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Council Minutes of 2!6/02 • Councilman Miller moved that Council re-appoint Mrs. Elaine Diederich and Mr. Douglas Sebring to the Housing Council for the same term of 1/1/02 to 12/31/04. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. • Councilman Miller moved that Council re-appoint Mr. Robert Koeth to the Tax Incentive Review Council for the term of 1/1/02 to 12/31/03. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. 3) After the special Council meeting on January 22, the Legislative Committee was reconvened to discuss Ordinance 2002-12, an ordinance repealing Ordinance 97-122 entitled, "An Ordinance Creating a New Chapter 133 of the Administrative Code of the City of North Olmsted Entitled `Interim Director Appointments,' and declaring an emergency" and declaring an emergency. Discussion was had about pros and cons of changing the ordinance versus changing the Charter. It was felt the purpose of the ordinance allowed for some gray azeas in its application, and it may be best to proceed with passage of this ordinance which would result in procedures in place prior to Ordinance 97-122. If a new ordinance is needed or a Charter change is needed, that could still be done. At request of Councilman Gareau, the committee agreed to amend Section 1 of the ordinance by removing the words "retroactive to the date it came into effect." Further, Mr. Gazeau asked that the amended ordinance go on to second reading and, if needed, allow time after that to do some research on the issues discussed in committee. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 1) As the Council appointee to the Recreation Commission, he attended the Recreation Commission meeting on Monday, January 21. On the agenda, was a tour of the facility to give the members of the commission an update as to progress of various projects at the Rec Center. The tour included a demonstration of the event lighting, sound system, the updated locker rooms, the administrative offices which have been recently relocated, the tennis courts, the swimming pool area and the future site of the weight room and work-out area. 2) The commission discussed the fact that the money previously allocated for the purchase of a sign on Lorain Road at the Rec Center will no longer be used for that purpose but instead will be used to pay for emergency electrical repairs. In November, the 480 volt switch board and bus duct shorted out, which is a main electrical supply to the building. Thank you to First Energy for temporarily fixing the problem. Unfortunately, the fix required them to knock a hole in the wall and to run the power lines directly into the building instead of how they would normally be channeled through. A new conduit wire and switch board are required, and this causes several safety issues. Wiring is only allowable for a certain period of time based on the national electric code and we have surely exceeded that. There is open, exposed wiring from the masonry wall to the main switch at levels that can be reached by non-trained personnel, and this is a code violation. The open side of the switch boazd enclosure exposing the hot line is a code violation. Water from the spray system to melt the ice from the ice rink is in the area. This increases the potential for yet another fault since the side of the gear is open. Lastly, the manufacturer of the current equipment that is being used, the Federal Pacific Company, is no longer in business making it extremely difficult to do temporary repairs 7 ..,,, ,~,d,.,w.,~,. __ ~...~,,..~,_, ~,