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. , Council Minutes of 06-O1-2010 • He had the occasion to counsel Mayor Kennedy on the issue of placing signs on city property, specifically signs promoting Relay for Life through the American Cancer Society. He has no knowledge of past policy, nor is there a written policy with respect to placing Relay for Life announcement signs on city property. The city has had a very long standing policy of not permitting the placement of any signs on the exterior of any city property. There are policies for community access and streetscape banners. The Relay was advised they can use the community boards at Dover and the Park. They have submitted an application. They can also use the right-of--way over the road, the city webpage and cable channel. Also, there are certain areas in the city in which no policy exists and speech is allowed to take place in the form of flyers, announcements etc: city hall lobby, Recreation Center and Senior Center. The legislation before Council tonight permits the placement of ribbons in the right-of--way on CEI poles assuming they can get permission from CEI. This is the exact same protocol offered to North Olmsted schools for Spirit Day in April. They approached the city and asked to place ribbons on poles. The problem was they requested it early in the week to put the ribbons up that weekend when Council wasn't meeting until the following Tuesday, so it was not possible to accommodate that request. The Law Dept. will review the policies in the upcoming weeks and months regarding this issue. • With respect to the plaza at Stearns and Lorain, the Vivianni Family Limited Partnership is currently behind $160,112.40 in property taxes. The Surf Shop across the street is behind $99,049.32. Between these two properties and the City of North Olmsted, there is a quarter million dollars in taxes that have not been paid. He has asked his Assistant Director of Law Carole Heyward to look further into this to pursue a claim against the property owners or to push the County to take action. Director of Finance Copfer: • The unaudited general purpose financial statements were filed with the State Auditor's office last Friday, so they have met the compliance of reporting with the State. They are working on the finishing touches of the audit. Council President Limpert, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Present were President Limpert; Council members Barker, Brossard, Jones, Kearney, Orlowski and Williamson; Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, Jane Leaver; Director of Law Gareau; Director of Finance Copfer; Director of Human Resources Farver; and Director of Safety Ritenauer. • Discussed were Ordinances 2010-61, 2010-62, 2010-63, 2010-64, 2010-65 and 2010-66. With the passage of Issue 34, these Ordinances allow for the restructuring of certain departments of the city. 2010-61 abolishes the 4