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Council Minutes of 3/15/20fl5 School. He comes to the fire house with paramedic certification, 240 hours of firefighter training, atwo-year associates degree in fire science, and a fire safety inspection certification. He served five years part-time with the Willoughby Hills Fire Department. 3) On March 14, the annual meeting of the Tax Incentive Review Board was held. The board reviewed all of the tax abatement issues and indicated that they are in conformity. 4) At the Recreation Center, the hockey board advertising program has begun with IT&T, Clorox, Giant Eagle, Hampton Inn, Applebee's and Donato's placing ads on the hockey boards. This is a project that is designed to raise money for recreation activities, and it looks to be an extremely good program with continued growth as space has been sold for next year. 5) Today, several city officials attended a lunch with the staff of the mall to meet the new manager, Rob Clark. Many areas of mutual interest were discussed and reviewed and several ideas for future partnering unfolded. Future meetings will be scheduled to bring the whole North Olmsted community together with the mall, including the public and private schools and community service groups. 6) Requested appointments to boards and commissions are as follows: Jason Werner to Architectural Review Board, Donna Sabo to BBCA, Gary Conaway to the Planning Commission; reappointments of Paul Barker, Betty Lord and Maryellen Davis to the Landmarks Commission. One appointment remains to be made and that is to the Cultural Activities Commission. 7) The North Olmsted soccer organization has been recognized and earned top honors for athletic field maintenance. They received a banner and a certificate to commemorate their achievement. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Recognized Mr. Ernie Zoldesy, a former manager of the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line, who was in the audience. With regard to NOMBL and the legislation that is before City Council tonight, he has been involved in the negotiations with RTA since last November regarding either the renewal of the operating agreement or the acquisition. The city has fought a tremendous fight regarding this matter, and it has shown us at our best because we have all worked together with a common purpose to try to preserve our bus line or at least to be treated fairly. He commended many people for the efforts they made: members of the administration, members of the legislative body, and union employees who supported the efforts. He particularly singled out Congressman Dennis Kucinich who truly did what a representative for his district should do on a matter that affects his district so greatly. His efforts and those of his legislative aide, Marty Gelfand, are appreciated. Also, he recognized the Mayor, Duane Limpert and union president Bob Whiting for the efforts they made. He believes it was the Mayor at his best. They truly fought the good fight. Thank you to all the members of Council for their support. Thank you to the members of the city negotiating team: Finance Director Carrie Copfer for her good financial advice along the way, Service Director Dan Driscoll, alternate Scott Uhas who provided technical information, and General Mgr. Tom Terbrack. He wanted to publicly thank Tom Terbrack who is the consummate professional municipal official who has served the City of North Olmsted with complete dedication for over 30 years and is getting ready to retire at the end of this month. He certainly provided the city with excellent service, and his retirement is something that he should be able to look forward to with eagerness and look back 2