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Council Minutes of 4/1/2003 Ordinance No. 2003-53 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of $200,000 of notes, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, to pay costs of acquiring a fire pumper and other related fire apparatus and equipment, and declaring an emergency. Finance Committee Chairperson McKay noted that he was in possession of the fiscal officer's certificate. Ordinance No. 2003-54 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of $120,000 of notes, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, to pay costs of improving the municipal water distribution system by relining and otherwise improving waterlines, together with the necessary appurtenances and work incidental thereto, and declaring an emergency. Finance Committee Chairperson McKay noted that he was in possession of the fiscal officer's certificate. Ordinance No. 2003-55 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes, in a maximum aggregate principal amount of $500,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, to pay costs of acquiring and installing computers and related equipment and software for financial and administrative systems management. Finance Committee Chairperson McKay noted that he was in possession of the fiscal officer's certificate. Resolution No. 2003-56 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor Musial. A resolution dispensing with an RFP process and authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement, as amended, with N. E. Del Giudice, a sole proprietor, to serve as back-up plans examiner for the North Olmsted Building Department, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gareau moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Councilman Gareau moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2003-56 adopted. Resolution No. 2003-57 was introduced and placed on first reading by Councilman Dailey. A resolution requesting the Honorable Alan Schriber, Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, and fiuther requesting the Ohio General Assembly to authorize 5BC to offer long distance telephone services to residems of the State of Ohio, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Dailey moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert. Roll call: Dailey, yes; Limpert, yes; Miller, yes; McKay, yes; Nashar, yes; Kasler, yes; Gareau, no. The motion passed with six yeas and one nay. Dennis Lambert, 25457 Carey Lane: Believes there's more significance to this issue than meets the eye. AT&T has been very aggressively marketing this area to take over local phone service. If their local service becomes anything like their long distance service, you will have to talk to a machine to get anything out of them. The wiring that goes up in this community, the support of this community, the day-to-day maintenance is SBC. Those are the people who work for the Communication Workers of America, those are the people who are your friends and neighbors, those are the people who deliver the service in this community. AT&T wants to take over their fair share of local telephone service, but they can't even offer a rate yet that compares to SBC. Yet SBC cannot get involved in the long distance service. This is not a fair playing field. If the customers and the people of this community are going to be served by awell-balanced, competitive 12