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Council Minutes of 4/18/2006 4) Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. the carriage house will be moved off city owned property which will house the new fire station. It will be transported down into the Metroparks where it will be utilized. The Olmsted Historical Society representatives will soon have access to the Stearns home with the intent of disassembling to the greatest extent possible to take lumber out of the home. The lumber will be used to build a schoolhouse at Frostville. 5) The city in conjunction with the County Commissioners, Polaris Career Center, N. O. City Schools and Chamber of Commerce will hold a job fair on June 14 at the Church of St. Clarence Hall. Thanks for Fr. Neil Kakoothe for his help. 6) With Finance Director, traveled to Chicago for meetings with Moody's and Fitch rating agencies. The favorable result for our city was the result of the improved fiscal controls and management in place in the city. 7) The City of North Olmsted was featured in the Plain Dealer Mosaic section They provided great coverage of our city government, recreation assets, our culture and our schools. $) May 2 is primary election day and five Charter amendments will be on the ballot and all are important. 9) The Community Life Services Dept. is working with the Fire Dept. to formulate emergency plans for our Senior Center in the event of an emergency. We recently learned of a co-pay relief organization which assists with pharmaceutical co-pays for certain illnesses and treatments. Citizens in need should contact Director Dailey in Community Life Services. 10) Human Resources Director Farver will be attending the 2006 SERB academy on April 27 and 28 with the directors of Law, Safety and Service. Topics include dispute settlement procedures and unfair labor practices. 11) Information Technology Dept. has assisted the Recreation Dept. in preparing the Recreation software specifications for bidding. 12) Planning Dept., the front entrance project went to bid this week and bids are due before the end of April. 13) Fire Station bids are anticipated to be out the first week in May. This week, the Historical Society will be going in to do some important preservation work at the site. 14) Safety Dept., the Recreation Commission has approved new ranges for the swimming pool. Legislation requesting those will be introduced at the May 3 meeting. 15) Service Dept., the Board of Health has cancelled the planned drop of pesticide by helicopter in Bradley Woods. However, they will go through as usual treating standing water in ponds. 16} Service Dept. is continuing with full depth repairs in the Canterbury Woods area. A major water line break was located in N. O. Park below a drinking fountain for the baseball diamonds in the southern half of park. Until repair is made, those drinking fountains will be unavailable for use. 17) Six firms responded to the RFP for the rate and operational studies at WWTP. Currently Service Director Limpert, acting City Engineer Mike Raig and others are reviewing those proposals. 2