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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED SEPTEMBER 6, 1988 Present: President Janet Saringer, Councilwoman Babas, Councilmen Boehmer, Bohlmann, McKay, O'Grady, Tallon. Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigac, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Absent: Councilman Wiiamosky. Meeting was called to order by President Saringer at 8:00 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to loin Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Minutes of the Council Meeti~a of July 5th, 6th, 14th, 18th and 14th as well as August 11th,' 198~l, were approved. Mayor Petrigac reported: 1) County Coastssioners have met with some area mayors to establish a County Plaanmg Comm~tission instead of a Regional Planning Commission ai~c:e ao many Cuyahoga County communities now have in- dividual Planning Departm~anta. T1~e restructuring is addressed in the Ohio Revised Code and the ce~a~eisaios will consist of eight mayors and three county appointments. The Mayors axed Managers Association moved to agree with this suggestion and more i~aformation xill become available in the next month or so. 2) Mr. Robert Gallowaty has resigned frcmi the Board of Building Code of Appeals; also, an architect is still ceded to sere on the Architectural Review Board; recommendations to fill these vaca~cie~ should be forwarded to the mayor's office. The resume of Marilp~ &a~stsom has been forwarded to the Legislation Committee Chairman as a candidate to serve on the Department of Human Re- sources Advisory Board. 3) All members of council a~ well as local residents have been notified of an increase in cable rates; only two compl:rots have been received. 4) The Homecoming Parade will be televised on cable at 7 P.M., Thursday evening, for those who missed it this evenits$. S) Bid openings for Porter Road wiii be held tomorrow; a draft of the proposed legislation for the portion from Lorain Road to 1480 has been forwarded to the Law Department so as to have it ready in the event of the passage of the Crocker/Stearns Extension. The county will utilize federal funds for 75~ of the construction and right-of-way; city will pay lox of that construction and all of the engineering; 4OX of the cost of preparation of plans and specs will be the city's. 6) In the past, NOACA has prepared surveys for all cities regarding salaries of officials, PERS, hospital plans., etc., which many cities use when they enter into negotiations. The charge for this survey has been $275 however the fee will be raised to $370. Since North Olmsted can call various cities and get information on its own, the Mayor does not recommend that the city subscribe for this particular survey Chis year. 7) This morning's edition of the Plain Dealer has a very positive article by Norman Lang on Page 11A with regard to the City of North Olmsted; feels it is a definite plus for the city. ,~.~.