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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED FEBRUARY 6, 1990 Present: President James Boehmer, Councilwoman Bahas (present at 8:30 P.M.) Councilmen Leonard, McKay, Nashar, O'Grady, Saringer, Tallon. Also present: Mayor Edward Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Meeting was called to order by President Boehmer at 8:00 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Minutes of the Council Meeting of January l6, 1990, were approved. President Boehmer announced that Ordinance Nos. 90-9, 90-10, 90-11 and 90-12 had been added to this evening's agenda. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Last week was National Catholic School Week; wished to express thanks to the Catholic School System for their contributions to this community, not only North Olmsted but in Cuyahoga County as well. 2) The .new administrator of the Senior Center will assume her duties on Monday, February 26th. Is still receiving and assessing resumes for the position of City Engineer. 3) Had a meeting with the WEB Council of Governments on January 29th at which time their 1990 budget was discussed. Based on North Olmsted's property valua- tion, which is 19~ of the total area, and North Olmsted's population, which is 20.55 of the total, the city's cost will be 19.77 or $35,417.96 for 1990. This is a $9,793.04 decrease from 1989. Handling of hazardous materials was also discussed. There are twenty-six volunteer members of the Haz-Mat Team, seven of whom are from North Olmstedt Ed Bak is Co-ordinator; Greg Gettens is Trainer; members are Don Swan, Carl Schanz, Tim Gut, Jim Miller and Tom Klecan. Chief Van Kuren's goal is to have two Haz Mat trained men per shift so if there is a spill or any hazardous material problem in North Olmsted there will be at least one trained North Olmsted fireman responding who has training in this specialized field. 4) Discussions have been held with R. E. Werner, the engineering firm who has the Lorain Road water line. Plans are completed; will be finalizing the con- tracts and water line relining should take place the early part of 1990. 5) Also discussed Issue Two money with County Commissioner Mary Boyle; will be meeting again later this week. Will reserve comments and have more details at the next council meeting since there is another meeting with the Ohio De- partment of Transporation next week also. 6) Service Director Bohlmann and Mayor met with the Environmental Protection Agency in Columbus last week, accompanied by URS Dalton representatives, to discuss the current problems with them regarding the Wastewater Treatment Plant which resulted in the permit trouble. Original design for the plant called for the use of activated carbon with a system to reclaim that carbon and reuse it. That is what EPA is funding now - elimination of that because it failed. The activated carbon clogged up the system and the city stopped using it; looked at other carbons and ended up rerouting waste through the plant, using more chlorine, which created another problem with the city's permit since it tended to suspend more solids and may have caused the copper ~pa~rn~u=~„o~~,~w-r~+.~w~aa~~mmM.*~nnw ~. ~«,1~~:. > . _.... ,,, .: .. .. _ ~~u