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Council Minutes of 09-03-2013 the Board of Control, to enter into a contract for said services and said insurance coverage. Councilman Barker made a motion to suspend the rule requiring three ' readings. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said they did this in Fairview Park years ago. This is probably the most important period of time for purchasing insurance and supplemental policies, especially with the Affordable Care Act kicking in. It appears to him that this Council wants to "stick its head in the sand" and ignore what the Administration is doing. Doesn't Council want to know what kind of bidding is going out for this? Who's going to get it, how much it's going to be and what alternatives there are? How it's going to affect the city? Everything that deals with a large amount of money gets passed under suspension. No checks and balances on this. Council President Jones asked Councilman Barker if he had this legislation in his committee and reported out on it today. He said he did. Jeff Sturgeon, 3092 W. 231 asked if the city has a third party administrator now that they have been using. Copfer answered yes. Sturgeon asked how long the city has had this. Copfer said the city has had Medical Mutual since 1997. The city has a consultant, and the city goes out for bids every year. The biggest thing is re-insurance and the specific stop loss because the city is self-insured. Additionally, the union contracts have the plan design set through 2014. The city already knows what the plan design is and Council has approved all of those contracts that have the design in there. At one time, the city had a three year contract with Medical Mutual because the city received a discount on the ~~~ contract. Sturgeon asked if any other companies bid on this. Copfer said they have ~~ multiple proposals every year. There have been many submittals over the years. Councilman Barker (in reference to Lambert's comments) stated that one would get more knowledge attending committee meetings than just reading the heading of legislation that has already been discussed at length during committee meetings. Councilman Barker moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2013-77 adopted 7-0. Resolution 2013-78 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its second reading. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a second agreement with the Ohio Director of Transportation to upgrade certain barrier end terminals on state and national highway routes within the City of North Olmsted. Councilman Brossard made a motion to suspend the rule requiring three readings. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Councilman Brossard moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Resolution 2013-78 adopted 7-0. Ordinance 2013-79 introduced by Councilman Schumann was given its second reading. An Ordinance designating the Knight-Biddulph House, located at 4302 Porter Road, as an official North Olmsted Landmark, as amended. Resolution 2013-80 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its second reading. A Resolution dispensing with the formal RFP process and authorizing the Mayor to enter 8