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Council Minutes of 10/2/2007 2) Councilman Tallon continued with the Finance Committee report: • Ordinance 2007-106, an ordinance to make and transfer appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2007. Director Copfer gave an overview of the ordinance and then asked the ordinance be amended in the amount of $3,610 in the Sewer Revenue Fund. The committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of Ordinance 2007-106, as amended, to Council and for passage under suspension of the rule. Since then, there has been another request to amend Ordinance 2007-106. It is a $6,000 change in the ordinance in the Recreation Dept. for the repair and upkeep of Diamond No. 1. The total amount of the $6,000 is being donated by the Hot Stove baseball organization and the North Olmsted School District. The donated amount of $6,000 (funds and in kind services) will be placed in the Endowment and Grant Fund in the Division of Parks & Recreation Materials and Supplies. Councilman Tallon made a motion to amend Ordinance 2007-106 to include the amendment that was approved in committee and also the amendment to include the $6,000 for the Recreation Dept. in the Endowment and Grant Fund. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ryan and passed unanimously. Councilman Orlowski, member of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee, reported on behalf of chairperson Ryan: 1) The committee met on September 25, 2007 and was chaired by Councilman Orlowski. In attendance were committee members Jones and Orlowski; Council Members Barker, Gareau, Miller and Tallon; Law Director Dubelko, Service Director Limpert and guests. Agenda items included: • Ordinance 2007-108, a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District in order to participate in the district's program to collect and sell recyclables in the marketplace. Currently, the City of North Olmsted contracts with Caraustar Recovered Fiber Plant on Vega Avenue to provide a dumpster for collection of newspapers, mixed paper and cardboard. Caraustar removes the dumpster when it is full, empties the dumpster and returns the dumpster to the Service Dept. lot. The city is charged $120 per trip and receives no credit for the quantity of cardboard delivered. On average, there are two trips per month, so the city is paying approximately $240 per month or approximately $2,880 per year to remove the recyclable material. By joining the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District's program for recyclable wastes, a city truck will be used to haul the dumpster provided by Caraustar to the recyclable yard on Vega Avenue. The contents will be unloaded and a city truck will return the dumpster to the service yard in North Olmsted. The city will receive $40 per ton of recyclable material. This will allow the city more control over removing a full dumpster and possibly provide a small sum to offset the cost of this program. Congratulations to Shaun Solomon and the Service Director for working on this project. A question posed to the Service Director concerned the cost to the city to haul and dump the dumpster at Caraustar and return the dumpster to the service yard. The distance is approximately 29 miles. It's estimated that this would take 8