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Council Minutes of 03-16-2010 ~~-~. w~' Fair Housing month of April. The age groups are fourth grade through twelfth grade. The theme is Celebrate Home North Olmsted. There are cash prizes available for first and second place. Anybody with questions can contact his Administrative Assistant, Annie Kilbane. Finance Director Copfer: • She assisted the Mayor and his Administration with developing a budget, compiling that budget, adjusting it for all the concessions and presenting it in a meaningful format for Council to review during budget hearings. She hopes Council found the process informative and felt that they were provided the appropriate level of details supporting the budget such as the detailed payroll spreadsheets and the narrative on the non-payroll expenditures and any changes in operations. • She thanked her Secretary, Donna Murphy, for putting the budget books together after she had completed entering all the detail into the financial accounting system and making countless changes over the last couple of months. She also thanked the division and department heads for making it such a smooth process. • On March 9 she attended the Mayor's Business Meet and Greet. She thinks the business owners really felt appreciated that the city cares about what's going on with their businesses and what their needs might be. • On March 10 she participated in the Health Care Committee meeting as an advisor. The Committee has a recommendation that will be presented to the Administration. • On March 10 she also went to the Westlake presentation of the fire district. She thought it was very informative and thorough. She looks forward to the second phase of their process. • On March 11 she participated in the firefighter pre-conciliation negotiating session that resulted in both sides working to come together to an agreement that did provide their required $410,000 that makes this budget possible while keeping appropriate staffing levels. • Today she also attended the proactive property maintenance initiative presented by the Law Department. She went to a couple of presentations by the County Land Bank and had been communicating with Director Wenger on proactive approaches to foreclosure issues. Mayor Kennedy thanked the firefighters who accepted a tough contract, but it's something that the residents needed. He looks forward in the future to working more closely with them. Councilman Barker, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met to discuss 2010-24 an Ordinance to make appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year 4