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` Council Minutes of 12/17/20(12 for various administrative and legislative personnel. The committee recommended approval. Ordinance 2002-192, an ordinance establishing a new and revised Chapter 1321 of the Codified Ordinances entitled "Permit and Inspection Fees" and declaring an emergency. It is necessary to increase the licensing and inspection fees to generate sufficient funds to cover the increased costs of these services. The committee recommended approval. Ordinance 2002-197, an ordinance authorizing the transfer of one additional storm sewer employee from the Service Department to the Waste Water Treatment section of the Public Works Division and further authorizing the payment of wages from the Sewer Revenue Fund and declaring an emergency. Mr. Nichols explained that it has been beneficial to have the ditch crews under his control because he can complete the needed work in a more expedient manner. The addition of an extra person will provide him with an extra crew~:wo workers per crew-instead of having one crew of three employees. Transfer of the four persons to his department will not cause an increase in the sewer rates. The committee recommended approval. Ordinance 2002-200, an ordinance creating a new and revised city salary range ordinance in order to clarify that certain non-bargaining unit employees listed in the city salary range ordinance may be subject to the applicable provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, receive compensatory time off in lieu of paid overtime compensation for the city's various administrative and legislative personnel and otherwise re-establishing the rates of compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel. This ordinance would not pay overtime to salaried workers who are exempt from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. However, it would allow them to compensatory time off to be taken by a policy established by the Mayor. This ordinance will be held in committee until a policy is established by the Mayor, and Council will review it. Ordinance 2002-201, a resolution directing the Auditor of Cuyahoga County to pay to the City of North Olmsted during the year 2003 ali monies due and owing said city from any collection source. The committee recommended approval. Councilwoman Kasler asked the Mayor if the list of proposals for addressing the deficit as distributed by the Mayor was the prioritized list. Mayor Musial said the prioritization and the recommended solution is a work in progress. It will be available within a week. Councilman Limpert, member of the Finance Committee gave a minority report: 1) He was the dissenting vote from removing $240,000 of slab repair money from the temporary appropriation. Though nearly a quarter of a million dollars may sound like a considerable amount of money, at current interest rate, that has less than a $5,000 impact on the General Fund per year. There are areas of the city that definitely need those dollars and more than those dollars. Residents in those areas deserve that work, and are entitled to it as other areas of the city have received this work. He respectfully requests that, when a permanent appropriations is considered, that those dollars be returned for slab repair. 6 .NI~IY~l11i01 ... ~.:k~yia-;: ~ ..~>Mlr.y _ :+..P9YR~f.: .1 ih¢~.'tetvY~M't~ac ~ _..._ .. I - -