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Council Minutes 10/15/2002 friends in other communities and get them to do the same thing because it's going to take a groundswell to get anything changed. State legislators have been holding schools under their thumb. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, noted that no one had talked about the changing of school districts. At one time, there was a proposal from the major cities in the Cleveland area that all school systems be merged into one and that the tax dollars serve the entire area of school systems. He believes there was a court challenge or an attempted challenge that schools are no longer community issues due to civil rights and demographics of areas regarding certain people living in certain azeas and that perhaps it was illegal to have a school system in North Olmsted that didn't have students in it from East Cleveland and so on and so forth. So, as people write off to the state, remember, when you open that box and ask for that extra way of doing it, you may also be asking for a restructuring of the entire educational process which includes the restructuring of your school systems to include students from all over the county coming to school in North Olmsted. It is something seriously to consider. As there were no further comments, Councilman Dailey moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 2002-152. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau. Roll call: Dailey, yes; Gareau, yes; Kasler, yes; Limpert, yes; McKay, no, with comment that his vote is for the senior citizens who haven't had an increase in their salary for the last 5, 10, 15 and 20 years, the single parents out there who don't have any help with their income, the unemployed who lost their jobs due to cut-backs and those on fixed incomes. Roll call continued: Miller, yes; Nashar, yes. The motion passed with six yeas and one nay. Resolution No. 2002-152 adopted. Resolution No. 2002-153 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to request proposals for design services for the Bradley Road and Columbia Road sidewalk project, further authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the firm that provides such services that is selected in the RFP process, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance No. 2002-154 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. An ordinance amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2002-103, in order to establish a new fee schedule for emergency medical service and ambulance transportation, and declaring an emergency. Resolution No. 2002-155 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. A resalution authorizing the Mayor to renew the city's current insurance policies with the Municipal Insurance Alliance for Police Professional Liability, Property & Scheduled Equipment, Crime, Comprehensive Liability, Auto Liability & Physical Damage, Public Officials Errors and Omissions, Boiler & Machinery, EDP, Umbrella, and Liquor Liability coverage, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gareau moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Councilman Miller asked the Mayor to explain what the reference to liquor liability meant. P & A Director Farver cam 21