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Council Minutes of 8/2/2005 Councilman McKay announced his resignation with the following statement: "To Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, all the members of Council and Clerk of Council Mrs. Seman. This evening I am submitting my resignation as Councilman of Ward 4 effective August 31, 2005. I thank the residents of Ward 4 and the rest of the city, citizens of North Olmsted, for their trust and support they have given me while I represented them on City Council. I also want to thank all city employees past and present for their cooperation and help. I want to thank the past and present administration, law directors, finance directors as well as the clerks of Council and the many Councilmen and Councilwomen during my 23+ years of service. My thanks also to my wife who supported me throughout the years. May God bless our community and guide us in the right direction." Everyone in attendance stood to recognize Councilman McKay. Each Council member and members of the administration took the opportunity to express their thanks to Mr. McKay for his many years of service to our city. He truly is the "dean of Council" and will be missed. He has been a mentor to many present and past Council members, and he has always handled himself as a professional Mrs. McKay was also recognized for her help and support to him over the years. Together, Mr. and Mrs. McKay have been active members of the community and have contributed much to this city and its residents. Councilman McKay expressed his thanks and said he has enjoyed his time on Council and enjoyed working with all the different individuals. He has enjoyed representing the citizens of North Olmsted. Councilman Ryan, chairperson of the Infra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) Two committee meetings were held-July 5 and August 1. At the meeting of August 1, the committee interviewed Laura B. Thogmartin to fill Mr. Barker's unexpired term on the Landmarks Commission. The committee strongly recommends that Council approve her appointment. Councilman Ryan moved that Council approve the appointment of Laura B. Thogmartin to fill the unexpired term of 1/1/OS to 12/31/06 on the Landmarks Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. 2) During this evening's caucus, Mr. Tallon indicated that he would be willing to serve as Council's representative to the Board of Review. Councilman Ryan made a motion that Ron Tallon be appointed to Council's position on the Board of Review. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and was passed unanimously. 3) In order to go forward with the name change of the Department of Human Resources to Community Life Services Department, the Law Director must provide a legal opinion as to whether it is indeed anon-substantive Charter change. Councilman Ryan made a motion to request the Law Department provide an opinion as to whether the name change of the Human Resources Department to the Community Life Services Department is a non-substantive Charter change. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. 4) Ordinance No. 2005-27, was discussed at the August 1 meeting. This legislation had previously been discussed at the Charter Review Commission, but there were not a sufficient number of votes to recommend it to Couneil. The committee voted to recommend that the legislation be placed on the Council agenda. Councilman Ryan moved that Ordinance No. 2005-27 be added to tonight's agenda on second reading, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar. Roll call: Ryan, yes; Nashar, yes; Tallon, yes; Gareau, no; Barker, yes; McKay, yes; Miller, yes. The motion passed with 7