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Council Minutes of 10/5/2004 from Minotti's Wine World, 27600 Lorain Road, to Dan's Wine & Beverage, 27600 ;~ Lorain Road. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. 2) On September 28, the committee discussed the following items: ^ A brief update of the sign situation on Sweetbrier. The signs that previously were reversed and had people directed to park in the no parking area have been corrected and put in the proper place. ^ Resolution 2004-149, a resolution ratifying the application of the Assistant Fire Chief on behalf of North Olmsted for a FEMA grant in the amount of $348,270 for computer and dispatch equipment and mobile radio equipment for the North Olmsted Fire Dept., accepting the FEMA grant subsequently awarded to the City of North Olmsted, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement and/or execute any other documents required by FEMA to effectuate receipt of the grant; further authorizing the expenditure of matching funds by the city and declaring an emergency. There was some discussion initially as to the format, and it was indicated by the Safety Director that through some possible oversight on his part the normal process of having this somewhat broken up in ordinance form was not done and it was blended as one more or less after the fact. The committee asked numerous questions regarding if there would be a savings, how did this come about when Council was told recently that the central dispatch was a dead issue as it applies to North Olmsted, what would happen to our current dispatchers, language changes that had been made, and where the money would come from. ^ Resolution 2004-148, a resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to execute an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments, the cities of Bay Village, Rocky River, Fairview Park and Westlake, providing for WCOG to establish and operate a central fire dispatch center at St. John Westshore Hospital and for North Olmsted's participation in the central fire dispatch center and declaring an emergency. It was explained that, if North Olmsted participates in this process the first year, there would be no cost to enter into this cooperative operation of dispatching. There would be a step increase for participation in the second year or third year. Then it would be the other cities' option as to whether or not to let us in after that. Again, the same line of questions were asked. The committee was curious as to whether the operation of two systems, that is the fire separate from the police, was cost prohibitive or was there a savings somewhere that wasn't being explained? Would there be an efficiency issue? Would we increase in efficiency or decrease? At a previous meeting, the Police Chief had explained that the operation we have now is optimal and it is the best situation that it could be. The Assistant Fire Chief indicated that that was the best for the Police Dept., not necessarily astand-alone fire operation. Mr. Gareau asked to see more leadership on this issue-have more questions, be more defined in the goals. If we're getting into it, we should do it completely and not "tip-toe" in. The committee asked for a copy of the FEMA application, and those have been received. Based on the numerous questions and the need for more information, Resolutions 2004-149 and 2004-148 were held in committee pending a more detailed response. It was pointed out that the Fire Chief had also worked on 9