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Council Minutes of 4/7/98 _ Fire Chief Osterhouse; Police Chief Rupee; NOMBL Operations Manager Terbrack; ,,~,~. Recreation Commissioner Dolansky; Springvale Facilities Manager Strnad. The appropriations were discussed concentrating on a review of the Building, Police, Fire, Recreation, NOMBL, Finance and Personnel & Administrative Departments. Minor adjustments were made to the budget with one question regarding police coverage at Springvale referred to the Law Director. 3) The committee met again on March 25 at 6 p.m. Present were committee members O'Grady, Limpert and Kasler; Council Members Nashar, McKay, Gareau and Miller; Mayor Musial; Directors Bohlmann and Copfer; Senior Center Administrator Telegdy; Data Processing Commissioner Hannum; Civil Service Secretary/Clerk of Commissions Cornish. City appropriations were discussed with a review of the Senior Center, Electronic Data Processing Department and Clerk of Commissions' office. Minor changes were recommended. A request regarding Springvale police coverage was resolved per the Law Director. The committee conducted a final review of the entire appropriations and recommended approval. 4) A special meeting of Council was held on March 30 at 6 p.m. Present were all members of Council, the Mayor and directors of Finance and Law. The appropriations legislation, Ordinance 98-16, was amended on the floor and then unanimously passed under suspension of the rules. 5) The Finance Committee met on April 1 at 6 p.m. Present were committee members O'Grady, Limpert and Kasler; Council Members Nashar, McKay, Gareau and Miller; Mayor Musial; Directors Bohlmann and Copfer. Discussions revolved around Ordinances 98-19, 98-23, 98-24, 98-25, 98-27 and an amendment to the Rules of Council. a. Ordinance 98-19 establishes a new section of the Codified Ordinances dealing with the segregation of funds for capital improvements projects. After some discussion, it was decided to hold this ordinance in committee to give the new administration an opportunity to put their own controls in place. Similarly, the amendment to the Rules of Council, which is related to Ordinance 98-I9, will be held in committee. b. Ordinance 98-23, regarding the contracting with RWL, Architects for the ADA improvements at Springvale, was reviewed by committee and unanimously recommended for approval. c. Ordinance 98-24, regarding the contracting with Schmidt Copeland Parker and Stevens for the Old Town Hall improvements, was reviewed and after discussion was unanimously recommended for approval. d. Ordinance 98-25 concerns the contracting with Polytech for improvements at the ice rink. It was unanimously recommended for approval to be passed under suspension of the rules along with a related ordinance, which is Ordinance 98-38. e. Ordinance 98-27, which authorizes the bargaining agreement with the North Olmsted Fraternal Order of Police, was unanimously recommended for approval. f. As mentioned by Councilman Limpert, Ordinance 98-26 was discussed in a joint meeting of Finance and Intra-Governmental Relations. 4