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Council Minutes of 9/17/2002 Pat Deis, 26893 Sweetbrier, said she had two comments to make to the Mayor. One, until the city developed a budget crunch, he felt that the problems on Sweetbrier were significant. He came to her home many afternoons, shook her hand and said that this problem was very serious. He placed the signs on the street to help somewhat with that problem, and yet he tells the newspaper that it's merely a parking problem. She noted that it is a safety problem as that drivers going down Sweetbrier are facing the east sun and they cannot see a car parked along the curb much less a child trying to cross in the crosswalk. Also the question of the children's safety from predators is not being addressed. It is not just a parking problem. Second, she is quite surprised to find out that half the City of North Olmsted's facilities are locked down to the public. When 9/11 occurred, the President of our country said we must go about our lives in a normal manner. Live in a normal manner-go to your job, take your vacations, ride in planes- anything else is admitting defeat. She thinks the Mayor should reconsider locking down half of City Hall. Mayor Musial said he appreciated the comments, but since 9/11 we have had a change in our society. Even the court system in downtown Cleveland has security measures in place, and this is happening throughout the country. We are fortunate here in North Olmsted that we are relatively immune from this particular situation, but it is changing whether we like it or not. Mrs. Kesler asked if the doors were locked because of 9/11 or because of another issue. Mayor Musial said the doors were not locked down because of 9/11, the doors were locked down because of an issue involving uninhibited access to that particular area. He appreciates the aspect that we should go on and continue our lives as well as we can, but there are certain instances he feels where we must take certain precautions and he is taking those precautions. LE ISLATION Due to the Mayor's veto of three items in Ordinance 2002-117, Councilman Gareau made a motion to reconsider Ordinance 2002-117. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Kesler. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Kesler, yes; Limpert, no; McKay, yes; Dailey, yes; Miller, yes; Nashar, yes. The motion passed with six yeas and one nay. President O'Grady said he would take up the Mayor's veto on the three items in Ordinance 2002-117 individually: ^ The first item vetoed by the Mayor was the amendment to Ordinance 2002-117 to subtract the remaining $2,387 from the Housing Council secretary's position so that the money remains in the Economic Development Fund. President O'Grady put this question to Council: "Shall Ordinance 2002-117 be passed notwithstanding the veto of the Mayor with regard to this one issue which is the Housing Council secretary's pay?" Roll call: Gareau, yes, with comment that his issue was discussed at some length over several different meetings concerning the pay that was appropriated to the position of Housing Council secretary. His vote is yes to remove that pay from this particular position for really one reason-the person who holds this position has not documented her hours so as to allow this him to conclude that she is not being paid more than once for one hour's worth of work. The Mayor has provided several figures through several different arenas as to the number of hours worked by this position-from 200 hours to 290 hours. He has not seen one document to support ,,,,~ 10