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f ~ ~ ~ 1 `_. ~,,, MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ;,,. OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED DECEMBER 17, 2002 Present: President of Council O'Grady, Council Members Dailey, Gareau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Miller, Nashar Also Present: Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President of Council O'Grady called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The minutes of the Council meeting of November 6, 2002 were approved as written. Councilman McKay made a motion to amend the agenda to remove Ordinance 2002-175 and return it to committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar and passed unanimously. President O'Crrady announced that the following pieces of legislation would be passed under suspension of the rules: Ordinance 2002-185, Resolution 2002-187, Ordinance 2002-191, Ordinance 2002-192, Ordinance 2002-193, Ordinance 2002-197, Resolution 2002-201, Resolution 2002-204, Resolution 2002-205, and Ordinance 2002-208. Ordinance 2002-184 will be tabled. REPORTS Mayor Musial: 1) The North Olmsted Police are to be commended for their excellent work related to the response, investigation and resulting arrest in the homicide that occurred Friday, November 29, 2002. The SWAT team in alliance with the Cleveland Police Department made an arrest within 10 days of the incident. Prosecution of the suspects is now proceeding. 2) The Fire Chief written and verbal test has concluded with four applicants participating in the process. The Civil Service Commission will accept the test results at a meeting this week and will complete certification of the test results a minimum of 10 days after. 3) The administration accepted the resignation of Jason Frolo, program coordinator at the Recreation Center. Also, interviews for a new Recreation Commissioner are continuing with several strong candidates in the pool. A continuing, updated contract for the gymnastics program will be introduced to Council for committee review.