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Council Minutes of 10/17/2000 of pay with cities of similar size and population. The comparisons were made with the reports from the Cities and Villages magazine, the Ohio Municipal League and the cities of Lakewood, Westlake and Brecksville. The salary scales that will begin on January 1, 2002 are compatible with the other cities with the same population or near population as North Olmsted. The pay raise will be for the candidates who are successful in the 2001 election. The rates of salaries must be set before the election in 2001. The committee recommended approval of the ordinances. 2) Along with Mr. O'Grady, he attended the conference on air service for Cleveland titled "Hopkins and Beyond." It was presented by the Greater Cleveland Suburban Council and the Citizens League on Saturday, October 7. Cleveland Hopkins became an airport in 1925, but opened for flights in 1929. It became an international airport in 1946. At the present time, the master plan calls for two north/south runways, one being 9,000 feet long and the other 11,000 feet long. Crain's Cleveland Business and the Department of Port Control and Regional Business Council of Greater Cleveland Growth Association believe that the airport must be expanded if Cleveland is to be successful in growing in population and business ventures. One illustration given was that, if a person or a company in Ireland needs material, with the expanded airport the material could be in Ireland the following day. Another subject discussed was regional airports, and that includes Akron and Canton which has three runways of 5,600 feet, 6,400 feet and 7,600 feet. They have 27,000 acres for expansion and, in his opinion, this airport could be expanded for the use of freight planes. The Youngstown and Warren Airport and the Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights are smaller although the airport in Richmond Heights does take the smaller overflow from Hopkins. Mayor Coyne of Brook Park and Michael Dolan, Councilman of Cleveland, believe that the airport expansion could have been much better if Cleveland had included the affected suburbs in the planning stage. He agrees with that. 3) Today he was contacted by Steve Duncan of the Ohio PUCO who had read in the newspaper that Mr. McKay was unable to get any information on the amount of BTU's provided by the various supplies of gas. Mr. Duncan assured him that the BTU value of the gas will have a heat value of 1,000 BTU's. He was very happy to hear that because, as an example, if you buy gasoline at a service station and you get the high test, it has a much higher octane rating (about 92 or 93) than the low test which is around 87. The same thing holds true with natural gas. If you buy a gas that has a low BTU value, you're getting aloes-grade gas. The higher the BTU value, the better grade of gas, which results in cost savings to the consumer. Mr. Duncan said that all the companies with the Dominion Gas Company had agreed that they would provide at least 1,000 BTU's. President Saringer reported that aCommittee-of--the-Whole had been held to discuss the issue of street lighting. There was a considerable amount of discussion with the administration wanting to increase funds for street lighting in order to accomplish additional areas. The outcome of the meeting was that the majority of Council felt that the original plan to spend $338,000 should be adhered to. The administration wished to take funds ftom the Clague/Lorain intersection project and the Sharon Drive project and add that to the street lighting project. 6