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Council Minutes of 5/8/20Q2 escalating cost of medical care. It has an impact on the hospitals, doctors, insurance companies and patients. Also affecting the cost are governmem benefits compliance and mandates, Medicare and Medicaid and cut-backs on indigent care costs, insurance premiums, increases for malpractice, medical technology, Aids, transplants, premature infants, burn patients and substance abuse and also the aging population. A major savings would be in preventing higher costs and the wellness of the participants. Some companies promote the wellness programs for their employees and have experienced reductions in health care costs. The committee recommended approval of Ordinance 2002-57 and will be keeping in mind the wellness prevention. • Ordinance 2002-59, which provides a method for determining salary ranges of the non-bargaining unit secretary positions by reference to the comparable bargaining unit positions and otherwise re-establishing the rates of compensation for various positions and compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel. The ordinance establishes a pay range and does not increase anyone's pay. The pay increase will be addressed in a separate ordinance. After much discussion, the committee recommended the ordinance be retroactive to January 1, 2002 and also to provide for the inclusion of the Clerk of Commissions and the Assistant Clerk of Commissions. The committee recommended approval as amended. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The committee met on April 23. Present were Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko, Service Director Thomas, Safety Director Thomas; committee members Limpert, Miller and Nashaz; Council members Kasler and McKay. Discussed was Ordinance 2002-56. This ordinance authorizes the Mayor to receive proposals to enter into an agreement for designing of influent control gates at the Dover and LeBern sanitary sewer pump stations. For years we have experienced an interesting phenomenon of water rising slowly in our wet well to a certain point and then beginning to rise very rapidly. When we reach this particulaz point or level, the pumping action drops from 3 million gallons a day capability down to 1.2 million gallons as the water gets deeper in the wet well. The idea is to slow down the amount of water entering into the wet well when this point is reached, therefore allowing the pumping action to remain at the rate of 3 million gallons per day. Hopefully, this will greatly reduce the chance of basemern flooding. The committee unanimously approved the legislation. Councilwoman Kasler, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on April 23. Present were committee members, other Council members, the Safety and Law Directors and the Mayor. The following items were discussed: • Anew liquor permit for Sammi's Deli, located on Brookpark extension. This would be a D 1 permit allowing for the sale of beer only on the premises for consumption as well as in sealed containers for carry-out. The Police Department was consulted on this issue and expressed no concern regarding this permit. The committee voted unanimously not to object to the permit. • The school zone designation at Pine School. Mr. Miller requested an expansion of that zone some time ago. According to a memo from the Assistant City Engineer, 4