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Council Minutes of 6/15/93 ' Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Capt. Rup1e met with school superintendent D~enni.s A11en to sign the agreement far the DARE Program. A1~ a written agreement between the city and parochial schools in not necessary, Capt. Rupie also met with the parochial schools to explain the program anti to solicit their help and endorse- ment. Christ the King School has chosen to keep its present internal. program; however, all other parochial schools have chosen to participate in DARE. The DARE officer has been selected, and his name and qualifications will be sulantted to the Ohio DARE CosAm~ion for approval. The program is moving ahead and should be ready for startup at the begix~ing of the 1994 school year. 2) The city's newest police officer should be ready for duty in July. This will be the first time in seven years that the Police Department has been at full strength. We now have 53 officers, and 41 are assigned to patrol. Later this year, Council will be notified of a change in management of the three police shifts and the addition of another officer to replace the officer assigned. to the DARE program. 3) On June 7, the city signed a contract with BFI for recycling of multi-family units. Half of the units are now under contract, and the cast is $1.SO per unit at 90X occupancy. In general, city recycling has a participation rate of 70'~ with an approximate 15X reduction in the waste stream. 4) The June edition of Cleveland, tine contained an article which rated 47 suburbs. North Olnusted`p~~I nines one in environment and home and car insurance. We had the lowest adverse impact on the environment and the lowest home and car insurance costs. We were fifteenth in hou$ing appreciation, exceeding Rocky River and Lakewood. In safety services, wee exceeded neighboring Westlake. The ratings were bas@d can 1991 figures; because of the increase in our police force, the figures far 1992 should be even better. 5) The hospitalization committee met today for the contract year July 1993 through June 1994. We have maintained almost identical costs per year for a three year period. It is anticipated that 100 of the employees` payroll. deductions will be refunded this year because currently we are at 8th below anticipated expenditures, while industry standards have shown increases of up to 20X. The hospitalization committee decided the level of coverage for all employees which was then converted into specifications. Sealed bids were retlu3.red. of all carriers. The committee has agreed on a company, and the Board of Control will more than likely agree with that choice. 6) T'he Town Ha11 meeting held in Ward II last Thursday went quite well. The next meeting for Ward III will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 8, at Horizons Center. All members of Council are welcome to attend. 7) Along with Mr. Bohl~nann, the Mayor has been interviewing companies for the job of compiling demographics for senior ho>uaing. The demographics will help in the sizing of the facility. Once a firm is hired, the survey work will take about six to eight weeks. The results wall be shared with Council and the county government. We are keeping the county abreast of all progress because this is the camber one CDBG funding project. 8) To help the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation, Friday, Jvne 18, has been declared a casual dress day. Eer}aloyees are donating $5 to dress casually for work, and $150 has already been collected, 9) North Olmsted night at Cleveland Stadium will beheld on June 29 when the Indians play the Chicago White Sox. 10) The city`s Fourth of July celebration will be held on Monday, July 5. Anyone who is interested in volunteering should contact Nancy Wlodarski. 2 ~.~~t