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,~ Council Minutes of 7/16/85 _2_ Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation Committee reported: 1) Committee met on July 11th with Mrs. Saringer and Mr. O'Grady in attendance; Mr. Rademaker was absent. Also in attendance was Councilmen Tallon, Petrigac and Bierman, Estelle King, Joe Sepici, Rita and Joe O'Grady. Committee discussed Ordinance No. 85-67, the proposed amendment to the Charter relating to the establishment within the Department of Human Resources, a Division of Aging. Committee members present urge Council to pass this legislation and give the voters the opportunity to vote on it. 2) Committee also discussed the possibility of the creation of a Mayor's Court. Committee feels the new administration, taking office in January, 1986, should look into this as a means of increasing the City's revenues. 3) Committee reviewed the stun gun ordinance from the city of Mentor on the Lake. Law Director and Committee agree this is superior to the one introduced by the Council of the City of North Olmsted and should be adopted with the concurrence of Police Chief Marsh. 4) Committee discussed Resolution No. 85-85, selecting Mayor Anthony Sinagra to serve as North Olmsted's representative to the Cuyahoga County 911 Planning Committee and urges Council to support it. 5) The Parks and Recreation Commission met on July 9th; heard representatives from both the hockey and figure skating clubs who request additional ice time. They will meet with Mr. Cours to work something out that will be agreeable to all con- cerned. Commission approved raising the rates for the pool and ice rental groups by 5.57. Drainage is completed in front of the Rec Complex. Commission will be sending a letter to the Charter Review Commission with several recommendations: that a 1 mill levy increase be instituted for recreation; that a Recreation Director, answerable to the Mayor and no longer under the supervision of the Safety Director, be appointed; and that the Chairman of the Recreation Committee of Council also serve as Council's appointment to the Recreation Commission. President Boehmer stated that he wholeheartedly supported Ordinance No. 85-67, establishing a Division of Aging, and urged Council to pass this legislation. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Public Health, Safety and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Committee met July 11th with Councilpersons Bierman, Petrigac, Tallon and Saringer, as well as Captain Krynak and Prosecutor Albenze in attendance. The first item on the agenda was a letter from Belinda Prince, investigative reporter from station WERE, which took exception to the city's position with respect to first offenders in a DWI Case. Mr. Woerpel's legislation, passed March 15, 1983, amended the new state code effective March 17th, which would require that a first offender spend three days in jail or in a rehabilitation program. Council increased the fine for a first offender from $150 to $350 and left a jail sent~nee up to the discretion of the trial ,judge. The ordinance also went on to make a second and third time offender comparable to the state: ten days or more for a second offense and thirty days or more for a third offense. Committee as a whole recommends that Ordinance No. 83-37 stand as written and passed. 2) Committee discussed Ordinance No. 85-38, increasing the penalty for parking in designated handicapped parking spaces. The City of North Olmsted has a year's supply of tickets and in the def inition section there was no designation for the $25 fine for parking in a designated handicapped area. Have recommended that the Law Director and Safety Director investigate the possibility of buying stickers that would define the penalty of $25 and which could be attached to the tickets; thus the patrolman could easily write in the proper block that it was being issued for parking in a handicapped area. Committee recommends passage of this ordinance.