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Council Minutes of 5/15/2007 4) Today is Peace Officer Memorial Day. City flags are flown at half staff. Just as we remember those who are serving in our armed forces, let's not forget our hometown heroes, our outstanding police officers and fire fighters. 5) The city offered tax preparation assistance through the AARP and the Senior Center, and we did exceed last year with the number of processed returns. 6) Anyone interested in assisting in the first Fairview Park/North Olmsted Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society can contact Director Dailey or North Olmsted chairperson Melissa Meredith. We are seeking volunteers, sponsors, and teams to walk in the event which will be held on June 23 and 24. 7) Thanks to those elected officials who joined him in supporting the Mother's Day brunch at Springvale. It was an outstanding event with both Beatings being sold out and about 450 guests were served. 8) North Olmsted Recreation Center will host its annual ice show Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. There will also be matinee shows at 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. As a reminder, the ice will be brought down for repairs of the ice rink after this event. 9) Assistant Fire Chief written examination was conducted on Saturday, May 12, with 13 fire fighters taking the exam. Test results will be provided on Monday, May 21, with the top 4 candidates moving on to the oral assessment on June 12. 10) Congratulations to North Olmsted Fire Dept. Lt. Ken Hehnen who was graduated on May 11 from the Ohio Fire Executive Program. Lt. Hehnen was one of only 18 to be graduated in this fifth graduation class in the State of Ohio. 11) We will have a we-share disaster exercise this Sunday at the Great Northern Mall at 9 p.m. Several fire departments from throughout the region will be participating along with North Olmsted. 12) We are looking for golfers and hole sponsors for the upcoming golf outing for DARE. The outing is scheduled for June 15 at Springvale Golf Course. If interested in supporting that fine program, please let us know. 13) Concrete slab repair is proceeding and nearing completion in Wedgewood and the remaining asphalt overlay streets are to be prepped. After that, we'll begin spot repairing and concrete spot repairs around the city. 14) Paint striping contract was awarded to Dura Mark, and the pre-construction meeting was held. This will be a more complete painting of the city streets than in previous years. 15) Crack sealing bids are back, and the contract should be awarded by the Board of Control tomorrow. 16) Currently, bid packages for the street asphalt overlays and recycling are available to be picked up in the Service Department. 17) Stearns Road construction continues with the continuing work on the storm sewers. That portion of the project should be done by the end of the year. 18) Work continues on Great Northern Blvd. We encourage all who are able to avoid this area until the work is completed, which is scheduled for late July. 19) With regard to legislation, Council has Ordinance 2007-50 before them. This ordinance was reviewed in committee and unanimously recommended for non-passage. He now encourages the rest of Council to follow the committee recommendation and reject this effort at legislative control of administrative functions. The ordinance 2