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Council Minutes of 8/19/2008 Councilman Barker asked for a moment of personal privilege to thank the Fire Dept. and the Safety Director, the Service Dept. and the Service Director, and the auxiliary police officers all of whom participated or responded in an emergency during a storm on Saturday, August 9, when a tree in his neighbor's yard fell and blocked the street. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, August 12, at 9:17 p.m. Present were committee members Jones, Mahoney, and Kearney; Council members Barker, Gareau and Orlowski; Service Director Limpert; and guests. The committee met to discuss Resolution 2008-99, a resolution. authorizing the Director of Public Service to solicit bids for the purchase of eight thousand tons of rock salt for ice and snow removal. per specifications on file in his office, and authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract for said purchase subject to approval by the Board of Control Mr. Limpert explained that the current contract for rock salt has run out. Mrs. Jones remembered at one point this past winter we had to wait for delivery and asked if that was because the rock salt company was late in delivering. Mr. Limpert said that it was not the company's fault as the demand was so high for rock salt that everyone was backed up. He pointed out that North Olmsted received rock salt before a lot of other cities during that time. Mrs. Jones also asked if there was any movement on regional cooperation of purchasing rock salt. Mr. Limpert shared that they did. look into joining a consortium but that the pricing the consortium members were receiving was not as good as the pricing that the city has received on its own. Mr. Mahoney had asked if the contracts for both 2006 and 2007 were the same price, and Mr. Limpert said that they were. Mr. Mahoney asked if the distribution of rock salt caused I & I in the wastewater system; IVIr. Limpert assured him that they had studied that issue and it did not. Mr. Limpert asked for an emergency clause to be added and for the resolution to be passed on second reading, as it was being heard in committee. In committee Mrs. Jones made a motion to amend Resolution 2008-99 to add the emergency clause. Mr. Mahoney seconded the motion, and. it passed 3-0. In committee, Mrs. Jones made a motion to recommend approval of Resolution 2008-99 as amended and to suspend the rule requiring three readings as it has been heard in committee. Mr. Kearney seconded the motion and it passed 3-0. The meeting ended at 9:22 p.m. Council Member Dailey Jones made a motion to amend Resolution 2008-99 to add the emergency clause. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mahoney and passed. unanimously. Resolution No. 2008-99 is amended. 2) Mrs. Jones announced that a tenant selection and fair housing meeting on will be held on Thursday, August 28. This is being sponsored by the city of North Olrnsted's Fair Housing Review Board and the Housing Research and Advocacy Center in Cuyahoga County. The meeting is at the Community Cabin and begins at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in the subject is welcome to attend. The reasons stated for attending are to improve rental property management knowledge and skills and learn how to prevent fair housing complaints. Another topic to be covered is how to correctly screen. applicants so that you will have good, responsible tenants. If you are a landlord. or thinking about doing that, she would highly suggest attending this meeting. Please RSVP to the city Law Department. 13 ~~«Ww»~m~n~+a~a~aar ~~~