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Council Minutes of 2/20/2007 Councilman Gareau made a motion to extend the dates only for the testing requirement, with all other matters remaining the same, for Suburban Collision Center to conduct emissions testing with the testing time June 1 through June 1 S, 2007. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. He will ask Suburban to provide an update regarding several changes they were supposed to be implementing within the past 30 days. He is going to work with residents in that neighborhood to get an update on the problems. Councilman Ryan, chairperson of the Intro-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The committee met on February 16. Present were committee members Ryan and Orlowski. Ms. Jones, who had another commitment, had extensive discussions with him regarding the agenda and provided input and insight into it. Agenda items included the following: • Resolution 2007-12. (Proclaiming April as Fair Housing Month in North Olmsted.) The committee voted unanimously to recommend passage to Council under suspension of the rule. • Resolution 2007-16, regarding authorizing the adoption of the updated mitigation plan prepared by Cuyahoga County. The administration provided an outline of the changes as the actual document is over 300 pages in length. The committee reviewed the outline, and voted unanimously to recommend passage of the legislation to Council. • Extensive discussion concerning the audience participation portion of Council meetings. Resident, Mr. Pangrac, summarized there may be a need to consider that there be some additional time provided to those who feel they have a little bit more to add to the discussion. Speakers, after using their five minutes, would have the opportunity to step back, reflect, gather their thoughts and summarize it. Councilman Ryan will prepare a statement of what recommendations are being considered for additional time beyond the five minutes, and asked that Council review the information and provide suggestions. • Short discussion concerning whether Council rules should contain a requirement that the committee chairperson provide a written report prior to Council meetings. This was not met with much enthusiasm, but he will continue to pursue this issue. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee: 1) The Recreation Commission met on Monday, February 19, to approve the budget for the Recreation Dept. to be submitted to Council. There was a unanimous vote for approval. Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on February 20, 2007, to review Resolution 2007-11. In attendance were committee members Barker and Orlowski; Council member Miller and President of Council Kennedy; and guests. The resolution authorizes the Mayor to enter into a contract with Maxim Health Systems, LLC for the administration of influenza and pneumonia vaccines at the N. O. Senior Center. Approximately S00 seniors have participated in this program each year. Maxim Health Services has never cancelled or run out of serum. There was one time, when the County provided this program, that the S