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Council Minutes of 8/2/2005 Ryan voted no), this proposal was recommended to be turned into legislation and placed on first reading at next Council meeting. • Amend the Charter at Article IV, Section 1, relating to designating three Council-at-Large positions as designated seats. A motion to recommend was made at the committee, but there was no second. The proposal remains in committee. • Non-substantive changes. The legal opinion regarding the name change for the Human Resources Department has been requested. Councilman Ryan made a motion that Council request a legal opinion from the Law Director as to whether the removal of references to minority parties is anon-substantive Charter change. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee: 1) The Recreation Committee met at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2. Attending were committee members Barker, Gareau and Nashar; Council members, Ryan, McKay, Miller, Tallon and President Kennedy; Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Safety Director Limpert, Recreation Commissioner DiSalvo, Personnel Director Farver, Finance Director Copfer, Planning Director Wenger and Human Resources Director Dailey. The committee discussed Ordinance 20(}5-109, an ordinance dispensing with the RFP process otherwise required by Section 111.03 of the Administrative Code and authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control if necessary, to enter into a personal services contract with Leinweber Engineering Ltd. as structural consultants to analyze the conditions of the Recreation Center pool roof, and declaring an emergency. Abeam over the Rec Center indoor pool is bent, and the form is not structurally sound. The pool was closed while Leinweber did a Phase UPhase II project (cost of $6,500) to inspect that beam to determine if it was safe to keep the pool open. The recommendation was to reopen the pool, that it was safe until winter set in bringing snow and wind. This legislation will authorize Leinweber do an analysis on how to repair the bean, and then the city will go out for bid to repair the beam. The pool is normally shut down at the end of August to the beginning of September for annual maintenance. It is hoped this project can be completed in that timefrarne, but it may take an additional couple of weeks. Questions were asked on how much revenue we would lose if the pool was closed until December, and the answer was that could be ten to twenty thousand dollars. After multiple questions and a lot of discussion, Council agreed that there really is no choice. The committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the legislation and passage under suspension of the rules. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, wished Mr. McKay a very respectful farewell. He first met Mr. McKay when he was on Fairview Park's Council and Mr. McKay spoke for North Olmsted at a meeting regazding airport issues. He developed a great respect for Mr. McKay, and he still has a great respect for his service to North Olmsted. Regarding the work on Rt. 252, he does not feel the work that is currently being done is up to par- it looks like a shabby job to him. He asked the Mayor if the City Engineer had been 9 -~