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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF ZHF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED DF~ENIDER 7, 1993 Present: Council President Boel~ner, Council Members Babas, Leonard, Lind, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Clerk of Council Barbara Seman President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. The minutes of the meeting of November 16, 1993 were approved as written. Mr. BoeYuner armounced that Resolution No. 93-152 would be added to the agenda and passed under suspension of the rules. Also, Ordinance Nos. 93-146, 93-147 and 93-148 would be passed under suspension of the rules. Mr. Boehmer recognized Cub Scout Pack 332 from St. Richard's School. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Cablevision has advised the city that senior citizen discounts will be discontinued as of January, 1994. They cite the 1992 Cable Act as the reason. A letter has been sent in protest and noting that the 1992 Cable Act gave them the ability to raise rates for most subscribers, which they recently did. The Mayor noted that reports have indicated that cable television has recently recorded a decrease in subscribers, which might be due to the debates on the 1992 Cable Act. One issue that has arisen from those debates is that it is cost effective for a government to run a cable system. North Olmsted will look into this issue. 2) Current Police statistics as compared to last year are as follows: miles driven have increased by 10,723; arrests are up by 400; DWI arrests are up by 37; assaults, vehicle thefts and attempts, burglaries are down; criminal damaging is down by 84; sex offenses are down; shoplifting is down; theft from auto is down by 64; occasions of suspicious persons are down. Basically, our crime rate since 1992 has decreased as new Police officers have been hired. 3) The Board of Control met on December 2 to approve a change order for the Recreation Center parking lot. The work is being done in two phases: base work and drainage this year; capping and overlay next year. However, it has become apparent that while construction is going on, curbing could be put in for less money at this time. Therefore, an additional $26,000 has been approved. The amount will be paid out of what had been appropriated earlier because of savings that have been incurred. 4) The blue bags used by grocery stores can be used for recycling as long as the opening can be tied securely. 5) The Christmas Tree Lighting was a great success. The choir from Pine School entertained everyone. Santa was escorted to City Hall by the Police Department, and he and the children helped the Mayor turn on the Christmas lights. Many city employees donated their time by baking cookies and volunteering their time to assist with distributing refreshments. ~.~..~ ~,~~,~.~,~.~a