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Council Minutes of 09-21-2010 for the Special Olympics. Chick-fil-A held their annual Hometown Heroes event on Tuesday, September 7, 2010. • SERVICE -PSI was recently in the areas of Carla, Hawkins and the Dover lift station performing soil borings work for the WWTP project. The overlay project is nearly complete and pavement markings have begun. Brush pick-up has concluded for the year. Bundled brush cut to 4 foot lengths weighing no more than 45 pounds should be placed at the curb for trash collections. • HUMAN RESOURCES -The Human Resources Department attended a meeting with local church and school leaders on Thursday, September 16, 2010 to discuss the effect of Issue 34 passing and how this department will work with the community and coordinate outreach services. Several of the churches have offered to help with demolition, landscaping and the community garden. As of September 7, 2010 the City has saved $351,000 on Workers Compensation costs for 2010 with a total savings of $839,000 since becoming self-insured. As of today, health care costs are down $218,000 from 2009. Prescription costs are down by $69,000 and the administrative fee is down $15,000. • MAYOR'S OFFICE - On Saturday, September 11, 2010 in conjunction with Wal-Mart, the City sponsored a day of community service to commemorate the 9`" anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The project focused on repainting several of the city's fire hydrants, with the paint and supplies being funded through a grant from Wal-Mart. Sunday September 19, 2010 was his first charity event as Mayor - a Sk race and 1 mile walk /run. Over 100 adults and children turned out to participate. The proceeds from this event will be donated to the school's pay-to-participate program or to the school's Foundation Board. Repairs need to be made to the steel support columns in the pool at the recreation center. The specifications were completed today and have been sent to local contractors for estimates. Repair work should begin within the next week or two. • PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT - AT&T has deposited $2,000 into an account for each cable box they have installed in the City for a total of $60,000. The intent of these funds is to provide landscape screening and ongoing maintenance. The RFP for this project will allow the City to select a contractor to install the plantings and maintain them for a significant period of time. He unveiled the new City logo as part of the community branding and gateway signage project. The logo was created by Studio Graphique, with oversight from a City branding committee comprised of staff and local community members. The logo will be featured on new gateway signage and in future City publications. Today was the grand opening of First Merit bank on Lorain Road. Councilman Barker commented on the Day of Community Service and thanked some more people that were involved. Council President Limpert suggesting using any leftover paint to continue painting hydrants. Director of Law Gareau: 2