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Council Minutes of 2/19/02 Councilwoman Kasler, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on February 11 with all members in attendance. The following items were discussed: A stock transfer with regard to the Harry Buffalo Restaurant, an establishment in North Olmsted which holds a liquor permit. The Police Department has nothing on file and no complaints at this time regarding this establishment; therefore, the committee recommended that Council make no objection to this stock transfer liquor permit. Councilwoman Kasler moved that Council have no objection to the stock transfer for the Harry Buffalo Restaurant. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2002-17, an ordinance amending Sections 351.18 and 353.07 of the Traffic Code in order to increase the fines for certain parking offenses. In addition to the amendments represented by this ordinance, the committee discussed an additional change to 351.18 which would raise the fines in that section to $15 and $25 respectively. This was done at the recommendation of the Chief of Police in order to maintain consistency in the ordinance and to related offenses. A further question was raised in that section regarding the requirement in the old and amended ordinance to file personally with the Chief of Police and sign a written plea of guilty. These and other issues and questions caused the committee to hold this ordinance for further review by the Law Director, the Chief of Police and an additional committee review once further changes have been finalized. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Infra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee: 1} The committee met on Monday, February 11, with all committee members present. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance 2001-158, an ordinance creating new Section 739.05 of the Business Regulation Code entitled "Retail Gas Price Regulations" for the purpose of prohibiting suppliers of gasoline to the public from charging a retail price which is more than ZO% higher than the average retail price per gallon in Cuyahoga County as determined by the Cuyahoga County Auditor and declaring an emergency as amended. A letter from Mr. Jim Burns representing the Chamber of Commerce was discussed. This letter had been forwarded to the Law Department for review. The first issue in the Letter to be discussed was the issue of enforceability. Various scenarios were presented by Mr. Burns. Mr. Dubelko felt comfortable with the enforceability of the legislation. Next discussed was the threshold of 20% increase in prices which would trigger enforcement action on the retailer. It was observed that rates had regularly jumped from 99 cents to $1.25 and that 20'/o seemed to be unreasonably low. It was felt that 50% would be more reasonable, and the sponsors of the legislation agreed. Also discussed was the issue of defining the "national emergency" as described in Section 3 of the ordinance. It was agreed that a period of two years from the effective date of this resolution was satisfactory as to the time period that this ordinance would remain in effect. If at that time Council believes that this ordinance should be extended for the protection of residents, appropriate action 4