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Council Minutes of 1/4/2005 life-threatening illness. He felt they were failed. He thanked Mr. Nashar for coming out and getting a plow out there. AUDIENCE PARTICI;~'ATIQN Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia. • Spoke about his public records request again. Does not agree with allegation that his public records request for machine readable data is not part of the normal routine of the Finance office. • Wants to know about administrative charges for NOMBL, which are about $270,000. If RTA feels they aren't getting value out of that, he can see why they would want to cancel the contract for the bus line. What is included in the charge and is RTA getting full value for it? Finance Director Copfer answered that the RTA contract states the administrative fee is 6% of the costs. This was determined long ago, and a study was done. It has stood the test of time. The fee covers payroll services, all accounting services, personnel, hiring, union grievance hearings, the Service Department, the Law Department-various administrative services. The costs are being looked at in conjunction with the Mayor's negotiations as to what would be a fair amount. Maple Hts. has had 7% of their expenses for quite a few years. Dennis Lambert 25057 Carey Lane • Does not believe the NOMBL administrative cost is too high in comparison to what RTA is spending to run the bus operation. • Wants to point out we are in negotiations for a three month NOMBL extension. He is concerned over an evacuation plan of our business districts under homeland security. We could face a major disaster, and he suggests the Mayor and Law Director contact people in homeland security through Congressman Kucinich's office. He believes NOMBL would be a very integral part of an evacuation plan. We cannot afford to lose control of the bus system since the general welfare of the public is now resting upon a good evacuation plan for these major areas. • Regarding snow removal, suggested one pass on residential streets between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. would not have been unreasonable. • Regarding project labor agreements, he agreed with Councilwoman Kasler when she proposed it in the past. He is not a proponent of union or organized labor, but he is a proponent to quality construction for the price you pay. Maureen Diver, 24711 Mitchell Drive. • Expressed concern about the snow removal on residential streets. Believes one pass on the residential streets would have been helpful. • She is a neighbor of Parcel E. With the snow melting, there has been a lot of water on Parcel E up against her property line. The city is lucky to have Engineers Cathy Becker and Gary Durbin, and they are to be commended on the help they are giving. There is a problem with water collecting on that property, and Cathy sent out the inspector today who found that the drains are not hooked up. She has information 8