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Council Minutes of 12/5/8.5 -2- Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Finance Committee Chairman Wilamosky will '~IIIIV' be giving most of Mr. Boyle's report this evening. One thing that he did not discuss with the committee was the problems he has heard about with Social Security and Medicare which resulted in a small tax reform. Had thought it was going to be overturned but it hasn't been. In 1986, the city will be paying 1.45 of all payroll to help fund Medicare and may possibly have to put new hires under Social Security, or a minimum of those new hires, who don't choose to be under PERS. This has not been totally defined by Social Security or Internal Revenue but the city will be paying 1.45, which is the proportionate share of the employees and employers portion of Social Security to help fund Medicare. Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation Committee reported: 1) Recreation Commission met November 26th. On December 15th, a Santa Skate will be held at the Rec Center, from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M., with free hot chocolate, cookies and candy canes. Santa Claus will be present and it will be hosted by a DJ. Hope to increase attendance at the public sessions on Fridays by having a DJ since this has proved successful. Commission approved a prioritized plan for a bike path which was passed by Council in 1979. Mr. Louts and the commission will be applying for funds that are going to be made available for bike paths. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Had requested that two old pieces of legislation be placed on tonight's agenda for the purpose of tabling them. Ordinance No. 84-104 is the legislation covering prohibition of right turns on red from Lorain Road onto Clague Road. City Engineer reported that it appears the prohibition would require present signal timing to be adjusted for more "green time" for Lorain Road to clear the traffic waiting for such a movement. This added "green time" for Lorain Road would have to be deducted from the "green time" allocated to Clague Road and, in essence, would defeat the purpose of the left turn signalization. 2) Ordinance No. 84-90 covers reduction of speed on Porter Road. The Ohio Depart- ment of Transportation advises that from all indications Porter Road is functioning as a through highway. It is a county road on the Federal Aid Urban System with classification as an "urban collector". Porter Road connects two primary highways - Lorain and Center Ridge Roads. Motorists perceive Porter Road as a through highway since their pace was noted at 35 miles per hour. If Porter Road is not designated as a through highway, it may no longer be eligible for federal aid since its classification as an "urban collector" would be changed. In July, City Engineer Schaller submitted a copy of the Porter Road Speed Study which indicates that the warranted speed for Porter Road is slightly less than 44 miles per hour, therefore a reduction in the posted speed limit is not warranted at this time. Copies of the speed study and forms and data are available in the Engineering Department for re- view. 3) Has three liquor permit requests; would like. to discuss the one for Tony's Tower Pizza since some merchants in the area have voiced an objection to the issu- ance of a D1 and D5 permit. Upon investigation, Mr. O'Grady discovered that Tony's Tower Pizza has already been issued a C1 license which was issued without any objection. A Convenient Food Store in this same shopping strip also has a C1 license. Law Department advised that since the Cl permit. was issued to Tony's Tower Pizza, without objection, and they request a higher level permit such as a D5, the city cannot prohibit such an issuance. This being the case, Mr. O'Grady moved Council have no objection to the issuance of a Dl and D5 liquor permit for Francis A. Procaccini, dba Tony's Tower Pizza, 4862 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio, second by Mr. Wilamosky. Roll call on motion: Affirmative vote: Bierman, O'Grady, Petrigac, Rademaker, Saringer, Wilamosky. Negative vote: Tallon. 6 Aye - 1 Nay - Motion carried.