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s Council Minutes 4/5/2005 ~ ODOT will do nothing, but he will ask that question again in a more forceful way. :~,,~ Service Director Driscoll agreed that concrete pieces do get broken up when plowing is done. The crews have been out on numerous occasions picking them up and will be out tomorrow. The crews are out cleaning the streets-the streets are being washed and the sidewalks are being swept. Mr. Gateau noted he has seen work in Timber Trails on catch basins, repair of the sidewalk in front of Coe Cemetery and curbs being replaced in various areas. The Service Dept. has been out and is doing a good job. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive, said there is a problem with vehicles driving south on Clague Road at Lorain as it becomes a drag race across the intersection to merge back into the one lane. He thinks the right lane should be right turn only to eliminate vehicles from going straight through and squeezing out another vehicles. Perhaps a merge left must yield sign would work. Is this local or state control? Service Director Driscoll said there may be some restrictions on how the intersection can be used imposed by the County, but he will have City Engineer look into it and see if there is a solution for that type of problem. Mr. Miller suggested that arrows be painted on the pavement where the lanes merge. Robert Whiting, 215 Brookfield Road, Avon Lake, Ohio, former president of AFSCME 3517, congratulated Mayor O'Grady and Councihnan Gateau. He expressed concern with Ordinance 2005-23, which was the legislation for the transitional agreement with AFSCME, RTA and the city. He would like the Council to revisit this agreement and provide additional benef is to the three employees who will retire within the next year and before the bargaining agreement would have ended. He felt that due to events during the evening of the last Council meeting when the first motion for suspension failed, the employees were not given a chance for public participation. The three employees planned their retirement for the full payback of the 960 hours they would have earned under the collective bargaining agreement. For those individuals to be given a payment that is far less than what the city paid out to administrators who were leaving the city as the bus line was leaving, was a very heated point with the union membership. He asked that Council draft an amendment to Ordinance 2005-23 allowing the three retirees the opportunity to be paid the full retirement benefit in the collective bargaining agreement so these employees can retire with dignity and the honors they deserve. Members of bus line left the city unceremoniously, alittle hurt on Thursday, March 17, as they were ordered to take their buses to the garage on the east side and return back to the empty bus garage, there were no members of the administration present except for Mr. Terbrack to shake their hand and say, job well done. It was a hurtful night for 50 employees who gave their heart and soul to the city for over 74 years carrying on the tradition of good service. The three employees are hurt, one is a citizen of the city and feels he serves better. Mayor O'Grady thanked Mr. Whiting for his comments. He wished he could have been there for the employees on the last day. Unfortunately, on that day he was at work, but the NOMBL employees were in his thoughts. Regarding comments about the mechanics of what occurred at the meeting, when legislation is considered under suspension of the rules, the audience is given the opportunity to speak. He believes he did do that, but he 11