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Council Minutes of 09-18-12 • Discussed was Resolution 2012-74 which is a Resolution approving the Solid Waste Management Plan as adopted by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste "" Management Board, and declaring an emergency. Safety/Service Director Thomas explained that the plan was created by the District in order to satisfy an EPA mandate. Councilman Schumann made a motion to recommend approval. The motion was seconded by Councilman Baker. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval of Resolution 2012-74. Safety/Service Director informed Council that the refuse collection bids were in, and Republic was the lowest bidder. There will be no disruption of service and the savings will be approximately $597,000 the first year and possibly $3.5 million over the next 7 years. The change in price dropped from the $15 range to the $11 range. Some of the savings is due to the exceptional recycling efforts by the residents of North Olmsted. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said he is very happy to hear the police negotiations have concluded. He asked Copfer for a final billing/grand total charged by Gary Johnson for the cost of negotiations. She said she does not have the information with her but she will forward it to Lambert. He asked her if the original $25,000 would be included in there, and she said she knows it exceeds $25,000. Lambert said Councilman Schumann's report noted a large savings of money, but the contract also includes a rate for fuel adjustment. He asked if there is a cap on fuel adjustment costs, or if that is something that shows up in garbage collection as it happens? Mayor Kennedy said it used to be $3.00 and now it's $3.90. If the cost of gas is $3.50, there will be a discount. If the cost of gas is $4.50, the city will pay extra per gallon. Copfer said this adjusts upward too; inflation is built into that fuel adjustment. This is better for the city. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive said he has been walking, and noticed on Clague Road that much of the sidewalk is impassable. What can be done to straighten out the sidewalk? The sidewalk is uneven, making it very difficult to walk. Mayor Kennedy said if the sidewalk is in front of private property, then the homeowners are responsible for repairing the sidewalk. Pangrac said it's from Clague and Lorain all the way to Westlake. Mayor Kennedy said they are working on that in Ward 1 this year and next year they will be in Ward 2. Copfer said if Pangrac has an address, he can submit that to the Building Dept. and they will look into it. Barker said he has spoken with County Councilman Greenspan to see if there is any money available at the County level for a sidewalk program because repairing/replacing a sidewalk can be very expensive for a homeowner. Councilman Orlowski stated that the city should be taking into consideration the species of tree that is on the tree lawn and when it was planted. If it was planted under a development or with the city's knowledge of the type/species of tree it was, the consideration should be taken as to the type of root system that they have. Maybe the city can help the residents by working on a sidewalk leveling system. LEGISLATION Ordinance 2012-72 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its third reading. An Ordinance declaring improvements to certain parcels of real property to be a public 6