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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED NOVEMBER 18, .2008 Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Gareau, Dailey Jones, Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski, Ryan Also Present: Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8 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. Mayor O'Grady asked that the minutes of the Council meeting of October 21, 2008 be changed- on page 15 where it stated, "Mayor O'Grady disputed Mr. Mahoney's comments" to read that he "disagreed" as he did not want it to appear that he thought Mr. Mahoney was misspeaking or being disingenuous; he just disagreed with his interpretation. Councilman Gareau made a motion to change the word "disputed" to "disagreed." The motion was seconded by Councilman Mahoney and passed unanimously. The minutes were approved as amended. The minutes of the special Council meeting of October 28, were approved as written. The minutes of the Council meeting of November 5, 2008 were approved as written. President Kennedy announced the following legislation would be considered for passage under suspension of the rules: second reading, Resolutions 2008-132, 2008-148; first reading, Resolution 2008-151. REPS Mayor O'Grady: 1) On November 11, 2008, the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, he attended a ceremony in Flanders Field, Belgium in remembrance of the fallen soldiers from WWI. At a recent U. S. Conference of Mayors, he led an effort to pass legislation opposing the practice of targeting nuclear weapons on population center cities. As a continuation of that effort, he spoke on the issue of nuclear nonproliferation at the Palais des Nations (United Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland. (He distributed ceremonial poppies, which were used by the official delegation at the ceremony in Belgium, to the Finance and Law Directors and City Council. The poppy is a symbol of peace.)