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Council Minutes of O1-OS-10 REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: 1) The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. Present were Council President Kennedy, Council members Bazker, Kearney, Orlowski, Jones, Brossard, and President-elect Limpert. On the agenda was interviewing candidates for the vacant at-Large Council seat. Nine candidates were interviewed that night: Angela Williamson, Tim Smith, Chris Scazl, Tom Phillips, Jeff Peepers, Pat Kelly, Ed Garrity, Marisa Conway, and Gail Bisesi. The candidates all interviewed. He was very impressed with all of them. Any one of them would do a fantastic job. He's looking forward to the vote tonight and welcoming the new Council person. President Limpert we will be voting on the new Council member after audience participation this evening. 2) He's thrilled, humble and excited to be the next Mayor. They started the process when elected with a transition team they put into effect. The transition team was made up of Mayors of other cities, elected officials in North Olmsted and business people. The point of the transition team was to look at structure of government and to re-interview people at the Director-level position. He nominated for reappointment the Planning Director Kim Wenger, Human Resources Director Cheryl Farver, and Safety Director Dr. Lisa Thomas. He asked Council to make a motion to reappoint those Directors. Councilman Barker made a motion to approve the appointments of Mayor Kennedy of Planning Director Kim Wenger, Human Resources Director Cheryl Farver, and Safety Director Dr. Lisa Thomas. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. Appointments of Planning Director Wenger, Human Resources Director Farver, and Safety Director Thomas approved. 3) He's thrilled to announce the selection of his Administrative Assistant, Jane Leaver. Jane comes from Medina where she was atwo-term Mayor. She brings a wealth of knowledge from outside the city. 4) A special thanks to the Service Department and all of the hard-working people out there who have made our streets clean and safe during this snow storm. They are appreciated and they've done a great job. 5) Preliminary information is becoming available regarding 2009 calls for service within the Department of Public Safety. The Building Department issued 1,710 permits in 2009 as compared to 1,846 in 2008. That's a seven percent decline. The Division of Youth Services held 162 diversion hearings in 2009, a fifteen percent decline from 2008. Criminal activity continues to decline. Specifically burglazies, criminal damaging and assaults. Fire calls aze down two percent from 2008 figures, and EMS information is not 2