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Council Minutes of 5/7/97 if the landscaping plan is not approved, the legislation may be pulled from the next meeting's agenda. c. Ordinance Nos. 96-100, 96-102, which were proposed by Councilman O'Grady. Further discussion on this legislation will be held upon the receipt of requested information from the Planning Commission Chairperson. Mr. McKay moved that Council remove Ordinance No. 97-44 from the agenda. The motion was seconded by Mr. Nashar and unanimously approved. Mr. Limpert: Chairperson of the Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met on Apri128 to discuss Ordinance Nos. 97-28 and 97-29. All voting members of Council were in attendance in addition to Service Director Bohlmann. a. Ordinance 97-28 authorizes a traffic light at the intersection of Mill and Dover Roads. The committee recommended passage of the legislation. b. Ordinance 97-29 authorizes a traffic light at the corner of Mill and Porter Roads. This light has been in question by some residents; however, no residents were in attendance to voice their opinions. The committee recommended passage of the legislation. Mr. McKay noted that the traffic lights did meet warrants. Mr. Nashar, Chairperson of the Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on April 28. Present were committee members Limpert, O'Grady, Nashar; Council Members Lind, Saringer, Musial; Safety Director Kasler; Finance Director Burns; Service Director Bohlmann. The committee discussed Resolution 97-37, a resolution requesting a review by the State Legislature of Ohio Revised Code 4303.29, as amended, effective November 1, 1994, subject to economic development project and defining specific limitations. The legislation requests a limit of the number of transfers to the city by the State Liquor Board. There were some unanswered questions and the legislation will remain in committee for further discussion. Mr. O'Grady, Chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met this evening at 7 p.m. Present were committee members Musial and O'Grady and Councilmen Nashar and Limpert. Mr. Tim Smith, who is the Mayor's recommendation for a vacancy on the Parks and Recreation Commission, was interviewed. The committee was well impressed with Mr. Smith's background and commends the Mayor on sending forward such a fine individual. Mr. O'Grady moved to approve the nomination of Tim Smith to the Parks and Recreation Commission. The motion was seconded by Mr. Musial and unanimously passed. 2) On April 19, Mr. O'Grady attended a meeting of the Ohio Municipal League. A detailed written report has been submitted to Council. Three subject areas discussed at the meeting were open meetings and records, tax abatements and school districts, and telecommunication towers. Some key points discussed were: Not all meetings are open to the public. An exception would be when an executive session is called to discuss personnel matters or purchase or sale of property. Not all records are open to the public. Federal records fall into the Freedom of Information Act. State and local records do fall 5 ....,r, ..., .. ~, . w~ ~~