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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED FEBRUARY 7, 2007 Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Gareau, Dailey Jones, Miller, Orlowski, Ryan, Tallon Also Present: Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes of the Council meeting of January 16, 2007 were approved as written. President Kennedy made the following announcements: Legislation which will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules: second reading, Ordinance No. 2006-202; first reading, Resolution Nos. 2007-13, 2007-14. A public hearing for Ordinance 2007-5 will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. President Kennedy introduced recently appointed North Olmsted Public Library Branch Manager Dianne Discenzo. Ms. Discenzo was recognized by all. RE Mayor O'Grady: 1) Introduced representatives of Japan's Local Government Center in New York, Deputy Director Erena Niwa and Assistant Director Keitaro Tanaka, who were visiting North Olmsted. The Center has made substantial contributions through the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (GLAIR), and the Mayor presented a proclamation in recognition of this outstanding work. Ms. Niwa and Mr. Tanaka accepted the proclamation on behalf of Executive Director Shinji Hirai. Ms. Niwa expressed thanks for the proclamation and appreciation to Mayor O'Grady for his visit to Japan where he gave an interesting and informative lecture about North Olmsted and talked about how it deals in its own way with global issues. 2) Represented the city at the U. S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, D. C. Visited U. S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich in his new offices on Capitol Hill and participated in discussions with influential people in Washington, D.C. He noted that issues of importance to North Olmsted included health care, education, and damage caused by unfunded. He continued his work with the Mayors for Peace organization by personally leading a delegation that visited the Russian Embassy to meet with the ambassador to speak about making sure that cities throughout the world are not targeted ~:.