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Council Minutes of 08-17-2010 "scrubbing" the hard drives so that private information is protected. Legislation may be coming out to amend the lease agreements to place proper protections on the copy machines. • The Law Dept. bids farewell to their two law clerks -Lindsey Wilber, who has been with the department for two years and Jeannette DeGuire, a summer intern. The Law Dept. will hire two law clerks as replacements to finish any pending work. Director of Finance Copfer: • The Auditor of State officially released the audit report for 2009 today. It is available on the Auditor of State's website and North Olmsted's website. • The July monthly financial statements summary and detail were E-mailed today to Council. The Bond sale transaction will not appear until August. Councilman Barker, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Present were Committee members Barker, Jones and Kearney; Council members Mahoney, Orlowski and Williamson; President Limpert; Mayor Kennedy; Director of Law Gareau; and Director of Finance Copfer. • Discussed was Ordinance 2010-94 an Ordinance to make and transfer appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures of the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2010. In completing the first six months of the 2010 city budget, there are numerous transfers in and out of many departments which are reflected in this Ordinance. Transfers were due to omissions in the original budget such as vacation buy back and longevity, and the passage of Issue 34 in May 2010 (department reorganization). The worksheet for Ordinance 2010-94 is available in the Clerk's office and reflects these transfers. Councilman Barker made a motion to recommend approval of 2010-94. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Jones, and the committee voted 2-0 for approval. • The Mayor had sent out a list to Council and Directors looking for suggestions on what the savings from Issue 34 could be used for. Some of the projects include recreation center lockers, digital display board at Lorain and Dover Center, Industrial Parkway street repair, Springvale parking lot improvements, brush pick up, Senior Center trellis, and top soil for Springvale. Revenues and expenses over the first half of 2010 were discussed. This is also available in the Clerk's office. Overall, Director Copfer is cautiously optimistic that the budget is on track. Councilman Barker commented that even if revenues pick up the city should be very cautious the rest of this year. The possibility of raising salaries or hiring more people this year should be given serious consideration before doing so. 4