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- Council Minutes of 4/2/2042 which is a special revenue fund. The revenues are used to pay the salary and benefits for officers working under the STOP program. George Tomas, 27944 Gardenia, expressed concern about needed street repairs and said he thought the city lacked an essence of priorities. Councilman McKay moved that Council adjourn for a five minutes recess. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Council recessed at 10:30 p.m. (The malfunction was discovered offer the recces, a third tape was put ieto the recorder, and the remaintltr of the meetieg was taped.) President O'Grady called the meeting back to order at 10:42 p.m. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2002-16 introduced by Mayor Musial was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to enter into a letter of agreement with Loca12681, Ohio Council 8, AFSCME, thereby amending the collective bargaining agreemem between the City of North Olmsted and Local 2681, Ohio Council 8, AFSCME for the city's service unit, in order to establish the new position of, and pay rate for, "Head Mechanic" in the bargaining unit, and declaring an emergency as amended. Councilman McKay moved for adoption; second by Councilman Lirnpert. Roli call: McKay, yes; Limpert, yes; Kesler, no; Gareau, no; Dailey, yes; Miller, no; Nashar, no. The motion failed by a vote of four no's and three yeas. Ordinance No. 2002-20 irrtroduce~l by Councilman Gareau was given its third reading. An ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of the City of North Olmsted of an amendment to Article III (The Mayor) of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted to authorize elected first-term Mayors to make interim director appointmetrts. Councilman Gareau moved for adoption; second by Councilwoman Kesler. Roll ca11: Gareau, yes; Kesler, yes; Limpert, yes, with commerrt that, although the Mayor would like further amendments, it is clear that with this Council that will not happen. Therefore, he will vote yes and defer to the voters to make this decision on this ordinance when it goes on the ballot. Roll call continued: McKay, yes; Miller, yes; Nashar, yes; Dailey, yes, with comment that this topic has been batted around since the former Law Director and the new Law Director had different opinions regarding the actions of the administration in December of 2001. He has no problem with allowing this to go to the electorate to decide it, which is why he is voting yes. This ordinance, however, is flawed in that it makes no provisions for a re-elected mayor or a mayor who assumes office due to abandonment or resignation of an existing mayor. Everyone has witnessed partisan politics at times. A mayor works everyday with their directors. Council members do not share that same working relationship. To think that partisan politics would never get involved is foolhardy at best. He votes yes for the ordinance and encourage the voters to ,~~. 15