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Council Minutes of 5/1/2001 would be in the best interest of the city. Regarding the comments by Mr. Burns, OSHA is not in the business of putting contractors out of business. They do try to enforce safety. Contractors are allowed to plead to "no fault" and are usually fined. So no one is actually charged and found guilty of a specific allegation unless it is something extremely serious. 6) Bill Kelly, 4161 Canterbury Road. • Asked that Council vote in favor of Ordinance 2001-46. As a union member, he sees similar requirements in almost every plant where he works pre-bid jobs. These requirements are used in the business world; therefore, he sees it as good business that North Olmsted does the same. 7) Ron Tallon, 27548 Laurell Lane. • When he was on Council in 1990 and in charge of the redistricting, the Department of Urban Studies at Cleveland State was used. He commends President Saringer for taking steps to go forward with Cleveland State because in 1990 they were very efficient, very thorough and timely. • Regarding the Sweetbrier issue, he believes Council is taking up a lot of its time and energy on what he considers a school board issue. He believes the answer is very simple: all the children should be picked up and dropped off on the school premises. Even nursery schools have a pick up and drop off-the child doesn't go out until the car is there. The school controls the traffic, and the school controls the child. He does not believe it is fair to the Sweetbrier residents to have no parking signs in front of their homes. The crosswalk on Sweetbrier was never meant as a car pick-up. It was meant for the children of the neighborhood to walk to and from Pine School. The schools should be handling this problem. • He applauds Council on its wisdom for regulating contracts with Ordinance 2001-46. The legislation creates a fair playing field for everyone. He agrees with Mrs. Kesler that we want to know if contractors have dirty laundry. If there is one allegation, there is no problem. When you see a number of allegations, there's probably something going on. The information should be all be put on the table, and it is fair because everyone has to do it. He agrees with Mr. Kelly that people in the construction business are used to seeing this language in the bid packages. This is done throughout the industry. He urges Council to support the legislation as it will be useful for Council, the Mayor and the citizens of North Olmsted. $) Ed Colwell, 3333 W. 231 Street. • His pet peeve is not being able to drive Lorain Road from the east end of the city to the west without stopping. It is his belief that the computerized traffic signals were meant to allow vehicles to go from one end to the other without stopping. • Regarding leaf pick-up which is going to be discussed in committee, this past year the schedule was not adhered to and he has a dead tree lawn as a result. Mr. McKay noted that the schedule is flexible because of weather conditions. However, if the leaves are not picked up by the last day, the resident should call the Service Department. 9 _... ~.. ~ _._. ..~.r_,-~ ~,,.~.,.~~ -x, _ .. ~,~.~~.,..,~_,., _. I