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Council Minutes of 4/16/2002 McKay moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2002-28 adopted. Ordinance No. 2002-37 irnroduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to erner into a contract for the purchase of a portion of the True North Energy, LLC (Shell Oil), property located at 23385 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, Ohio (Permanem Parcel No. 237-09-004) for the purpose of widening Claque Road. Councilman McKay moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashaz and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2002-37 adopted. Ordinance No. 2002-39 introduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to purchase a portion of the BP Products of North America, Inc. property located at 23425 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, Ohio (Permanent Pazcel No. 237-08-001) for the purpose of widening Claque Road. Councilman McKay moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2002-39 adopted. Ordinance No. 2002-40 irnroduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to consent to a sublease between AT&T Wireless PCS, Inc. and Sprintcom, Inc., providing for Sprintcom, Inc. to collocate on the monopole at Claque Pazk, and further authorizing the Mayor to enter into a ground lease with Sprirncom, Inc. to provide a site at Claque Pazk for the construction of a service building to house wireless telecommunications equipment associated with the use of the monopole, and declaring an emergency. Councilman McKay moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2002-40 adopted. Ordinance No. 2002-43 introduced by Councilman McKay and Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the transfer of three (3) storm sewer employees from the Service Department to the Waste Water Treatment section of the Public Works Division, and further authorizing the payment of their wages from the Sewer Revenue Fund, and declaring an emergency. Councilman McKay moved for adoption; second by Councilman Limpert. Roll call: McKay, yes; Limpert, yes, with comment that he thinks it's imperative that Council pass this so that we insure that the advances that have been made in abating flooding problems in our city stay and that we do not recede back into the problems we had of the past. Roll call: Kesler, no, with comment that there has been a proposal to increase the efforts toward cleaning the drainage ditches. She fully and wholeheartedly supports that effort. However, the sole question before Council with Ordinance 2002-43 is out of what fund will the employees be paid. Previously, there were three employees who performed this work and are now going to increase their efforts based on the recommendation of the administration. Again, she agrees with that. The employees were previously paid out of the General Fund, and the ordinance authorizes paying them out of the Sewer Revenue Fund. She disagrees with that payroll change and would like to see the work go forward without further taxing the Sewer Revenue Fund. For the past three years, she has asked for sewer reduction or a plan to reduce the sewer rates. Without seeing that plan, she has a difficult 10