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Council Minutes of 5/18/2004 Councilman Dailey, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee: `~ 1) The commi±±ee met en Tuesday, May 1 ? . In attendance i~~ere committee members Miller, Nashar and Dailey; Council members Kasler, Gateau, Limpert and McKay; Council President O'Grady, Mayor Musial, Directors Jesse and Driscoll, Recreation Commissioner DiSalvo, Director of Law Dubelko; guests. Agenda items were as follows: • Resolution 2004-84, a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with T .. & K Heating & Goofing Inc. for an interim maintenance of the heating and cooling equipment at various city facilities and declaring an emergency. Director Driscoll_ advised tha± this is a ar_e-year contract to maintain some of ±he ci±y's IIVAC systems. Th question was asked if this covers all the facilities. Safety Director Jesse advised that it daps not, and that a similar resolution had been prepared far another vendor for a few of the other facilities' HVAC needs throughout the community, and a third would be coming up later in the year. The question was then asked if we could receive better pricing were these contracts combined rather than bid piecemeal. There is a potential for better pricing from awarding a1.1 the work to one vendor. Committee member Mr. Miller made the motion to hold the resolution in committee to have the bids combined by the vendors to see who can best do the work, a± what price and potential savings to the residents. Mr. Nashar seconded, and the motion passed trnanimnusl_y. • Ordinance 2004-85, an ordinance amending Ordinance 2002-14 to clarify and define the eligibility requirements for the "We Care" program and othen~Uise restate the program fees for the use of the Parks and Recreation facilities. Recreation Comm?SSloner D?Salyfl met.±tored that much of the ~xlQrk had been done by thQ Recreation Commission to devise a way far determining eligibility for free and reduced fPPC for city employees and their families and retirees of the Recreation Department. After much discussion as to the pros and cons of keeping the "We Care" prrJo~am in place and trying t^ determine l1aE*~ much m~+?2e}~ tl]e RC~rPatirJ~ rQntPr may be lasing in an already lean budget, it was determined that the best way to handle this ~x1as by doing aln~ay with the "We ('are" program zn itg entirety. '1'hic is ~nncictent of the majority of opinions of the members of the Recreation Commission. ro*nmit±ee n,err,her l~r. ?Nashar made a motion t0 apprflYe the nrdinanC.e ac 4xrritten and to wait one year to determine the cost of the program. There was no secand, and the motion failed. Committee member Mr. Miller made a motion. that ?004-8s re- worked by the Law Dept. to do away with the program. That committee motion was seconded by Mr. Dailey, and the motion passed t~uo to one with Mr. Nashar voting nv. It should be noted by any concerned retirees that the Golden Buckeye Card is honored by the Recreation Center, and those discounts are consistent wish the discounts that had been offered under the "We Care" program. Cuuncilmar~ Gateau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Carf-unittec: l) The committee met this evening at b:45 p.m. There was one item on the agenda, and that was an administrative review of an arnendmeilt to the preliminary land use plan for Parcel E by Carnegie Management and Development Corporation. In attendance were committee members Limpert, McKay and Gateau; Council members Nashar, Kasler, and 6 .,,,.,„n. ~ .~~,~ ~~~~ ,:. ~....,~..~~~~, ,._.,~ ~. ....~~,. .,~