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Council Minutes of 1/17/2006 Human Resources • Information Technology has installed a fire wall that monitors employees' use of the Internet. Although misuse of city computers is a very rare thing, this will prevent while it also puts in place additional securities for our network. • We have advertised in Sunday's Plain Dealer for the position of secretary to the Planning Director. The final day for applying is January 23. Planning • Boards and Commission training will be done in cooperation with the Law Dept. on Saturday, January 28. Members of the new Planning & Design Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals will have training from 9 a.m. until Noon. Council is invited to attend and observe. • Recreation master plan will kick off on Thursday, January 26. An advisory committee has been formed that will include representation from the Recreation Commission, City Council and city administration. The committee will be working with the consultant team of Kerr + Boron Associates and RCU Architects. • On Thursday, January 19, the Cleveland Metropazks Board of Commissioners will be considering our proposal for a joint access drive at new Fire Station No. 2. The legislation introduced tonight will allow negotiation and finalization of the agreement. This is a positive step forwazd with regard to site planning for the Fire Station, is a benefit to the Metropazks, is a benefit to the citizens of North Olmsted, and is a great example of how regionalism/cooperation can work between governmental entities. Safety • North Olmsted Police Dept. has received the resignation of a corrections officer, and a provisional replacement will soon be appointed. • There were no bids for the purchase of five police cruisers. Ordinance 2006-6 discusses efforts to go through the state procurement program. • There is a pending retirement of a fire fighter. An eligibility list has been requested from the Civil Service Commission to address the vacancy when it occurs. Service • The Floyd Browne Phase I report was presented to the EPA on time during the first week of January. As they analyzed the storm event of August 20, 2005, it was accurately quoted as being a 1,000 year storm. That has the probability of occurring once in 1,000 years. So it was an incredibly unusual event. • The ADA entrance to the Senior Center is moving along. Law Director Dubelko: 1) The Law Dept. is in the process of moving from the Community Bldg. to City Hall. This is the first time the Law Dept. has been located on the city campus since North Olmsted was incorporated. 2) He received communications from lawyers with clients who have interest in two pieces of city legislation that are pending-Senior Residence District legislation and the news rack regulation ordinance. The department will be reviewing those materials and reporting to appropriate City Council committees. 3) Litigation update: 2