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' Council Minutes of 12!17/2002 - Mr. Boatman said the city unions are in solidarity. The fire fighters will not be happy until employees who have been laid off are brought back and full staffing is returned to all departments. If the Fire Dept. is fully staffed and there are no Service workers to clear streets, the fire fighters can't get to the homes. He suggested one solution to the financial crisis would be to sell Springvale. Mr. Limpert said he did not believe there would be a profit in that as $6 million is owed on Springvale. Marvin Stotz, 6657 Bretton Ridge Drive ^ He read an open letter to the Mayor noting the Mayor's previous accomplishments but expressing concern and disappoimment over the Mayor's actions in the past year or so. While none of the Mayor's actions have been proven legally wrong at this point, the moral questions raised cast a long shadow over the City of North Olmsted. Actions can be legal but very wrong morally. Is this the way the Mayor wishes to be remembered? The Mayor can leave a positive, morally responsible legacy to his family and salvage his reputation by doing the following: 1) Resign the office of Mayor of the City of North Olmsted immediately. 2) Pay back Springvale Country Club the disputed amount of preferential food cost. He does not want to begin the recall process; but, if necessary, he will do so with the help of representatives from every ward in the city. Mayor Musial responded that it was a very profound letter. Hopefully, the question raised about the preferential food prices at Springvale will be answered in the very near future. He feels his actions taken on other issues were within his responsibility and judgment. He has accomplished much in the past four years. He appreciates Mr. Stotz's comments and understand his feelings but feels he has several aspects on his side: he has discussed it with his wife, and she stands 1000% behind him; his children also support his remaining in the position and taking the criticism; he is a long-time resident, loves the city and plans on staying here; he thinks he is right; he thinks God is on his side. Patricia Deis, 26893 Sweetbriar ^ Believes the Mayor is adept at switching the attention off the issue at hand, which was asking for his resignation. She is a citizen who cares about the city. What she has seen is evasion, distraction, no answers, arrogance, indifference and leading this city dawn a trail to insolvency. No other mayor around us is under investigation by any ethics commission. We are now the laughing stock of the west side. Unlike many people who had the good fortune to be born in this city, she chose to live here because it was a vibrant, healthy, good community in which to raise children. That was two years ago. In the past two years, this administration has run the city into insolvency. It has surrounded us in clouds of uncertainty, indecision, invasion. If the Mayor is not guilty, he should stand up like a man and say "I did not do it," He owes it to the people who elected him-he is the servant of the residents, they are not his. President O'Grady called a short recess at 10:30 p.m. President O'Grady reconvened the meeting at 10:49 p.m. 17