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Council Minutes of 04-06-2010 be open for use as well. The Recreation Department's maintenance crew has been concentrating on ball diamond preparation as the high school baseball and softball season began last week. Two new water fountains have been ordered and are scheduled to be installed in Clague Park by mid-April thanks to a generous donation by the North Olmsted Hot Stove league. • Officer Matthew Beck has been recalled from the 2008 lay-off and will return to work with the N.O. Police Department on Monday, April 12. • With the selection of Ramsey & Associates as the Civil Service testing firm hired to write the police promotion exams, patrol officers will be studying for the Sergeant's exam. Additionally, most of the current Sergeants have expressed an interest in taking the Lieutenant's exam. • The Fire Department responded to 13 requests for mutual aid in the month of March with the aid equally distributed between Olmsted Township, Westlake and North Ridgeville. In return, North Olmsted requested mutual aid 7 times during the same period with Olmsted Township providing the majority of assistance. • EMS runs continue to drop. There were 206 runs in March, down from 217 in February and 245 in January. There has been a 16% drop in EMS runs from the beginning of the year. There were no building fires to report for the month of March. • At the meeting of March 16, several residents from Northwood Condominiums were in attendance. Safety Director Thomas met individually with one resident and made several attempts to arrange a group meeting with all concerned residents with the Building Commissioner and Building Inspector assigned to this project. It is hoped that a meeting will take place this week. • A traffic accident on April 2 destroyed a CEI utility pole at Great Northern Blvd. and Lorain. CEI repaired the pole on the following day, closing traffic for several hours. CEI intends on replacing the pole later this spring. • Due to business and staffing changes within the company, the city is terminating its contract for economic development services with Silverlode Consulting Corporation this month. The administration is evaluating how to best move forward to ensure these service needs continue to be met. • The BOC approved a contract with Studio Graphique to provide graphic design services in the development of a new city branding scheme that will be used in gateway signage and future city facility signage. A public meeting will be scheduled later in the month to solicit public feedback for this process. • The Health Care Advisory Team, consisting of 14 employees, concluded their 6 month review of the city's health care plans and made a recommendation to promote wellness and education and to implement a flex savings plan. The Committee did not recommend any changes to the current health care plan. • The second Weight Watchers at Work program ended in November with a total weight loss of 142 pounds. The current (3`d) at work program is going very well. • In attendance tonight are several of the recent graduates of the Westshore Community Emergency Response Team. CERT is a national volunteer organization under Homeland Security. The Westshore CERT is the local team and includes the cities of Bay Village, Fairview Park, Lakewood, North Olmsted, Rocky River and Westlake. The mission of CERT is to engage all citizens in 2 ~~,...