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Council Minutes of 12/3/2002 Council-at-Large salaries for the four year term which begins in 2004. The recommendation is that in 2004, there will be zero increase to the present amount which is $11,104; 2005, zero increase; 2006, a 2% increase to $11,326; 2007, a 2% increase to $11,553. The committee recommended approval. Councilman Nashar noted that a letter to the editor in the Sunday Plain Dealer had discussed the possibility of a state ban on the use of cell phones. There are two House Bills, 280 and 281, being considered by the General Assembly He would like to see those bills passed and plans on introducing a resolution in support of those bills. Councilman Limpert: 1) The Recreation Commission met on December 2 at the Recreation Center administration office. A quorum of the commission was present. The city's administration will be conducting preliminary interviews for a new Recreation Commissioner next week. A tentative date of December 19 has been scheduled for the commission to meet with and interview the finalists of those preliminary interviews. Councilwoman Kasler, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The Safety Committee met this evening. Present were committee members, other members of Council, Chris Allegra from the Youth Diversion Program, the Safety Director and the Building Commissioner. The following items were discussed: ^ Ordinance 2002-171 which is an ordinance amending Section 555.03 of the General Offenses Code in order to harmonize the treatment of and time for unloading trucks in commercial zones. This was a continued discussion from a previous committee meeting on the same subject, which was to make the time for loading and unloading 7 o'clock and consistent with other similar codes and regulations in the city. After discussion with the committee, Mr. Conway and the Law Director, it was decided that 7:30 a.m. would be a more reasonable time. Because of this change and because it involved changing other codes and regulations in the city, the committee has requested the Law Department to amend 2002-171 to reflect the 7:30 a.m. start time for loading and unloading and to further amend and correct any related codes and regulations within the city. The ordinance has been held in committee for those changes. ^ Ordinance 2002-183 which is an ordinance amending Ordinance 98-140 as previously amended by 2000-29 so as to increase the program fee for participants in the city's community diversion program in order to address an anticipated decrease in funding from the county for the city's program for the year 2003. Chris Allegra was present to discuss this issue and has asked Council to raise the participant fees from $35 to $70. The reasons for the increase are based on the following issues: There is an anticipated reduction in the revenue to be received from the county for the community diversion program because the monies are being spread over more cities. North Olmsted will probably see a decrease from $12,000 to $9,900. North Olmsted has the lowest participation fee in the county. The fees range from our $35 to over $100. The average cost to us per case is $120, so the $70 new fee would not cover the total cost to the city for the program. However, the program does sustain itself, and the goal of the program is to keep the fund solvent and to use no General Fund 6