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Council Minutes of 4/19/2005 8) He attended a presentation of the United Labor Association, which is a coordinated effort among the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the UAW. The group provides services to the needy. 9) On the week of April 11, the Planning Director joined him for a meeting at the Recreation Center with Mr. DiSalvo and other staff. The condition of the facility was discussed as well as the needs of that facility. 10) He visited Fire Station No. 1 last week and met with the Chief and Assistant Chief to discuss fire issues. Of particular interest was the exploration of the potential for increased efficiency through monitoring advanced ways of monitoring deployed units. When properly done, this should further reduce our response time of our vehicles. There will be more to follow to Council on that issue. 11) On April 12, he traveled with the other mayors from the Cuyahoga County area to Columbus to lobby our state legislature with regard to the upcoming budget. The proposed reduction of 20% from the local government fund will remain a reduction of approximately $266,000 to the budget in North Olmsted. A reduction of 15% of the estate tax will further result in reduced anticipated revenues for the city by $24,000. Added to this is the potential loss to greater Cleveland of about $88 million in salaries through the federal government's closing of the NASA Glenn Research Center. Not only is this a bad move because of the impact on our region, it's a bad move because it's a shift in NASA away from research, and research has been the backbone of that organization. 12) On April 13, he met with the Westshore Council of Governments to discuss the regional dispatch center. All cities in COG except North Olmsted are participating in the combined dispatch center, CDC. This center is scheduled to be headquartered at 5t. Jahn Westshore. He differs with his predecessor on this issue. He thinks the city should take a fresh look at this, and his administration is doing that. Regionalization is the wave of the future. In order for cities to survive, they have to find ways of doing things more efficiently. They have to find ways of doing more with less. One way of doing that is through the synergy created through regionalization. Fire regionalization tends to make a lot of sense. 13) He met with County Engineer Bob Klaiber to discuss issues affecting our city. Most importantly, he thanked Mr. Klaiber for his great assistance with the Clague/Lorain intersection and with helping us get Issue 2 funds for Clague Road south. He then asked him for other help-continued support with the joint economic development district (JEDD) that we're looking at with the Falls and the Township, with the overpass on State Route 252 over I-480 and with Crocker Stearns. 14) Last week he observed an airborne operation at Springvale Golf Course. We had a couple of paratroopers jump out of an airplane and land on our golf course. Sgt. First Class Dana Bowman, was one of two special forces soldiers training with the Golden Knights and they collided in mid-air. The other soldier was killed and Sgt. Bowman lost both of his legs. He is the only double amputee in the history of the United States Army that was able to re-enlist. Through his personal courage and using artificial limbs, he brought himself back up to such a state of readiness, that the Army re-enlisted him and he jumped out of the airplane on his re-enlistment day. He presented St. Bowman, from one special forces soldier to another, a proclamation recognizing his courage. 15) He attended a meeting of the Charter Review Commission to present his thoughts concerning the reorganization of Council. Because that meeting went too long, he missed 3