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Council Minutes of 3/3/87 -7- In order to clear up any misconceptions with respect to the establishment of the Division of Aging, Law Director Gareau read from the Charter of the City of North Olmsted, Section 6, Paragraph B: "The Department of Human Res©urces shall have included therein a Division of Aging, which shall be administered by an Administrator who shall be responsible for supervising and coordinating all activities dealing with or relating to the social aspects of aging. Said Ad- ministrator shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be answerable to the Mayor. He shall likewise perform such other duties consistent with his off ice and as may be required by ordinance of Council or as directed by the Mayor". Carolyn James, 4305 Coe Avenue, addressed Councilman Tallon with respect to his comments about the van scheduling. Van runs 20 hours per week; priority is medical, food, visiting ill and sick people and last are the clubs. This priority was set by the Department of Human Resources. She is in charge of the van scheduling and there has never been a week that the van has not run 20 hours. If council is so interested in what is being done at the Senior Center, why don't the councilmen come to the center and ask the seniors who attend? Ms. James stated that she has signed documents to back up her statement that the van runs 20 hours every week; 75~ of the hours are used to transport North Olmsted citizens; will send copies of these documents to Mr. Tallon. Fred Hatton, 5204 Porter Road, clarified some misunderstandings with regard to the Senior Center. The center is a helper, not a social club; it was built with city and federal funds; it is open to any and all senior citizens. There are no charges, entrance fees or clubs to join; it is a place to enjoy and take advantage of all the programs offered under the Division of Aging. It is a center to pres~te, support and inform senior age citizens of services, facilities, programs, activities and volunteer opportunities available. Ruth Love, North Olmsted resident, praised the programs and activities offered at the Senior Center as well as the many volunteers who make them successful. Feels Betsy Jack is doing an excellent job. Margaret McKay, 5197 Columbia Road, stated that both she and her husband, Councilman Dean McKay, have visited the Senior Center many times; have received many phone calls and Letters with respect to the present problems there. Feels the Senior Center was set up to be run by the seniors, let them do it. Lois DeBrodt, 23141 Stoneybrook Drive, President of Community Council, said she has been unable to find anyone to do the wiring at North Olmsted Park for Homecoming; asked everyone present to contact her if they knew of any electrician who would volunteer his time. Jim Burns, 3978 Dover Center Road, Member of the Five Year Financial Planning Committee, stated he has read and heard all the rhetoric about the committee being formed to justify a tax increase and about the differnent types and what type of tax increases were being looked at. This rhetoric will either become a moot point or will be settled within a year. After that, the city will go forward and still be in need of review, on a continual basis, of its needs and where it stands. Like any business, their rudder that steers their ship are the budgets they prepare; the long range forecasts; their master plan. Would .ask the admin- istration, through the Office of Budget and Management, and council, to consider putting some vehicle or some method into operation whereby the City of North Olmsted, in the future, will continue this budget process of extending not only to the appropriations but also to future years what the anticipated needs of funding and where the money is to be spent - where it should go.