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Council Minutes of 12/5/2006 anything by being a member. We lose something by not being amember-the ability to coordinate our efforts quickly and closely with our neighbors. Terry Groden, 25211 Chase Drive. In the past, he has stood before Council and expressed real concerns about flooding and water that residents of Deerfield Park have taken. Tonight he wanted to echo same of Mr. Barker's comments and say thank you when something goes right. LEGISLATION Resolution No. 2006-183 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. A resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments ("WCOG") and the cities of Bay Village, Fairview Park, Rocky River and Westlake, providing for participation by the City of North Olmsted in the Central Fire Dispatch Center operated by WCOG at St. John West Shore Hospital, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Talton moved to table Resolution 2006-183, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Miller. Roll call: Tallon, yes; Miller, yes; Barker, yes, with comment. For him to seriously consider Central Dispatch, he would want to see a signed document by all cities involved in the CDC stating that automatic aid is in effect immediately. Within six months, have a written agreement to start purchasing fire and EMS equipment jointly through the cities involved with CDC. If North Olmsted central dispatch should have layoffs, then those dispatchers should have first priority at CDC for employment. Our response time has been reported to be four to five minutes, and CDC was stated to be five to six minutes. When it comes down to saving lives, he will take our central dispatch fire and EMS response times. The cost of joining CDC is $200,000 this year and was approximately $167,000 last year, which is an increase of 19.8%. What will be the increase after our free year? This is and will be an additional cost above and beyond our expenses for the North Olmsted Central Dispatch, not a savings. Also, he can't remember the last time government got involved in a program and then voted to opt out of that service after trying it out. He should not have to tell his residents that he, as their Councilman, cannot repair their streets or fix their sewer problems because we are spending an additional $200,000 for something we already have. Finally, being an elected official of North Olmsted, he was unhappy to find out about the free offer concerning CDC on the Internet. He should have heard about this from the Mayor before the Mayor started putting his side of the information out to get public support. He can't speak for his colleagues, but that offended him. His vote is yes for tabling. Roll call continued: Orlowski, yes; Ryan, no; Jones, yes, with comment. Regionalism for fire and EMS is something to strive for. However, the current plan to join the Central Dispatch Center lacks the details she feels are necessary to truly support this idea for our city at this time. Automatic aid and shared purchasing agreements are details she would like to see before committing our city to a program for an additional cost to our residents. She prefers to base her decisions not on what we can do in the short term for free, but on what the ultimate economic impact will be for our city in the future. She does not yet have a handle on what that impact would be, therefore, she is in favor of tabling this legislation. Roll call continued: Gareau, yes, with comment to clarify for the public what his vote is 9