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Council Minutes of 9/21/99 Ordinance No. 99-85 introduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An '~" ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to enter into an agreement '~ with Alan Fishman to provide engineering services for the design of North Olmsted skatepark at the Recreation Center and declaring an emergency. Mrs. Kasler moved for adoption; second by Mr. O'Grady; motion passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 99-85 adopted. Ordinance No. 99-105 introduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance establishing the compensation and benefits to be paid to all part-time hourly employees employed by the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line, and declaring an emergency. Mr. O'Grady moved for adoption; second by Mr. Nashar; motion passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 99-105 adopted. Ordinance No. 99-107 introduced by Mrs. Kasler on behalf of herself, the entire Council and the Mayor. An ordinance creating a Safe Traffic Oriented Policing ("STOP") Unit in the City of North Olmsted Police Department and establishing a special revenue fund for the payment of compensation to members of the "STOP" Unit, and declaring an emergency as amended. Mrs. Kasler moved to amend Ordinance 99-107 to remove the present Section 3 and insert a new Section 3 to read: "That this STOP Unit will be in effect for 12 months from the date it is initiated by the Chief of Police, which initiation date shall be determined after consultation and approval of the Safety Director. If at the end of said time the unit has succeeded in being self-sustaining, it shall remain in effect until such time as it ceases to remain economically efficient or the Safety Director, after consultation with the Police Chief, determines this unit no longer serves the best interest of the city." The motion to amend was seconded by Mr. Gareau and unanimously passed. Mrs. Kasler moved for suspension of the rule requiring three readings; second by Mr. Gareau; motion passed unanimously. Mrs. Kasler moved for adoption; second by Mr. Gareau. Roll call: Kasler, yes, with the comment that she wished to thank everyone, Council and the administration, for their assistance in amending this ordinance. Roll call continued: Gareau, yes; O'Grady, yes; Nashar, yes; Miller, yes; McKay, yes; Limpert, no, with comment. The STOP program may be a good program, but to him there are still too many questions that need to be resolved. In his opinion, its time has not come. We all get calls as far as residents asking for more police patrols. But at what cost? The City of Parma has about $88,000 so far this year in fines to their residents. That average fine is probably about $25 a fine plus court costs. The court costs don't add into the $88,000. That works out basically to approximately one ticket out of every 10 men, women and children in the city. Currently, tickets are up in 1999 over 1998 substantially. During our budget talks earlier this year, there was no request from the Police Department for a greater overtime budget. Some of the questions that come to his mind that he tried to bring up in committee are who exactly will receive this overtime, where does the union stand or weigh in as far as who receives the overtime and how much overtime is too much overtime for a particular individual. It has been mentioned that this will be very good, and some of it will be very exciting as far as enhanced community policing efforts. But no programs were specifically discussed on what we would do with it. It was announced tonight that the Police Department is receiving two grants. He would have 12