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Council Minutes of 1/4/2005 come down Sharon Drive. He encourages the Mayor to put a task force together to take a look at procedures so residents are not short-changed in the future. Jim Burns, 3978 Dover Center Road. • At the last Council meeting, he commented that back in 1995 he was able to get sales tax information for North Olmsted by zip code. After talking with Mayor, he attempted to do the same thing currently but the State of Ohio was unable to provide that kind of figure. He does believe the figure of $15 million supplied through North Olmsted compared to $155 million collected in the county for transit tax is low. He inquired of Finance Director Copfer as to NOMBL's budget. Mrs. Copfer answered it was $4.5 million and Maple Hts. is smaller but she does not know the exact figure. Mr. Burns said he recently had an opportunity to speak to a RTA trustee. The trustee made two comments he fmds totally unreasonable. The trustees aze being told by RTA management that the payroll at NOMBL is bail©ooing. The way the contract is reimbursed on such things as platform hours and miles and operations, basically it is a break-even contract. If payroll is ballooning, we are absorbing it, not RTA. The trustees have also been told that RTA can save $5 million by absorbing the two lines. That is more than half of the budgets of the two lines put together. The only way to save that much money is by cutting back on service-eliminating lines. If we are merging with RTA and they are saving that much money, our service is going to be drastically reduced. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2004-181 introduced by Councilwoman Kasler was given its third reading. An ordinance dispensing with the RFP process otherwise required by Sections 111.03 et seq. of the Administrative Code and authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, if necessary, to enter into an agreement with Costin + Company in order to provide assistance in GAAP conversion and preparation of the city's CAFR for the year 2004, as amended. Councilwoman Kasler moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2004- 181 adopted. Ordinance No. 2004-188 introduced by Councilwoman Kasler on behalf of Mayor Musial and the entire Council was given its third reading. An ordinance establishing and fixing the compensation for the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted for the term of office commencing January 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2009 and declaring an emergency. Councilwoman Kasler moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passel unanimously. Ordinance No. 2004-188 adopted. Ordinance No. 2004-189 introduced by Councilwoman Kesler on behalf of Mayor Musial and the entire Council was given its third reading. An ordinance establishing and fixing the compensation for the Director of Law of the City of North Olmsted for the term of office commencing Januazy 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2009 and declaring an emergency. Councilwoman Kesler moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2004-189 adopted. 10