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Council Minutes of 12/3/96 Mike Petz, Matt Popa, Greg Prusha, Tom Stuckhart, Justin Treisch, Kevin Wisniewski, Mike Nelson, Seth Rusnak. The team was recognized by all present. Coach Marsh expressed his thanks and said that he was very proud of these dedicated young men. Mayor Boyle announced that the signs at the entrances to the city would be changed to include a recognition of the State Championship. 3) Added to this evening's agenda is the ordinance that will place the Recreation levy on the ballot again in February. It is believed that the ballot language confused voters so that they mistakenly thought the levy was an additional tax. The language has been changed so that it is more clear that the tax is a continuation. Page three of the legislation states that Council is limited in what it can levy: .7 mills for recreation. There will be absolutely no change from what is currently being taxed. Another clause that may have caused some confusion states "without a further vote of the people." This does not mean that Council has a right to levy taxes without the say of the public. The public will have that say on election day. It would be a waste of time and money to have a vote every year on the same issue. 4) The issue of constructing a new library for North Olmsted will probably be placed on the ballot for the May election. The proposed library would be built on Recreation Center property which is owned by the city. Although there is other vacant land in the city, the property would have to be purchased, which would add to the cost of the project. Also it should be noted that this property is very accessible to all residents. 5) Good news--recently the Mayor installed the new officers of Community Council, an association of all the organizations of the city. The Community Council helps define North Olmsted as a community as opposed to a geographic border. As is done each year, the Community Council made donations to the Recreation Department and the Human Resources Department. Also, money was put aside to help install additional electricity in North Olmsted Park in the area of Homecoming. The bad news is that a president was not installed because no one was able to take on the responsibility and time commitment. Unfortunately, like other organizations, the Community Council is losing membership. The Mayor has offered the Community Council space on the city's Internet homepage to list information about city organizations. Hopefully, this will help strengthen the Community Council and other organizations by attracting potential members. 6) Everyone is invited to the annual tree lighting at City Hall on Thursday, December 5. Santa will be here as well as the Pine School choir. 7) Santa will return to City Hall on Sunday, December 15, for children to have their pictures taken with him. This project was put together by three city employees and other city employees have donated money to buy the film. Donations for the city food cupboard will be accepted. 8) The last Town Hall meeting of the year will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11, at Maple Elementary School. Law Director Gareau: 1) Next Tuesday he will travel to Columbus along with Police Chief Viola, P & A Director Wilamosky and several police employees to testify before a SERB hearing officer regarding the issue of the number of confidential employees within the Police Department. 2