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Council Minutes 11/5/2008 committee can move forward with a recommendation on the legislation. A committee motion was made by Councilman Gareau, seconded by Councilman Barker, and by a vote of 3-0 the legislation was held in committee. • Resolution 2008-127, a resolution authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids for brush removal services in accordance with plans and specifications on file in his office; and further authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for said services with the lowest and best bidder, subject to approval by the Board of Control. Along with the previous two resolutions, this is another attempt by the administration to find alternative ways to provide services. Again, for same reasons, the plans and specifications to be prepared and drafted and presented to the committee, the committee will again take this matter up next Tuesday. A committee motion was made by Councilman Gareau, seconded by Councilman Barker, and by a vote of 3-0 the matter was held in committee. • Ordinance 2008-124, an ordinance to make and transfer appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2008. This is a transfer ordinance, and Finance Director Came Copfer explained the changes: There was a reduction in Bureau of Workers Compensation obligations in order to purchase fuel and parts within the Division of Fire as well as medical supplies. There was also a redirection of $50,000 to Public Way Management-this was a line item not previously used-for items such as fertilizer, weed control, and engineering fees. There was also an additional $32,000 appropriated for the Land Acquisition Fund, which the balance at the beginning of the year was $218,000, for architectural engineering and legal ads for renovations to the City Hall campus. To force a budget balance, Springvale's appropriation was reduced by $84,183 due to projected shortfall in revenue due to weather in the spring and the current downturn in golf. There were three amendments to the ordinance: an additional $26,810 was appropriated in order to complete the Kennedy Ridge Road resurfacing project; a $2,250 appropriation for the football endowment that has been done over the course of the past few years; an adjustment in the balances for various positions that were proposed to receive a pay adjustment in Ordinance 2008-121 which failed to pass. Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-124 consistent with the above-mentioned amendments. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2008-124 was amended. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7 p.m. Present were members Barker, Gareau and Dailey Jones; Council members Orlowski, Kearney, Mahoney and President Kennedy; Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, and Safety Director Thomas. Agenda items included the following: • Ordinance 2008-135, sponsored by Mayor O'Grady and Councilman Gareau, an ordinance amending Section 1333.01 of the Building Code in order to more effectively require debris and other materials to be removed from demolition sites, as amended. In paragraph (a) the following words were removed: "The ground shall be leveled off, and the premises put in a clean and sanitary condition; 6