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Council Minutes of 4/6/99 committee has a subjective discretionary point application of 70 points. The total number .;. ,,~ of points that are allowed are 347. So, they have a tremendous latitude subjectively to assign points to various projects. North Olmsted has faired very, very well over the years-receiving about $14 million in Issue 2 monies, which puts us toward the top. The City of Cleveland received the most funds, approximately $109 million out of approximately $298 million over the last ten years. The commissioners are looking to the mayors to suggest ways to improve the system. It seemed to be the consensus of the group that the subjectivity of the committee should be eliminated and more objective guidelines should be substituted so that the people making the application know exactly where the points are going to be distributed. 5) The last building block has been put in place regarding the short, long and ultra-long long-range planning process. The North Olmsted Foundation Inc. received its SO1C3 approval from the Internal Revenue Department to become a totally tax exempt organization along with the North Olmsted Education Foundation Inc. Mr. McKay asked whether the chairperson of NOACA was on the Issue 2 Committee. Mayor Musial said the Issue 2 Committee included the following members: • County Engineer Tom Neff, chairperson, appointed by the County Commissioners. • Mayor Gerald Boldt, City of Parma, appointed by the County Mayors and City Managers Association. • County Commissioner Jane Campbell, appointed by the County Commissioners. • Julius Ciaccia, vice-chair, appointed by Cleveland Mayor White. • Mayor Dennis Clough, City of Westlake, appointed by the County Mayors and Managers Association. • Mark Ricchiuto, appointed by Cleveland Mayor White. • Carlton Schnell, from the law firm of Arter & Hadden, appointed by the other committee members. Mr. O'Grady commented on the library tour that he and the Mayor took saying that the facilities they saw were spectacular, and that is where North Olmsted should be. He suggested that Council invite Donna Meyers and Betsey Ruggiero to a future meeting to talk about the needs of the North Olmsted Library. Mrs. Saringer agreed to send a letter inviting them to come to the next Council caucus and next meeting to give a brief presentation. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Effective March 30, 1999, the minimum amount allowed to purchase goods or services without requiring public bidding increased from $10,000 to $15,000. 2) The budget and accounting system had a bug for entering appropriations in 1999. As it attempted to post the first entry, it looped itself and continued posting that number. The item being posted was Council salaries, which currently reads $64,208,911,975! Fortunately, the software fix was received and is scheduled to be loaded next week so that the appropriations can be corrected. y, 3) Regarding Ordinance No. 99-45 which creates the position of Assistant Director of Finance, the proposal presented to Council during budget hearings was comprehensive: 2