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Council Minutes of 9/28/2005 inspections from the county will be $140,000. The grand total is $1,721,000. We were granted contributions from ODOT for $200,000. ODOT also gave us design plans for $140,000, and the county inspection for $140,000. The 80% funding from the Ohio Public Works Commission will be $992,800. The cost to the City of North Olmsted for this project will be approximately $248,000. City Engineer Durbin said the road would be replaced in concrete as the costs for asphalt would remain the same because we would have to add additional asphalt to make it thicker to meet the use demands on the street. Regazding his proposal of extending the RTA rapid to the county line, Councilman Miller explained that he did not intend the costs to come from North Olmsted taxpayers. It was an attempt to bring back some of those federal and state dollars that we all pay in order to address a problem. He believes in America and wants to make America stranger. We need to buy American, and we need to decrease our dependency on oil. Mass transportation is one of those many methods that we could start addressing. Unfortunately, the federal government requires you to have traffic jam problems like they do in Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles before they will help. And after you compete for the funds then, if you get those funds, it's at least 15 years before they resolve the problem. His attempt was to be more proactive and try to resolve a problem before it gets too bad. Should the federal government change their philosophy, maybe we will be up to the front of the line for that opportunity. Thanks to Mr. Calabrese for attending the meeting and providing the information and thanks to Mr. Nashar for inviting him. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfaze Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, September 13, with committee members Miller and Talton in attendance. The following items were discussed: • Recreation items, including buffering around the volleyball courts, the HVAC system at the Rec Center and the television monitoring system at the indoor tennis courts. The Safety Director indicated that the issue of the HVAC is being addressed. Hopefully, that will be addressed before the winter snows. • Ordinance 2005-136, an ordinance authorizing the Director of Public Safety to purchase 16 digital eyewitness in-caz video systems and related equipment for the Police Dept. through the State Purchase Program and further authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract or other documents as necessary with Kustom Signals Inc. for the purchase of the video system equipment. Several questions were asked as to how many vehicles are equipped now, how many vehicles will use this eventually, what type of uses would there be? By a 2-0 vote, the legislation was held in committee. • Resolution 2005-139, a resolution authorizing the Director of Public Safety to advertise for bids for the purchase of a new automotive aerial apparatus for the North Olmsted Fire Department, as per specifications on file in the office of the Fire Chief, and authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval by the Boazd of Control, if necessary, to enter into a contract for same. Issues discussed were: is this a Quint; is this an aerial; is there an automotive aerial apparatus? The terminology needed to be ferreted out and explained in more detail, and an explanation has been received. Concerns were expressed about whether this amount ($800,000) had been originally presented when the levy was passed for the new Fire Station 2 as these funds will come from 8