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Council Minutes of 9/6/88 _4_ Audience participation: Mr. Richard Noble, Service Director, asked if the $345,000, in public utility taxes, as reported by Mr. Boyle, is to be divided between the school system and the city; would hate to .find out that the windfall for the city would be only $60,000, based on 18~ share. Finance Director Boyle responded that accord- . ing to his conversation with Mr. Chambers, the $345,000 was the city's; will check further on this since the head of the department, who is the person Mr. Boyle usually talks with, was unavailable. Mr. Richard Miles, 4617 Selhurst Road; Sally Rieser, 4442 Silverdale; Mary Lindquist, 4495 Selhurst; Mr. Francis Cool, 4627 Selhurst, discussed the deplorable condition of these streets. .Would like to be placed in a higher position on the Street Repair and Improvement Program. Various members of council discussed the condition of North Olmsted's streets in general and advised that they are certainly aware of the need for repairs but unfortunately there is no money available to carry out the program; only street done in the last three years was West 231st Street. A copy of the list of streets to be repaired will be forwarded to Mr. Miles; also, Acting City Engineer will be requested to inspect Selhurst again with respect to the possibility of moving it up on the list of streets, as well as investigating the feasibility of in- stalling sidewalks on one side of the street at least for safety's sake. Gemma Szabo, Bradley Road, reported that when sY~e attempted to get help at Fire Station Two, on Sunday morning, at approximately 6:45 A.M., when her husband was experiencing same breathing difficulties, she was unable to get anyone to answer the door, even though she knocked and called out loudly. When she called the Fire Station on Monday, to ask that a loud bell be in- stalled at the door, and explained her vain attempt to rouse a fireman, she was told that it would not have done any good since there was no one on duty at that time. He did advise her that there was a phone on the premises that could be used if no one answered a knock on the doors. Mrs. Szabo phoned various members of council as well as Safety Director Becker to report on this bad situation. Safety Director Becker reported that he had checked into the complaint and found that there were three firemen on duty, who were indeed asleep at .6:45 A.M., at Fire Station Two; the phone was in working order at the station; if Mrs. Szabo had opened the screen door on the visitor's side of the station a buzzer would have sounded inside which probably would have awakened the firemen. Safety Director also checked the telephone tape at Station One, where all calls are recorded as well as the daily log. Did not find any call from Mrs. Szabo from 12:30 P.M. on Monday through 2 A.M. Tuesday morning. Did find the tape and the conversation Mrs. Szabo had with Lt. Don Herrmann, a twenty- year member of the department; nowhere did Lt. Herrmann say that there was no one on duty at the station. Councilwoman Bahas commented that people in panic situ- ations do not look for phones when trying to get someone to answer a door; suggested that a bell be installed at the door as a backup measure. Before moving into legislation, President Saringer announced that the rule re- quiring three readings would be suspended on Ordinance Nos. 88-93, 88-96 and 88-98. .... ~~~.