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Council Minutes 11/5/2008 • The County Board of Health tested its emergency response system with a practice drill last week. North Olmsted, through our Safety Dept., took the initiative to ensure that we were getting benefit from this training as well. Under the able leadership of Director Thomas, we received a telephone call from the Board of Health notifying North Olmsted that there was a specific location for placebo medication to treat a designed outbreak-whether it's natural or manufactured. Our safety forces traveled to this private location, picked up placebo drugs, returned to North Olmsted. Within 23 minutes of the initial call, we had every single member of our safety forces, police and fire fighters, rotate through our Service garage to receive, supposedly, the placebo medication, to immunize them. Avery impressive effort to ensure that our residents will be protected in the event of a major outbreak. • A continuing review of the 2008 Property Maintenance Initiative is underway and a report to Council is forthcoming. • The Vacant House Task Force met to review the inventory and update its listing. We continue to monitor very closely those homes that are in foreclosure or are vacated to ensure that they are protected. Our police and fire have increased presence, and our Building Dept. travels by to remove extra newspapers so it still gives the perception the home is occupied. • The VFW Officer of the Year awards banquet is scheduled for Monday, November 24, at 6 p.m. at the Community Cabin. Honorees will be Police Officer James Carbone and Firefighter Dave Stein, who will be recognized for their outstanding service to the citizens of North Olmsted. • The first round of the leaf pick-up is on schedule with Round 2 scheduled to begin on November 10. • The newly completed Lorain-Stearns intersection is now open to traffic, and sound walls are up on the west side of new Stearns Road north. We anticipate the opening of Crocker-Stearns by late December. • Within our Service Dept., we will be taking actions to ensure that we use the salt stockpile efficiently. Specifically, we will be doing things to extend the range and efficiency of the salt that is put on the ground, and that includes the use of brine. • The administration is looking to adopt the Resolution brought to the Mayors and Managers group by Cuyahoga Service Directors to reduce salt usage. We will advise Council so they are aware of the specific actions that we continue to take in the city to more efficiently use the salt stockpiles we have. We are very proud of the fact that we are able to secure salt at a very reasonable price. We bought everything we could off our previous contract, and we have a very competitive contract for this year at a time when many municipalities have no salt. 7) There are three pieces of legislation before Council that deal with subcontracting. It's his stated mission as mayor of the city to do everything we can to reduce the size of government and increase its efficiency. The subcontracting legislation are three different alternatives that may or may not be worthwhile. But if we don't investigate, we won't 3