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Council Minutes of 9/17/2002 ~-~, recommended holding the ordinance in committee, pending the distribution of further available information from the North Olmsted Police Departmem. Information will be copied and disseminated to Council prior to the next committee meeting on this issue. ^ Ordinance 2001-146, which created new Section 161.08 of the Administrative Code entitled "Military Leave Benefits" in order to provide permanent city employees called up to military duty pursuant to executive order of the President or act of Congress with greater benefits than that which is provided pursuant to Section 5923.05 of the ORC. The committee chairperson suggested amendments to the policy. The code presently reads that reservists who are called up to serve in these present times would receive benefits up to one year. The suggested amendment is to allow benefits and salary to be paid to employees who are in the reserves, called up away from their families and their jobs, to be paid up to five years, which is the term of the reservists, rather than the present one year maximum. Councilman McKay stated that these reservists are akeady receiving military pay, and Councilman Limpert questioned whether, if they returned to work and were called back a second time, would this again apply to them. There were several questions and much discussion. Mr. Nfiller brought up a good point that the amount of pay should be established. What is in the ordinance is that the pay given to gentlemen who are called up is the difference between their military pay and the pay they would have made at the city. That is almost concurrent to the state statute which provides that reservists who aze called up aze paid for one month unconditionally and for the next 11 months they aze paid the difference between their military pay and their employee pay or $500, whichever is less. This provision will be considered when the issue is discussed at a future time. The Mayor poimed out that reservists do receive a pension. Other comments that were made will be discussed in the next committee meeting .again. There is a time element involved as two Police Department employees have already been serving for a year in the reserves. The committee is awaiting information from the Police Department with regazd to the cost to the city to permit this extended pay. Also, the cost of benefits will be investigated. ^ A fiquor permit transfer from Burton N Friedlander, otherwise known as Rite Price Mini Mart at 29145 Lorain Road. A transfer of that existing permit to Standard Oil Company, which is at the same address. The Police Department had no objection. The committee recommended no objection be made to the transfer. Councilwoman Kasler moved that Council have no objection to the liquor license transfer from Burton N Friedlander, DBA Rite Price Mini Mart, 29145 Lorain Road to Standard Oil Co. at the same address. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar. Roll call: Kasler, yes; Nashaz, yes; Dailey, yes; Miller, yes; Gareau, yes; Limpert, yes; McKay, no. The motion passed with six yeas and one nay. Councilman Gareau asked the Mayor if there had been a submittal of plans to any of the boazds and commissions with regazd to that particular location at the comer of Stearns and Lorain roads. The gas tanks have been removed and now a liquor permit is being transferred to that property. He would like the city to have some input on that particular corner early-on, as opposed to later in the process, because it is going to be the entry way to North Olmsted when Crocker Stearns comes through. It is the first thing that people 7