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Council Minutes of 6/4/2002 ~„ President O'Grady made the following announcements: 1) There is one more regulazly scheduled Council meeting on June 18 prior to Council's annual vacation during the month of July. 2) Ordinance 2002-91 will be passed under suspension of the rules. 3) Acommittee-of--the-whole meeting will be held on June 19 at 7 p.m. to discuss the prepazation of legislation. REPORTS Mayor Musial: 1) He is pleased to announce that the contingency project involving Lorain Road has been approved by the Ohio Public Works Commission in the amount of $1,542,384. It is a 90/10 project, and the city's shaze is 10%. This is good leveraging of our money. This project is for curbs, storms, sidewalks, aprons from the western line of North Olmsted to Brookpark Road and will be accomplished in tandem with the previously approved Issue 2 funding of roughly $1.49 million, which is an 80/20 funding with the city contributing 20%. 2) A very successful Memorial Day ceremony was held on May 27. Bob Whiting, commander of VFW Post 7647, coordinated the events which included flag raising ceremonies at the Old Town Hall, ceremonies at Coe Cemetery and Butternut Ridge Cemetery, and a parade from the bus line parking lot to the North Olmsted Pazk for a Memorial Day ceremony. 3) On May 30, the Senior Center co-sponsored with the retired senior volunteer program a luncheon honoring the senior volunteers over the last yeaz. Many awards were presented including presentations to volunteers Betty Gallagher who has logged 839 1!4 hours of volunteer time, Grace McNeff who volunteered 517 hours, Jean Cermak with 458 hours of volunteer time and Kitty Angle with 430 1/2 hours of volunteer time. 4) Due to increase in costs, Alexander's Restaurant elected to terminate services for providing hot lunches to the Senior Center at $3.75 per meal. While continuing to investigate other vendors, we negotiated with Springvale to provide hot lunches at $4.25 per meal from June 6 through August 29, 2002. This action was approved by the Senior Advisory Council. We will continue to pursue other vendors during this time period while evaluating Springvale's aspects and activities in this azea. 5) There were more than 500 meals served at the Springvale Mother's Day brunch. For Father's Day, a rib and chicken dinner will be held. 6) The Recreation Center was closed today, June 4, for repairs to the electrical system. Harrington Electric is replacing the electrical panel which was damaged over the winter. Services will return to normal tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5. 7) The Fire Department received three grants from the State of Ohio for EMS purposes, including $1,439.75 for computers, $1,200 for executive fire officer training and $4,185 for emergency response for terrorism training. 8) The Rec Center's outdoor pool is scheduled to open Monday, June 10. Inclement weather has hampered the repairs required to open the pool. 9) Advertisements for bids aze being published this week for the new tennis courts at North Olmsted Park. Construction should begin some time in July. The Service Department will remove the old tennis courts as well as resurface the existing basketball courts. 2