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~~ MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ~'~` OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AUGUST 20, 2002 Present: President of Council O'Grady, Council Members Dailey, Gareau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Miller, Nashar Also present: Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President of Council O'Grady called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. President O'Grady made the following announcements: ^ Resolutions 2002-116, 2002-120, 2002-126 and 2002-127 will be passed under suspension of the rules. ^ There will be a public hearing for the county tax budget, Ordinance 2002-109, on Monday, August 26, at 7 p.m. ^ There will be a special meeting of Council on Monday, August 26, at 7:15 p.m. to discuss and to consider Ordinance 2002-117. RE T5 Mayor Musial: 1) Council and the residents of Pine Ridge are very happy that the traffic light at Dover Center and DriscolUCottonwood Trail is now in operation. The city will begin to trench the east side of Dover Center Road to tie the traffic light into the signalization system. 2) NOPEC will be mailing opt-out material to electricity customers who have moved into the NOPEC communities, of which North Olmsted is one. There are approximately 75,000 customers who have moved in the last year, with most of them being residential customers. The procedure is the same as previously done. The customers will have 21 days to return the opt-out card if they do not wish to participate in NOPEC's electricity program. The initial savings for residential customers is 3% off the standard utility rate with the discount scheduled to increase to 4% and then to 6% next year. 3) His administrative assistant made application for a grant to the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District 2003 grant process. Ms. Creadon was informed today that they approved the grant in the amount of $4,195 for the purchase of trash containers and park benches to be utilized in the green space park area at the new North Olmsted library project 4) Fitch Road, from the North Olmsted south corporation line to Bagley Road and McKenzie Road from the North Olmsted south corporation line to Cook Road will be