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Council Minutes of 7/18/2000 access to names of people who helped build North Olmsted from a village to a thriving municipality. It was completed with the partnership of the North Olmsted High School S.I.T.E.S. program under the supervision of North Olmsted Department of Human Resources. The primary research was done by Curtis Baker, Monica Clodwick, Katie Waddell, James McCraw, and Shawna Calaway. To hasten this process, the students had personal interviews of many city employees, past and present: Fred Hatton, James Christman, Don Copeland and Sandy Purper all gave oral histories. Clerk of Council Barbara Seman gave access to all the city minutes from 1950 through the present. The research was expanded to the Cuyahoga County Archives where Judith Cetina, Ph. D. permitted access to original ballot books and certification of election documents. The historical report begins in 1950 when the Village of North Olmsted reached the population mark to become a city. The idea of the report is for it to be a continued, updated document that will forever hold the names of the men and women who served the City of North Olmsted in an elected capacity. While the report is believed to be as accurate as possible, there remains a possibility for a small margin of error. Any errors are solely omission and not commission. It is advised that there is a lack of clarity in the positions regarding Clerk, Constable, Treasurer and Auditor. Resignations and unfilled terms were not clearly identified and in some cases it was very difficult finding out the time period that someone served up to the month. Therefore, there is also a small margin of error in the result of an inaccuracy which may be present in the existing research records and documents. The format used for this was a report: an order of elected position, a chronological order for each position, an alphabetical listing for all the elected officials. In order to make sure that this historical report will be updated yearly, this process should be made the responsibility of the Clerk of Council with consultation from the Landmarks Commission. The information is computerized which should make for the ease and efficiency of this renewal process. There should be a hard copy produced for access by the public. Dewey Limpert, Pat Martin, Henry Caster, Sandy Purper, Barbara Seman, Don Copeland and Maryann Pack all helped in the editing process. As the lead S.I.T.E.S. student responsible for this project, this experience became very special for him. He thinks the historical record is important, and he is pleased to have been a part of its creation. As a student engaged in community service during his senior year at North Olmsted High School, he feels it is commendable to recognize the contributions of community service by the persons who have been identified in this document. It is his hope that the efforts will continue and possibly expand the document from 1815 to 1949. Curtis thanked everyone for this experience, and said he will always reflect upon it with pride and satisfaction. He thanked Shawna and all the students who helped with the project. A special thank you was given to Mr. Copeland, without whose help this project would not have been completed. Curtis officially submitted the document to City Council. He introduced Mr. Jeff Zullo, a S.I.T.E.S. coordinator. Mr. Zullo said that Curtis program and his project was part of one of over 30 agencies that the S.I.T.E.S. program represents. It is a curriculum that is based at North Olmsted High School and involves three credits that the students earn for English, Social Science and Community Service Learning. The students spend approximately nine periods a week in an academic setting and about six periods a week in the service industry or in the community service learning program actually out in the field working at various schools, 2