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Council Minutes of 9/4/2007 • There was a fire at the Jamestown Apartments Saturday evening. Due to professionalism of our safety forces, there were no injuries to the residents or to the respondents. • North Olmsted Police Department has received a video detective system and training on that system from the federal government. This equipment and training were awarded through the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program and funded by the Department of Homeland Security. The equipment will allow our department to enhance and clarify video images. • Asphalt overlay and recycling projects are nearing completion. Currently, Andrus, Whitethorn, Lucydale and Kennedy Ridge are getting the final coats. • Administration will present an overview of the rate and operation study to Council's Committee-of--the-Whole next Tuesday at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend that presentation. 6) Under legislation to be considered today is Ordinance 2007-93. This is the fourth month of the administration's efforts to secure support from Council with regard to this safety issue. Believes this matter has been handled poorly by select members of City Council to the extent that for the first time in years a minority report was filed calling upon the dissenting members of Council to support this safety issue. His administration has met repeatedly on this issue. He asks that the legislation, which the Safety Director, Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief has said is needed to assure the safety of our citizens, is passed. Law Director: 1) He has seen the emergency order that Gov. Strickland issued on electronic amusement machines and the subsequent amendments to the consumer sales practice act regulations that Attorney General Dann has issued. There already is litigation with respect to the Tic Tac Fruit machines. He is aware of all of those orders and the litigation and is providing advice to the administration to work in conjunction with what is going on at the state level. The Governor and the Attorney General are attempting to eliminate these machines that pay out so much and really have some element of chance in addition to whatever little skill is involved in the machines. The advice he is trying to provide to the administration is to support the Governor and Attorney General's initiative which is being directed at liquor permit holders. We will take action against the non-liquor permit holders with respect to the machines. 2) Regarding Suburban Auto, we did get back a report from our expert which has raised some questions regarding the report of Suburban Auto's expert. He is going to confer with Suburban's attorney and also probably get the two experts together to see if we can resolve some of the language in each report. Hopefully, he will have a report at the next City Council meeting. 3) Prosecutor Mike Gordillo's report: 193 cases handled in August; 73 General Offenses; 123 Traffic; 1 trial and 1 conviction. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Received notice from the county, and forwarded a copy to all of Council and the directors, that based on the funding formula of local government funds in 2008, we will be receiving approximately $163,000 less for a total of $1,197,798.47. This all goes to the General Fund currently, so it will be a loss in 2008 of funds that were projected to go into the General Fund. 3