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.~:<, .,, Council Minutes of 12/19!00 ,~,, December 18 in Eastlake and Brecksville respectively. At the same time, North r Olmsted held a meeting this evening for the same purpose, and it was quite well attended. It should be noted that consumers are considered to be in the program, unless they choose to exercise their option to opt-out. This ordinance was the follow- up of the established agreement to join the coalition of governments which was established to seek lower electricity costs for residents. Although there is no guarantee of that, it is our best effort at achieving that. The ordinance was unanimously recommended for approval. • Ordinance 2000-117. There were additional attendees at this particular part of the meeting including the Safety Director, the Finance Director, Mr. Ellis of AT&T and Mr. Dunn of Ameritech. Ordinance 2000-117 has been amended to a significant part to reflect that the enforcement of the violation of cell phone use would be a secondary offense. This means that officers would not cite a person using a cell phone, which in terms of the ordinance is dialing, answering, listening, talking on a hand-held telephone, unless they are being cited for another offense, such as a moving violation. Much discussion was held on this amendment. The ordinance has, in fact, been discussed on several occasions and the ordinance in general was discussed two or three times in committee. The ordinance addresses only hand-held phones. Two Council members voiced their objection to regulating cell phones at all while others, who were initially skeptical of complete regulation, felt comfortable with the idea that a resident would not be stopped simply for use of the cell phone, but instead would now be cited for use only if they were stopped for another violation. It was established that the City of Brooklyn ordinance regarding cell phones has not been challenged as yet. Tentatively it was established that, although there is an inattentive driver statute on the books that potentially covers cell phone misuse, having Ordinance 2000-117 on the books would not jeopardize the affect or enforceability of either that ordinance or the existing applicable but general ordinance. The legislation, as thrice amended, was unanimously recommended for approval by the committee. 2) The Mayor has asked Council to approve several commission appointments, two of which are reappointments: • Adolph Spagnuolo has been recommended for reappointment to the Fair Housing Board for a term commencing January 1, 2001 and ending December 31, 2003. Mrs. Kasler moved that Council reappoint Adolph Spagnuolo to the Fair Housing Board for the term of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2003. The motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and unanimously approved. • Karin Shultz has been recommended for reappointment to the Architectural Review Board for the term commencing January 1, 2001 and ending December 31, 2002. Mr. Kasler moved that Council reappoint Karin Schultz to the ARB for the term of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2002. The motion was seconded by Mr. Nashar and unanimously approved. • Jacgi Templeton has been recommended for appointment to an existing open term on the Fair Housing Board which began on January 1, 1999 and ends on December 31, 2001. Jacgi has lived in North Olmsted for 27 years, raised her family here and was the former Westlife reporter covering municipal activities in our city. She has served 3