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Council Minutes of 11/21/2000 ;,,,~ President Saringer announced that a special Council meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on ~r+ Monday, November 27, for the passage of Ordinance 2000-158 and Resolution 2000-159. Also, aCouncil-as-a-Whole Committee meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on November 29. President Saringer recognized Boy Scout, Mike Ball, who was in attendance. Mike is working on his Eagle Scout project which is a history of the city. Mrs. Kasler, Chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on October 30. Present were committee members Kasler, Miller and Nashar; Council members Gareau, McKay, Limpert, O'Grady and Council President Saringer; Mayor Musial and directors of Finance, Safety and Human Resources. The following items were discussed: • Resolution 2000-141, which is a resolution re-authorizing a citizen's committee created by Resolution 98-96 for the purpose of gathering and presenting to Council projects for the city's Community Development Block Grant application. This ordinance required little discussion of the committee as Council has been extremely impressed with the past work of this committee and the organization and talent of Mr. Copeland, Human Resources Director. The committee unanimously recommended approval of Resolution 2000-141. • Resolution 2000-142, a resolution sponsored by Mr. O'Grady which encourages Congress to pass House Bills 3883 and 3377 which would require labeling of genetically engineered foods and that the Federal Food and Drug Administration obtain information from manufacturers of genetically engineered foods relating to the safety of such foods. In an effort to avoid potential health and environmental problems related to genetically engineered foods, the committee voted unanimously to recommend Resolution 2000-142 and its support of House Bill 3377 and 3883. • Ordinance 2000-144, this ordinance and its related program was developed by Human Resources Director Don Copeland in conjunction with Greg Birney of the North Olmsted Schools when these two gentlemen determined that volunteerism was lessening in our community. The ordinance reads, "An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Senior Workers Action Program/Senior Community Employment Program with the City of North Olmsted acting as host agency. This was organized in an effort to rejuvenate the necessary volunteer service in our city. Mr. Copeland and Mr. Birney created an agency called NOVA to recruit volunteers. They developed a mission statement and goals and are in need of a volunteer coordinator to implement the program. It's the purpose of this ordinance to have the city enter into a contract with SWAP, or Senior Workers Action Program, which creates an avenue for providing placement opportunities into unsubsidized jobs for men and women over 55. When a job is identified, SWAP will submit a pool of qualified applicants, or the city may make a recommendation to fill the position. • Ordinance 2000-145 mirrors Ordinance 2000-144 but addresses internal issues of this particular effort and addresses such things as health and ability of applicants to serve. The committee unanimously recommended both 2000-144 and 2000-145 for approval. 3