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Council Minutes of 10/1/2002 these officers. There will not be a large influx of employee applications to the City of North Olmsted due to these benefits. These people are serving their country. Resident Paul Barker stated that the companies he does business with are doing nothing in these situations due to the setting of a precederrt in case something gets tied up forever. Mr. O'Grady asked if vacation time was due the affected people if they were gone for two years or more overseas. Mrs. Copfer answered that it has been. Mr. Limpert made a motion to hold the ordinance in committee until more information is received. Mr. McKay seconded the motion, and the committee passed it 2-0. Chairman McKay requested that the Finance Director and the Safety Director make recommendations in regard to the benefits. Also, the Westlake ordinance is to be supplied to Council. ^ Ordinance 2002-141, an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to sell certain property from the James Lumber property, now owned by the city, to-wit: a flag pole and declaring an emergency. Mr. Limpert stated that this is the flag pole that used to stand in front of James Lumber and was removed and driven away. The Mayor stated that the person who cut down the flag pole was under the impression that he had permission from the former Service Director to remove the flag pole. Also, the Mayor indicated the Law Director said Cauncii should be the body to pass legislation to receive compensation for the pole. Mr. Gareau asked the Mayor if any discipline action had been taken. The Mayor stated that the former Service Director had taken no disciplinary action. The person thought that he had permission to remove the pole. Mr. Gareau asked if anything else was removed from the building. The Mayor answered not to his knowledge. Also, it was brought up that the Police Department escorted the pole in question to its present location. The Law Director presented three options: request the Police Department to investigate the issue; let the Law Department seek recovery of the pole; or let the Council pass this ordinance to recover the value of the pole, which is $125. Mrs. Kasler does not want an investigation, but is not comfortable with condoning this action by supporting the ordinance. The chairman asked if Council warited to continue with this legislation or turn the matter over to the Law Departmerrt. The Law Department has no problem with handling the problem. Mr. Miller asked what if another person had wanted the pole. There was no answer given. Mr. Gateau stated how does someone feel that they are entitled to take the pale and what has been done to insure this never happens again. It seems like nothing has been done, and it's okay to keep the pole for $125. Mr. Nashar said he had no problem with the city recovering the $125 for the pole. A vote of Councilpersons in support of the ordinance was 1 abstention, 4 yeas, 2 nays. Two members of the committee recommended approval of Ordinance 2002-141, and one committee member did not recommend approval. Subsequent to this discussion, the Mayor sent a memo to Council noting the conditions that were set up by the former Service Director which stated that under no circumstances was anybody to remove any city property or any items from city property. Councilman Miller asked to add to Mr. McKay's report by noting that, during the discussion regarding the flag pale, the question was asked whether or not city equipmem or vehicles were used in removing the pole. The Mayor did not know the answer to that, `~"`` but he assured Council that they would get an answer. Also, the discussion was rather ~~,. 6