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Council Minutes of 10/20/92 Agenda items were as follows: a. Ordinance 92-128 which deals with the bids for equipment for a central dispatch system serving the Police and Fire Departments. The purpose of a central dispatch system is to reduce the response time of the safety forces. The committee recommended passage. b. Ordinance 92-137, supporting Senate Bill 11 which will prohibit the issuance or renewal of a liquor permit to arry~ establishment selling motor vehicle fuel. The committee recamin~ded passage. c. Ordinance 92-138 which deals with the stacking of firewood. The committee decided to hold this ordinance far further modification. Mr. Lind, Chairperson of the Finance Committee., reported: 1) On September 23, approximately 90 people from the Deerfield North subdivision met with Mayor Boyle, Service Director BohLnann, arxi Mr. Lind to discuss the issue of the recreation area. By this time, both pools had been drained aayd filled with dirt. There had been some confusion over tix ballot sent to residents earlier in the month. Another ballot was mzaied which clarified the wording and limited the choices to only two: agree to a restrictive deed covenant for maintenance fees; agree to allow the land to revert to the City of North Olmsted. All responses were to be returned to City Ha11 by October 14. The homeowners who were in attendance agreed that a no response would constitute a "no" vote--indicating that the haoaeowner did not agree to a restrictive deed covenant for miaintenance fees. A total of 138 votes were returned out of 195 hcxmes. Of the ballots returned, 37 were yes and 101 were no. There were 57 homeow~rs mt responding which brought the no vote to 158. A clear majority of the homeowners in Deer- field North have voted in favor of Resolution 92-125 which will allow the property to revert to the city. In as much as the Deerfield North recreation area has posed a serious health and safety hazard for nearly eight years and the residents overwhelminroly consented to the reversion, the Finance Committee affirmed its original recommendation to adopt Resolution 92-125. 2) On October 13, a joint Finance/Streets & Drainage Committee mieeti~g was held. In attendance were Council Me~abers Nashar, Leonard, Lind.; Finance Director Burns; Service Director Bohlmar~; Personnel & Administrative Director Wi.lamosky. The following items were discussed: a. Resolution 92-134 which authorises the Service Director to advertise for bids for the continuation of the sewer rehabilitation project. The Finance Committee recommended adoption. b. Ordinance 92-136 which deals with the collective bargaining agreement between the City of North Olmsted and the employees of the Service Department and Waste Water Treatment Plant. The contract has been presented to the unions; however, no draft copies have been received by the Administration. Therefore, the Finance C~ni.ttee could not make a recormmerrdation on passage of the legislation. Mr. Nashar, Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee, reported: 1) The Streets & Drainage Committee met on October 20. In attendance were Council Members Beringer, Musial, Leonard, Nashar; Service Director BohLnarm; residents from the Pheasants Walk/Quail Run and West Park/Forest Ridge Civic Associations. 3