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Council Minutes of 10/2/2001 _,,~,,, Director Bohlmann. Discussion centered on the need for a uniform speed limit on Great Northern Boulevard. Traffic Engineer Griffith mentioned that he felt the need for the consistency had been there for some time. Safety Director Jenkins mentioned he was in favor of it as well. The two committee members unanimously recommended approval. At that point, Councilwoman Kasler, the third committee member, arrived and said she was in favor of it if the Police Department had no problems with it, which they do not. 2) The Transportation Committee then reconvened that evening to discuss Ordinances 2001-102 and 2001-103. In attendance were committee members Dailey, Kasler and O'Grady; Council members Nashar, McKay, Miller and Limpert; Assistant Law Director Dubelko. The committee was advised that the ordinances could not be amended to provide for the requirement of an additional crossing guard or an additional crosswalk. The committee unanimously approved the ordinances. However, the committee will meet again to discuss Ordinance 2001-103. Councilman McKay, chairperson of the Finance and Environmental Control Committees: 1) The Finance and Environmental Control Committees met on Thursday, September 20, to discuss Resolution 2001-114 and Ordinance 2001-118. Present were committee members Dailey, Limpert, McKay, Nashar and O'Grady; Council members Miller and Kasler, Service Director Bohlmann, Safety Director Jenkins. • Resolution 2001-114 authorizes the Director of Public Service to advertise for and accept bids for laboratory analytical services to support the Wastewater Treatment Plant operations to the EPA. The committee recommended approval. • Ordinance 2001-118 amends Section 135.05 of the Administrative Code entitled "Authority of the Assistant Director of Finance to Sign Checks" in order to authorize certain employees at Springvale to sign checks for purchase of beer and wine and other liquors for use at Springvale. At the preserrt time by state law, liquor sales cannot be purchased with purchase orders through the city. They must be paid on delivery. Liquor deliveries come at ail hours of the day. The state auditors have encouraged us to correct the problem of different people not authorized to pay the liquor bill at Springvale. The maximum balance of the account is $5,000. When purchases are made, there must be a receipt for the purchase to replenish the account. The account is for liquor purchases only, and the Finance Department will reconcile the account each month. The committee recommended approval. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Joe Bouman, 23950 Gessner Road, spoke about the Claque Road issue noting that in October, 1996 area residents pressured city officials to turn down an extensive plan by Cuyahoga County engineers to rebuild Claque Road into four-lanes. Mr. Bouman said he had spoken to the County Engineer and was told that the Issue 2 deadline of September 28s' was not firm and there can be changes made to the projects. He would like to recommend that Claque Road be included as part of the Issue 2 application. Mr. Bouman displayed diagrams of proposed changes to Claque Road, noting the one that Service Director Bohlmann had chosen to show to people. He said that proposal would have left the existing Claque Road and created a second road and in the process would have taken 11 homes. The other proposal which affected one home and smoothed the curves on the 7 I