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Council Minutes of 2/18/2003 ,,,~ Councilman McKay, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The Safety and Finance Committee met joirnly on Tuesday, February 11. Presern were committee members Kasler, Limpert, Miller and McKay; Councilmen Dailey and Gareau and President of Council O'Grady; Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Safety Director Jesse and Fire Chief Klecan; Mr. Morley representing the library. The following items were discussed: Legislation to redirect funds into the General Fund: Ordinance 2003-18, which is an ordinance authorizing and directing the crediting of all revenues received from the emergency medical services and ambulance transportation billings in the year 2003 which would otherwise be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Fund to the General Fund and declaring an emergency. Ordinance 2003-19, an ordinance authorizing and directing the crediting of all fines and costs received in the year 2003 by the city from the Rocky River Municipal Court as a result of the disposition of traffic citations issued by police officers while on STOP duty up to a maximum amount of $50,000 which would otherwise be credited to STOP Program Fund to the General Fund. Ordinance 2003-20, an ordinance authorizing and directing the crediting of all insurance proceeds revenues received in the year 2003 up to a maximum amount of $50,000 which would otherwise be credited to the Casualty Loss Fund to the General Fund. Ordinance 2003-21, an ordinance authorizing and directing the crediting of all hoteUmotel tax revenues received in the year 2003 up to a $260,000 maximum amount which would otherwise be credited to the HoteUMotel Fund to the General Fund. The amount of Ordinance 2003-21 was amended from $225,000 to $260,000. The ordinances pertain only to the year 2003. All revenues received from the emergency medical services and the ambulance transportation billing will be credited to the General Fund. A cap of $50,000 from the STOP Fund will be directed to the General Fund. A maximum of $50,000 from the Casualty Loss Fund wilt go to the General Fund. The HoteUMotel tax maximum will be $260,000. Any of these amounts not used for the General Fund will be returned to their original source. The committee recommended approval. Resolution 2003-15, a resolution amending Section 2 of Resolution No. 2002-150 which authorized the Mayor to advertise for bids and to thereafter, following approval of the Board of Control, enter into a contract or contracts for the construction of the new North Olmsted library in order to increase the maximum expenditure authorized for the construction of the building and other related site improvements and declaring an emergency. Council in the year 2002 passed Ordinance 2002-150 which set the maximum expenditure for the library at $5,800,000. The total cost of the project came in at $5,772,295, which is $27,705 below the budget. In all construction, unforeseen changes are likely to be made. In view of the change orders, Council has proposed for a contingency fund of $200,000. This will limit the expenditure of the library building fund and related site improvements to $6,000,000, this is $300,000 less than the original Resolution 2003-15 as stated. The committee recommended passage. Ordinance 2003-14, an ordinance establishing compensation and benefits to be paid to all part-time hourly employees employed by the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line and declaring an emergency. The compensation to be paid to all part-time 3