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Council Minutes of 8/3/2004 members Kasler, Miller and Limpert; Councilpersons McKay, Nashar and Dailey; Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko and Safety Director Jesse. The committee discussed Ordinance 2004-106, an ordinance creating a new Section 109.07 of the Administrative Code of Chapter 109 entitled "Public Meetings" in order to clarify the clerical responsibilities for open public meetings and keeping the public functions and records of the various boards and commissions of the City of North Olmsted and declaring an emergency. He asked for input from various clerks, and they seemed to be clear on what this means and do not have any particular problems with it. This will not require them to attend all meetings and to prepare verbatim meetings of those meetings. Some of the boards akeady have appointed members who act as secretary for that board or commission who will keep notes for the minutes of those meetings. The various clerks may be asked to prepare agendas, type those various secretarial notes and maintain the public records. There is some question as to the responsibilities for the Housing Council and the Tax Incentive Review Council. The Law Director has recommended that those questions be addressed in a separate ordinance. The committee unanimously recommended approval. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The Safety Committee met on June 22 to discuss an issue of cell phone use in automobiles and the current ordinance that applies. It was agreed upon that the committee would do a little bit of research before going forward with this issue. He has received some input from two local police departments and from the state legislature and that will be discussed in committee. 2) The committee met on August 2 to discuss a liquor license permit request for Buckeye Barbecue, DBA Famous Dave's, to be located at 26410 Great Northern Plaza, in the building formerly occupied by Chi Chi's. This permit was also discussed this evening. The Police Department had no objection to the permit. It is a DSI license, spirituous liquor for on-premise consumption only and beer and wine for on-premises and off- premises in original sealed containers unti12:30 a.m. The committee recommended that Council not object to this liquor permit. Councilman Miller moved that Council have no objection to the DSI liquor permit for Buckeye BBQ, DBA Famous Dave's. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. 3) The committee also discussed at length Ordinance 2004-107, which is the ordinance relating to the Fire Station, and is the first of two required pieces of legislation. The legislation had been previously discussed in committee and it was reported out that it was recommended for approval. However because some questions did come up after that, he felt it appropriate that Council have the opportunity to ask all their questions. The answers to the questions were quite enlightening. Some comparisons were made to other cities as to why we would need a new station of this size. The cities of Strongsville and Westlake were discussed as was Olmsted Falls which has a new station opening this week. The size and shape of our city was sited as the explanation for the size of the fire station. For example, Strongsville can go to smaller size stations because they need to have more stations in order to be timely in their response to emergencies. Because of the shape and size of our city, we need to be spread out a little bit more and we need to go with a larger size. Other reasons for the size of this building include, but are not limited to, a need for better living space for the staff and a better foundation. The foundation of 5 i