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Council Minutes of 12/5/200b of. Payment for the vehicles will be made from the Hotel/Motel Fund. The committee unanimously voted for recommendation of this resolution to Council. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, November 28. Present were committee members Barker, Ryan and Jones; Council Members Orlowski and Tallon; Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Service Director Limpert, Planning Director Wenger and Community Life Services Director Dailey. The committee met regarding Ordinance 2006-194, an ordinance amending Section 141.09 of the Administrative Code entitled "Administrative Motor Vehicle Pool" in order to increase the number of motor vehicles in the administrative motor vehicle pool from three to four. The Mayor and Service Director told the committee that the additional car would be for the Community Life Services Director who has a number of new duties added to his job description. The Service Director would like to assign a car that has recently been added to the general motor vehicle pool, a 1999 Crown Victoria, to the Community Life Services Director. The general motor vehicle pool is currently used by the Building Dept. The administration said that, because of the recent reorganization of duties, they have identified a need for a car to be assigned to the Community Life Services Director because there are not always cars available in the general motor pool when that director might need one, or he might need a car after hours. Council asked questions such as does the city reimburse for mileage? The city does not reimburse for mileage. The city does not record the mileage on the cars, but the gas going into each car is recorded. After a brief break, the committee met again and continued with questions such as how many cars are in the pool? In the general pool, there are ten cars. It was asked of the Community Life Services Director how many times a week he visits the different sites, and the Director provided that information in a memo to Council the next day, which reads in part: "As Director of Community Life Services, I have the responsibility of the Senior Center, Recreation Center and parks and Springvale Golf Course and Ballroom. In a typical week, I make it a point to visit each location at least twice. When weather permits, I will also make visits to our parks to make sure that work that is said to be in progress is actually worked on. In addition, I have meetings with outside organizations that assist in delivering services to the residents of North Olmsted. These could be church groups or community organizations. Year to date, I have personally put on around 1,100 miles on my vehicle in the execution of city business. Having a fleet vehicle at our disposal will eliminate the practice of using personal vehicles for this purpose." Additional questions were asked about mileage usage and fleet reports. A motion was made to recommend passage of Ordinance 2006-194, but for lack of a second, it is being held in committee. Mayor O'Grady asked to make a friendly amendment to the report. The city does reimburse for mileage, but we do not reimburse for mileage within the City of North Olmsted. Secondly, we do track mileage in all vehicles. When we are filling up the automobile at the gas pump, the operator enters the mileage used since the last fill up. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The committee met on Wednesday, November 29, to discuss Resolution 2006-190 and Ordinance 2006-179. 7