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Council Minutes of 5/15/2007 cut expenses. The court representatives (two judges, the Clerk of Courts, and the Rocky River Finance Director), assured they will not exceed their estimated resources with their expenditures. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee: 1) The committee met this evening at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Resolution 2007-7, which authorizes the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids for a new sound system in Council Chambers and Council Caucus Room. Present were committee members Barker, Gareau and Jones; President Kennedy and Councilman Orlowski; Mayor O'Grady, Planning Director Wenger, Human Resources Director Farver, Service Director Limpert. Since the committee last met, the administration has created more detailed specifications for the sound system for both rooms. The sound system for each room will be independent, permanently installed digital recording systems. The Chambers would be connected to the city's network to easily download the digital data to city work stations. With that, the Clerk of Council and Clerk of Commissions could download meetings and work right from their desks instead of trying to transcribe from the tapes. The Caucus Room would record to flash cards for storage. The administration also has evaluated the possibility of adding a video component to the project. Based upon information obtained, video would be costly and not within the established budget. The sound system, however, will be able to be expanded in the near future to include video. He suggests the administration may want to try to include that in next year's budget. Hopefully, the sound system can be installed while Council is on vacation during July. The committee also asked for specifications for placement of speakers in the Caucus Room. Total cost is about $34,000, and about $31,000 has been set aside from last year's budget, and $3,000 is coming from left over funds from the HVAC system that was installed for Chambers. The committee unanimously recommended approval with the stipulation that specifications are provided regarding adding speakers to the caucus room. The committee also recommended passage under suspension of the rule. Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on May 8, 2007. In attendance were committee members Barker and Orlowski; Council Members Jones, Gareau and President Kennedy; Law Director Dubelko, Safety Director Terbraek, Service Director Limpert, Mayor O'Grady, Animal Warden Ward and guests. Agenda items: • Ordinance 2007-52, an ordinance amending Section 505.15 of Chapter 505 (Animals and Fowl) of the General Offense Code, entitled "Keeping, Maintaining and Feeding of Wild Animals," in order to prohibit displaying, maintaining or in any other manner keeping wild animals at temporary events or retail stores in the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency. Section 505.15 (b), Prohibition Against Keeping and/or Maintaining Wild Animals, states it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to display, maintain or in any other manner keep a wild animal, either inside or outside a structure, within the city, with the following exceptions: The two changes are the elimination of 5050.15(b) section one and two. Number one states, "Temporary events such as a circus, sporting event or zoo exhibition where the animals or mascots are handled by trained 4