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Council Minutes of 10/19/1999 Ordinance No. 99-145 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mr. O'Grady. An ordinance amending for a second time Section 2 of Ordinance 98-32 entitled "An Ordinance Establishing Rates of Compensation for Various Administrative and Legislative Personnel, and Declaring an Emergency," so as to provide a year 2000 salary rate for the new part-time Civil Assistant in the Law Department, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance No. 99-146 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the City of North Ridgeville, Ohio, concerning proposed Cypress Avenue, and declaring an emergency. Mr. Gareau moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review; second by Mrs. Kasler. RoII call: Gareau, yes, with comment that initially, when he first received this information and had an opportunity to go over it, he was rather reluctant because oftentimes Council does not suspend the rule requiring three readings for matters they know very little about. Frankly, he felt that he was being pressured in a sense because of a situation that litigants had gotten themselves into out in Lorain County. Being an attorney, he understands that such situations can come about. However, he would have preferred to have had more information in advance of this evening. The representations of all parties involved have been helpful and insightful to him on this particular piece of legislation. He would like his comments from earlier in the meeting and his questions and responses also be incorporated into his response and explanation of his vote. His vote is yes. Roll call continued: Kasler, responded that she joined in Mr. Gareau's comments and voted yes; Limpert, yes; McKay, yes, with the understanding that the resident who occupies the building next to the road will have an opportunity to come before the Planning Commission and express his concern. Otherwise, he would have voted no. Roll call continued: Miller, yes, with comment that he has strong reservations about this plan, particularly given the limited time that Council had to review it. However, after listening to comments from the Law Director, he is assured that he will have an opportunity at another time to vote down this particular roadway if his concerns are not met. Roll call continued: Nashar, yes, commenting that Council's feet were almost held to the fire but, after hearing the discussion, he is voting yes. Roll call continued: O'Grady, no, for the reasons stated by everyone else for voting yes. In order for him to vote for suspension of the rules, he would have to be very comfortable that the right thing is being done. He does not have that level of comfort because the business resident of North Olmsted who will be affected by this was not available to tell Council how he feels about this plan. The motion passed with six affirmative votes and one negative vote. Per the Rules of Council, President Saringer asked if members of the audience wished to address Council on this matter which was being considered for passage under suspension of the rules. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, said he was not speaking in favor or against the ordinance. He was speaking about the etiquette of Council at this particular point. It seems apparent to him that North Ridgeville will not have to pay any fees if they can go to the court and say the agreement is reached, but will have to pay some sort of fees if the 13 ` ~