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Council Minutes of 4/Z/ZOQ2 earlier, the city has a special recreation program that is geared towazd assisting physically and mentally challenged youth in our community. For the past several years, we have had some difficulty staffing that individual department within the Recreation Department. He asked Recreation Commissioner Morgan to give him the job description in an effort toward soliciting resumes from the public for people who might be interested in the positions. There are two positions that are open, the coordinator and an assistant. The Special Recreation Coordinator is a part time seasonal position. It oversees the etrtire operation of the special recreation program. The coordinator is in charge of planning comprehensive recreational opportunities for children with special needs. It creates a day of fun, entertainment and learning for all participants by utilizing both passive and active forms of recreation. The position should foster an environment that promotes group interaction, social development and personal gfowth for children enrolled in the program. Goals of the program include broadening horizons of each youngster with culturally enriching experiences tlazt promote self-esteem and respect for others. It is his hope that by publicizing this need, the city will be able to fill the positions. ff anyone is interested, please contact him, Mr. Morgan or the Council office fnr a copy of the job descriptions. AT ~)iEN('E PAI~TIC PA~UN Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane: • It is a shame the school district has to cut the transportation for children. He suggested the NOMBL buses be used to pick up the children at their school azeas and taken them down the main drags, like Butternut Ridge Road, and drop them off at special hub points. He suggested that the Transportation Committee look into this issue. • On the issue of the three sewer employees, he would like to remind Council that, when people get a water bill, it is a bill for water and a tax for se~vvers. A sewer chazge is a service user's tax on the use of the sewers. Consequently, what Council decides to do with the three employees is their judgment call. The azgument of inflow and infiltration has never been an employee issue. Inflow and infiltration is strictly a sewer management issue. The only way to remedy it is to clean and gout the sewers and to repair and replace them where necessary. That would be a big project, and it's not going to be three employees coming off the general revenue fund and going into the sewer district as a remedy. He expressed appreciation to Council members Gateau and Kasten for at least taking the initiative to look at this question very seriously before it's allowed to go through. • With regard to Mr. Dubelko's comment about enforcing the laws for parking for handicapped people. He made a comment some time ago that the City of Wickliffe has an ordinance called high density retail. This ordinance allows the police under the General Offenses Code to go onto property where there is high density retail, like the mall area, and issue legal tickets. Those tickets do not hold poims against people's licenses, but it allows the police to patrol and to ticket for offenses. It might be worth looking imo. 9