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Council Minutes of 12/18/90 b. Second item on the agenda was Bretton Ridge Veterinary Hospital, 29293 Lorain Road, a proposal to construct an addition to the rear of the building. Dr. Bokanyi, the owner, and Mr. Eberling, the contractor, presented the plans. This was approved by ARB on November 21 and by Plarn,;ng Commission on November 27. .The revised plans include a canvas awning instead of the roof over the entrance. The BZD Committee requested a suitable landscape plan be presented and approved by the Forester and BZD. Moved to approve with tree suggestions of ARB, Planning Commission, acid the BZD Committee and approval of engineering plans; second by Mr. Tallon; passed unanimously. c. Discussed legislation for the dedication of a portion of Cambridge Crossings Estates subdivision, Phase I. This includes Bretton Ridge Drive and Ursula Court. d. Requested legislation vacating and accepting a new subdivision, Sloggett and Reike Resubdivision, vacation of existing storm easement and granting of anew easement. Mr. Tallon, Chairman of the Finance Committee reported: 1) The Finance Committee met on l~nday, December 17 at 8 p.m. Besides the Committee, Councilman Nashar, Councilman Leonard, and Council President Boehmer were in attendance. The temporary budget, Ordinance 90-168, was discussed; two line items were added to the General Administration portion: (1) employee examinations to allow the city to have a person tested by a physician in workman's comp. cases, (2) claims processing to hire a claims investigator in unetmpioyment and workman's comp. cases. The Commmittee concurred with the remainder of the budget and recozm~ends passage. Suspension of the rules will be asked in order to have the budget in place by January 1. 2) Discussed Ordinance 90-167--end of the year transfers; these are necessary to balance the funds at year's end. Two items under Sewer Funds were omitted: Other Legal and System Rehabilitations. An auditor's adjustment was made to change this to Systems III. The Committee concurred with the ordinance and recommends passage. 3) Discussed Ordinance 90-169, which establishes vacation policy for nonbargaining unit administrative and legislative employees. The Committee concurred with the ordinance and recommends passage. Audience Participation Brittany Davis, 5107 Berkshire Drive, asked Council about future plans for recycling in North Olmsted. Mr. McKay responded that, although we do not have city-wide recycling at present, we do have drop-off centers at the fire stations. The City does not have a full-scale recycling program at this time because it is too expensive. Currently, BFI disposes of our solid waste; they bill us on a per-family basis, which is much cheaper than the cost of other Westshore cities that dispose of waste by tonnage. Our new three-year contract with BFI includes provisions for recycling. BFI is currently 3