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Council Minutes of 2/17/2004 ,~,, Activities Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. 3) Councilman Limpert moved that Council reappoint Joseph Lang to the Landmarks Commission for the term of January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Kasler and passed unanimously. 4) Thank you to all seven individuals who applied for appointment to the Charter Review Commission. Council appreciates the time they gave to attend the interview. They were all excellent choices. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Public Safety Committee: 1) The Public Safety and Finance Committees met jointly on February 10. Present were committee members Miller, Kasler, Limpert, various members of the administration and City Council. The committees discussed Ordinance 2004-11, an ordinance dispensing with the RFP procedures otherwise required by Section 1103 of the city's Codified Ordinances, authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to enter into a renewal agreement with TAC Computer Inc., providing for maintenance service for the Police Department's computers and software programs and declaring. an emergency. The committee discussed Mr. Gareau's question, which had been made in an earlier communication, of whether it was necessary to include the two 21 inch monitors and the video arraignment system in the coverage of that contract. The committee was advised that those two issues had been removed from the contract, particularly as it relates to the monitors. It didn't make sense to provide long-term coverage for monitors when the price of such equipment has come down so much that it may be more practical to replace them rather than attempt a repair. The potential savings with the removal of that equipment was $1,440. The committee recommended approval of the ordinance and recommended passage under suspension of the rules. Councilman Dailey asked that Councilman Gareau be given the opportunity to explain why he was not able to attend the committee meetings. Councilman Gareau said that he and his wife had welcomed their second child into the world on February 6. They have had very little sleep since then! William Kenneth Gareau (Will) is healthy and Mom is doing well. Thank you for indulging him and allowing him to miss the meetings! (Congratulations by all present.) Councilman Dailey, chairperson of the Recreation Commission: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, February 10, to discuss Ordinance 2004-13, an ordinance amending Section 8 of Ordinance 2002-14 which establishes the fee schedule for various activities and programs of the Division of Parks and Recreation in order to increase the fees for participation in the city's Central Playground Program and declaring an emergency. In attendance were committee members Dailey, Miller and Nashar; Council members Kasler, McKay and President of Council O'Grady; directors Copeland, Driscoll, Jesse, Farver, Dubelko and Copfer; Recreation Commissioner DiSalvo. Discussion centered around the need to increase the rate for the Central Playground program. The committee was advised that, after reviewing the cost of the program, it was agreed upon by the Recreation Commission that the cost for the program was currently too low. Rates were compared to similar programs offered by other cities; and, even after this increase, we 6 L