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Council Minutes of 06-01-2010 motion was seconded by Councilman Barker, and the Committee voted 3-0 for approval of 2010-58. • Resolution 2010-59 is a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to advertise for bids for the transportation and disposal of bio-solids from the Waste Water Treatment Plant and, subject to approval by the Board of Control, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement. Previously there was only one bidder for the hauling of sludge to the Ottawa County Landfill near Port Clinton. The Safety Director presented costs for disposal from the Village of Lodi where a firm is located. To pick up, deliver and return to a home base in Lodi would entail five additional hours of hauling not defined in the comparison chart. This would entail five additional hours of tractor, fuel and driver costs. It currently appears that North Olmsted is the actual low cost provider for hauling sludge, and it may make more sense to expand internal hauling abilities and have a second hauler in case of emergencies. It may be possible to work with Lakewood or Rocky River's Waste Water Treatment facilities as back up haulers. He commended the Safety Director for providing costs comparisons and hopes the comparisons and total costs are accurate and in-house abilities for savings are not diminished. Councilman Orlowski made a motion to recommend approval of 2010-59. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brossard, and the Committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of 2010-59. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane referenced the Law Director's comments regarding banners in the city. He thinks it's a travesty that the school district would have had to wait until a Council meeting to get approval. Perhaps one of the Council members or Law Director can draw up legislation that exempts public bodies from having to get Council approval for banners; allowing that decision to be made by the Mayor himself. As for freedom of speech issues, it's difficult to regulate anything. A Council resolution for a school system that wants to put banners up seems to be absurd. Whenever Frostville has an event, banners are all over Columbia Road and on the poles. Lambert asked if they have special permission to do that and Gareau said they do. It looks good because it's supporting the community. He said he appreciated the fact that the Mayor paid for the Washington D.C. trip himself instead of using taxpayer dollars. LEGISLATION Ordinance 2010-50 introduced by Councilman Orlowski was given its second reading. An Ordinance amending Sections 1373.01 and 1373.02 of Chapter 1373 of the Building Code, entitled "Building, Zoning, Property Maintenance and other Nuisance Activities," in order to provide for the abatement of public nuisances and the recovery of city response costs incurred as the result of the multiple recurrence of such nuisance activities on commercial property located in the City of North Olmsted, as amended. 7