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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 1993 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Babas, Leonard, Lirxl, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gateau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Seman Council President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The minutes of the Council meeting of September 7, 1993 were approved as written. Mrs. Babas took her seat at 8:02 p.m. Mr. Boehmer announced that Ordinance 93-107 had been amended and would be put back on second reading and that Ordinance 9~-120 had been removed from the agenda. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Police Lt. Barry O'Toole has retired acid Kevin Whelan will be pr~noted to Lieutenant and Wayne Bosau will be promoted to Sergeant. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on Monday, September 27. We will be hiring a patrolmen in the near future. 2) The Ohio Motorists Association has awarded North Olmsted the Pedestrian Safety Citation Award for improvements in safety within our city. 3) Met with the Police aril Fire Departments to discuss the central dispatch system. All current dispatchers will undergo background checks. They will become the core group for the central dispatchers. We will do cross-training for Fire and Police dispatchers. The dispatchers will also be certified in medical training. The central dispatch will, for the mast part, be staffed with two dispatchers 24 hours a day. The central dispatch equipment will be in and operational before the transition of personnel is made. 4) Officer Glen Adamson has been named the DARE officer. He was reviewed by the Ohio Chief's Association and the DARE program ~ was certified yesterday. He has gone through a long process of evaluation, arxi everyone is certain that he is the officer that can best handle the DARE program. Officer Adamson will be attending a foot-week training program which will cost the city only $30 because the remainder will be paid by the Ohio Chiefs' Association through a federal grant. Most of the agreements with the schools have been signed. After the training period, Officer Adamson and Officer King, the crime preventic~ officer, will begin an abbreviated program. The full-blown program will begin with the next school year. Although the DARE officer is considered a member of the Police Department, his time will be devoted to DARE. Through legislation, we will have to address the process of relieving him of his an-going olice duties. 5) Because of some misinformation about the Charter amen~nent for senior housing, we have formed a committee. Approximately 20 volunteers came to the Senior Center to help with the committee. The Charter amendment is not to allow for fHa'foTt~,'~~e_txtq',M~!V$Y~R ,., .~"~.~".~~. ~... -: .. -. _,.. ~. .. I