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Council Minutes of 5/1/2001 bidder will be evaluated on the same basis, the same mandatory standards, and they will know exactly where they stand. She vehemently disagrees with Mr. Burns' comments and thinks that this is an extremely important ordinance and extremely protective of the city, of our property and of our residents. Law Director Gareau said that, in the past, the city has requested information from bidders-for example, financial information. When there was non-compliance, the bids were thrown out. The city has also looked at such things as OSHA violations when determining if a contract should be awarded. Once a contractor, who was the apparent low bidder, was rejected because of numerous complaints that had been made on a previous city contract. The City Council, by Charter, is solely responsible for establishing the criteria for public bidding. 3) Mick Timbalia, 24597 Clareshire Drive, a junior at North Olmsted High School, was concerned about the recent anti-abortion pickets near the high school He wondered if they should have applied for a permit. The signs were quite graphic, and the people made it difficult for the students to get into the school property. Law Director Gareau said it is a matter of freedom of expression. The picketers are allowed on the public sidewalks but must not impede the flow of traffic. Mayor Musial said that SRO officer Goodman was on the scene and the Safety Director and Police Department concluded that the picketers were within their rights. Councilman Nashar added that the picketers had notified the Police Department they would be there and had researched the city ordinances to be sure they complied with the time of parking prohibitions. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane. • As he has stated in the past, he believes the Rules of Council should be codified. • Regarding the redistricting of ward boundary lines, it is one of the most serious issues that the city is going to face because it concerns the fair and equal representation of all the people in the community. He suggested that Council hire a professional. President Saringer said that she had assigned this task to the lntra- Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee. Also, she has contacted the Department of Urban Studies at Cleveland State which does have several different modern and up-to-date computerized programs for redistricting. She has asked the Finance Committee to discuss funding for hiring Cleveland State for the redistricting process. Regarding the Rules of Council, Law Director Gareau stated that the authority for establishing the rules is found in the Charter. The Rules of Council are not adopted by ordinance or resolution, and they are solely for the operation of the internal functions of Council. To suggest that they ought to be adopted by ordinance would then suggest that Council could be subject to initiative, referendum and veto. That is not the way our government is set up. 5) Larry Orlowski, 4804 Bailey Road. • Thinks that Ordinance 2001-4b is a good ordinance. Although he does have some ideas on how it could be strengthened, he believes passage of the ordinance now 8