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Council Minutes of 3/21/89 -3- Mr. Wilamosky, Chairman Finance Committee reported: 1} Finance Committee met on March 13th as well as March 15th. On March 13th, the committee basically under- took a general review of the appropriation ordinance, No. 89-12. Discussed areas of the Legislation which affected the Safety Department with Director $ecker, Committee recommends .changes which will be submitted to council within the next few days and hopefully will have a revised ordinance prepared to submit at a special council meeting to deal with this legislation prior to the end of March. 2) On the 15th, met with Superintendent Crider to discuss the Treatment Plant Fund. Also have some minor recommendations to submit to council on this. Dis- cussed the need. for a sludge-hauling box and legislation for this is on the agenda tonight. Asked for, and have already received, some documentation relative to some expenditures from last year. 3) Also met with Mr, Fattlar regarding the Recreation Fund and again, there were some very minor changes. One area of concern was the "Wage" line item; hopefully, Mr. Fattlar had an opportunity to share some information with Budget and Manage- ment Director, Mr. Cunningham, who, in turn, will pass it along to the committee. Mrs. Bahas, Chairman Long Range Planning Committee reported: 1) Committee met on March 14th with alI members in attendance to discuss new wording for Ordinance No. 89-14, which involves the extension of Crocker/Steams as well as the study and widening of Stearns Road. Committee recommends passage of this ordinance, which is on third reading this evening. 2) Committee very briefly discussed a current study with respect to the property on Butternut Road - plans to do something with this property in conjunction with Horizons and Kiwanis. This is just a study stage; will report as it develops. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Transportation Committee reported: 1) At the last council meeting, Mr. O'Grady introduced a resolution called "The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act" which urged Congress to pass the act. While resolutions are important, mail is even more important. Had hoped the media people would have picked up on this legislation and given it some press. Thanked Westlife for the good article they had on it; would ask the other papers to get the message out to the public that mail to Congress is certainly important as it relates to this issue. Mr. McKay, Chairman Environmental Control Committee reported: 1) The West Shore Citizens' Review Committee for Solid Waste met on March 8th at 7:30 P.M. at Rocky River City Ha11. This was the first meeting; a nominating committee was formed for the purpose of selecting a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary. Purpose of this committee is to review matters affecting the solid waste concerns of the west shore communities and to act as an advisory board to the community governments of North Olmsted, Fairview. Park, Rocky River, Bay Village and Lakewood. The role and responsibility of a committee member is to gather information and ex- pand the knowledge by relaying it to the mayors and administrations of the West Shore Community. The County Commissioners are now in charge of the solid waste disposal plan. Once the Review Committee has formulated a plan and decided which direction they would like to take, they will approach the County Commissioners to see if it is feasible to form its own subdivision and not have to come under all of Cuyahoga County. Some of the things reviewed were methods of disposal such as landfill, incineration, composting and recycling. Next meeting will be held on April 12th, with meetings thereafter on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 P.M. at Rocky River City Hall. Audience participation: Jean Beck, 5409 Dorothy Drive, discussed a letter from Safety Director Becker which gave Halleen's permission to erect a tent at their dealership for a pro- motional sale. Director Becker gave permission under Ordinance No. 88-94 which was not proper. While it now appears that Mr. Halleen did not need to receive any permission at all, and that Director Becker did not quote the right legis- lation, Mrs. Beck was disturbed by the fact that if this had been the right