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Council Minutes of 03-19-2013 arrest can be uploaded to the scanned prints and sent to BCI. This eliminates ,.:,, ;~. double entries by the police department. • The County has awarded the Columbia Road Rehabilitation Project from Butternut Ridge Road to Lorain Road to Chagrin Valley Paving, Inc. The project is being financed using Federal, State, County and city funds. The County Department of Public Works will administer the project providing oversight and inspection throughout construction. The project contract period is April 1, 2013 through September 6, 2013. Residents will start receiving notifications in late March. Should residents have questions related to the project, they may contact the County Division of Public Works Construction Department at 216-348-3838. • The Landmarks Commission will be holding a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26 at 6:15 p.m. for the purpose of presenting research and recommendation for the landmarking of the Charles Alden Seltzer house located at 30095 Lorain Road. Learn about this unique house and the man who built it: a two-term mayor of North Olmsted during the 1930's and a prolific author of westerns, many of which were made into Hollywood films. • The Recreation Center is hosting the Annual Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt Event on Saturday, March 30 from 10:00 a.m. until noon at North Olmsted Park. Register for the event and the coloring contest now through March 27, 2013 at the Recreation Center. There will be refreshments and fun activities for the children. • This year, the city has already reached Fish Fry sales nearing $15,000.00. Kiwanis is hosting the Fish Fry this Friday, and there will be a special visitor for ,.~. the children. Director of Law Gareau: • He shared some statistics from 2012 for work that has taken place in Rocky River Municipal Court. In 2010, the city had 69 felonies which dropped to 56 in 2011 and remained low at 52 in 2012. The misdemeanors written under the State Code went from 643 in 2010 down to 536 in 2011 and jumped back up to 710 in 2012. State traffic tickets written under the State Code was 428 in 2012, but 8,130 total tickets for traffic under the city's Ordinances. The most cited felony in North Olmsted was theft. The most common misdemeanor statute written under the State Code in 2012 was also theft. The most cited misdemeanor statue under the city's Ordinances in 2012 was disorderly conduct by virtue of intoxication. The most commonly cited Ordinance for the City of North Olmsted for traffic offenses was speed. The most common traffic State statute was OVI's. Overall traffic and criminal cases for North Olmsted was 8,856 in 2012. That is an increase from 7,931 in 2011. Director of Finance Copfer • There are two items the city should be keeping track of. The federal government is looking to minimize or eliminate the municipal income tax exemption on investments. She provided information to the Mayor, and she would like to have legislation on the agenda for the next Council meeting to urge the city's representatives to not do this. Also, the city is still dealing with House Bill 5. The state legislature has not had any committee meetings or public hearings for a 2