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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JULY 21, 1987 Present: President Janet Saringer, Councilmen Bohlmann, Lackey, McKay, O'Grady, Rademaker, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigac, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Absent: Councilman Tallon. Meeting was called to order by President Saringer at 8:10 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Petrigac reported: 1) Presented a proclamation to Jamie Simoncic, recognizing his receiving the highest honor in the Royal Rangers' Program: the Gold Medal of Achievement, sponsored by the Assembly of God. 2) Met with the new General Manager of Cablevision, Riek Coplan, and voiced some objections to changes made by Cablevisian as well as with their program placement. Will be scheduling a Cable TV .Advisory Board Meeting within the next few weeks. 3) Board of Control met and rejected bids on the trucks for the Waste Water Treatment Plant since they can be purchased at a lower price from the State. 4) Has been interviewing for. the position of City Engineer. 5) Introduced North Olmsted's new Building Commissioner, David L. Conway. 6) Met with the County and McDonald and Company with regard to the sewer agreement for Olmsted Township. After a few refinements have been made, will present the contract to Council before signing. 7) Meeting was held with the Council of Governments and the Director of Web, former North Olmsted Police Chief, Marion Taylor. Has applied for a grant for coordination of investigation of drugs by local, state and federal agencies. 8) Discussed with Representative Mottl his sponsoring legislation in support of the City's adding a 5~ tax onto the sale of lottery tickets; he suggested a pari-mutuel sports wagering lottery that would be statewide and could be desig- nated for municipalities within the state; he feels this would be more beneficial to cities than the proposed 5~ tax. Mayor also discussed her 5~ tax proposal with Representative Petro and Senator Suhadolnik. There are nineteen vendors selling lottery tickets in North Olmsted; in 1986 their sales were $2,629,183. Lottery Commission paid the nineteen vendors a total of $144,605; the schools received approximately $90,000. 9) Tom Fattlar, Tom Fabek, Bud Becker and Bill Cunningham have been meeting with groups of people to discuss different proposals for the Recreation Complex. One of the proposals is for a workout facility. Tom will be meeting with the Recrea- tion Commission to discuss this. 10) Announced a sprinkling ban for the entire city from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M, 11) Pilot study for the ash removal project at the Waste Water Treatment Plant started July 13th and will cover a six week period; results will be evaluated by Dalton, Dalton, Newport and .the EPA. The one year prohibition period has been extended to one year beyond the I and A Study. 12) Would again request that Council not suspend the rule requiring three readings on Ordinance No. 87-72, dealing with lottery tickets.