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Council Minutes of 1/712003 5. Fiscal irresponsibility, mounting money and personnel problems do not seem to be dealt with a professional manner..As long as three or four years ago, notice was made that major funding problems were looming and no visible preparatory action was taken. Fiscal year 2003 and beyond appear to have deficits and no plan has been publicly presented. 6. Management ineffectiveness. City workers and departments made suggestions that were either not taken seriously or just ignored. Once again, seemingly unqualified directors created problems instead of helping the residerns to solve problems. 7. back of communication to the citizens of North Olmsted. Recently, the speed limit on Canterbury Road was increased from to 35 mph from 25 mph. Safety Director Richard Jesse did not notify residents and apparently the Police were not aware of the change. Taxpayers have not been told to what extent they may be facing service cuts or tax increases. 8. Democratic party leadership has seen the need for change and invited him to attend their January 9 meeting. He hopes to have recall petitions available. He invites everyone to attend to find out more about city government and how to make a positive change. 9. Republican party leadership has not come forward at this time. He is making a public plea to speak to their members, many of whom he understands are privately concerned about the lack of mayoral leadership. 10. It's simply the right thing to do. In simple terms, the Mayor needs to step down immediately. The city is preoccupied with the many concerns outlined above and cannot move forwazd to meet the needs of the citizens. Legally, the Mayor does not have to resign. But morally, it is the right thing to do. Tonight he has the task of beginning the recall of Mayor Norman T. Musial. He does not enjoy doing it. He asked the Mayor to reconsider his answer and to resign immediately. Mayor Musial said he will not make any quick decision. Since the Mayor refuses to resign, he has no other moral and ethical choice but to begin the recall process. Mr. Stott presented the first copy of the recall petition to the Clerk of Council and asked her to certify it. Law Director Dubelko stated that the Clerk would need legal counsel as to the sufficiency of any petition that is filed. He will talk to the Clerk during business hours tomorrow regarding the petition. As he was concerned with time, Mr. Stott asked the Clerk if she felt she was unable to certify the document as a recall petition. The Clerk acknowledged that the document said "recall petition" and that Mr. Stott presented it to her. However, she would need Law Director Dubelko's advice to be sure that it meets the Charter and ORC requirements. Mr. Stott said he would encourage all persons who agree with the recall petition to focus their energies in a positive manner and go door to door, meeting to meeting, organization to organization and collect the necessary number of signatures. 17