. Idoerpel uras gfven its first reading. An ordinaace estab;lishing anea thapter 753 entftled °'Drug Para#hetnpl:ia!"fatnCenance or aperation of a Place o£ Busiaese; Exelugion af Mincrrs! R?est$m or Detia,1 of License" of the 'Rusinms Regulation Code of the Cadiffed t?rdt ' c?f the City of North Olmsted, and declaring sa emrqency. Referred to Lag"l:aticnt CouRittee. Under Old ?iusiness o Mrso Petrigac reported that ehe has received inEgrsativn with respect to the ads placed in the pauers for hids far i:nsusrace! eparciffeally, the insurance companies have been calling, the snecs are n+at r"cty, thep camnot possibIy put f.te anq bids Taithout the specs and they cIo'3n it a°ilI take thm at least six w"ka C8 prepare their bids. Service Di.rectbr Carrigan atated Cteut there is voth3.ng. wranR with running the ad and not having the specs in final fom. The purpote of the ad is to elicit interest from prospective bfddorer; there£a°te anyone vhb cs1Zs the office is put on a bidders ° list and when the specs are reazty they are sent to these particular firms. If MYS. Petrigte wmld give him a iist of the particular iaeuranee comganies wiio hane comqp].ai.ned to her, Seanrice Director will etraightaa them out as to what his policy is regarding the bidding process. Mr. Woerpel felt that the sgec3ficatione shactld he readq at the time of the advertisinQ since ordinances authoria3,ng the advertising far bids contsin the ghrue Ptin accordance with specificatiotm nm cm file #n hfs offfce''. Accvrding to the letter of the ordinance the apecfficattiona shoutld, in fa;ct, be prepatefl, be on file, and • be ready to give to anyane uho areks far tten. Ia the past, Mr. Wcerpel haa a:ked for specificatians slnce Gomcll hae to give the authotizatitta to go out for bi8d3ng. Mr. Corrigan stated thot if Comc1.1 w^l.shes tc? haa!e the spreetificationas prior to authorizing going out for blds, theq are certal4y entitled to tuve them: however, in three and a ha1£ yeare, no vne hsm ever reqoesfisd apecifications priar to the authorizatfon of the aarrertieint;. Mr. Logan auggested that if anyone has a rsai carncorn with the availabilitq of specifications, it could be 't'efezhred to the ptopsr Cvmmtttee af CotnCil who caould set up the neeegsary guide lines. Mr. Vilamosky stated thst to his knm3edge, in all cases where-Counctl waeastod to raav#sar specificati+ans, the tSdmd,nistratlun was very cooperative; met with Cvnocil tm discuss it, even before the Board af Control reviewed it. `sr. T'ilanosky asked City F.agisser havr the psdeatrian wa1'kover waa progreseing at Stearns Road. Mr. Zuraw+ski reeliecl L'hst the plans, spscificationa and estimattes of cost are dron up. !.laeica].Ip hove to put tegether the package for revi,ew by the Countx to be sure the EE4 requirements are met; prrobable ccrostructian w3.11 be August. AArs. Saringer asked for an update with respect to road striping. Service D3.rector Corrigan repl.Ud the raistiq ??ther h" slowed up the program cons3,derablq. tdill stripe Lora3n Raat first amd then anq arterial road that aerits painting. Mr. Woerpel referres+d to Mr. Ruha's letter with respect to the City's bond rating. Feels Maqor Swietynfcwsiti owes Mr. KtEhn avr3.tten apc>logy for usiag an off the cuf£ remark which was camrletely unsuhstantiated bq facts when the fscte were readilv available to the Mayor. City af Nortln Olaaated has had an A1 ratimg sinte 1975. It would be necessarq to go back priar to Msrch 1, 1972 to f3.nd the City with a triple B rating which the Mayor staEed was the rating as receatIy ae I977. Wauld ask a11 Members of Counei2 to join i? dommodlag an apologq for the residents ctf the communitq for the frresponeible, pwilt#cs-at-any-price m3.srepresentat3.on of the facts in this matter. -