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Council Minutes of 8/19/2008 a sufficient financial picture for next year, Council felt that it was not the time to be giving mid-year raises. The committee felt that the pay raise increase for those positions should be removed from the transfer ordinance, and that was done. There are approximately 53 changes in the transfer ordinance in addition to Dr. Thomas' travel and the $137,000 transfer for Cook-Stearns. The committee was provided and given a full overview of each change. The worksheet that was provided will become part of the minutes. The committee, after a motion by Councilman Gateau and a second by Councilman Barker, voted 3-0 to recommend approval as amended. The amendments were those that were brought forward originally in the ordinance and the Safety Director's travel, the Cook- Stearns cost, and the removal of any pay increases for non-bargaining secretaries, directors and administrative assistant. The committee by a vote of 3-0 did recommend suspension given the fact that this was waiting while Council was on vacation in July. Councilman Gateau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008- 98 as presented to City Council in its final form, anal the motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gateau, yes; Barker, yes; Jones, yes; Orlowski, yes; Kearney, yes; Mahoney, yes; Ryan, no. The motion passed with six yes votes and one no vote. Ordinance No. 2008-98 is amended. • Discussions of two items on the agenda, the engineering analysis and a financial update, were postponed until the next committee meeting due to the late hour. At the beginning of the year, the Mayor presented a desire to achieve a $200,000 savings in annual engineering costs through using an outside service as opposed to in-house engineering. Council will get an update to see how we stand on those expectations. The Finance Director has distributed a quarterly financial analysis which will be discussed at the next meeting. Council Member Dailey Jones, member of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee, reported on the committee meeting of August 6, 2008. The meeting began at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Barker, Gateau and Jones; Council members Kearney, Mahoney and Orlowski; the Mayor; Law Director Dubelko; Safety Director Thomas and guests. The BZD Committee agreed to hold this meeting at her request, per resident concerns over the proposed group homes on MacKenzie Road. It had come to her attention that some residents were concerned about the possibility of two homes on MacKenzie being renovated for the purpose of housing ex-convicts, which is against our city ordinance. After much research, it was determined that the homes were purchased by Bethesda Lutheran Homes and were not to be occupied by ex-convicts but by people who have developmental disabilities. Also in attendance at the committee meeting were representatives from Bethesda and Ann Weisent, a representative from the Ohio State Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD). In addition, there was representation from the Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD. The Mayor, Law Director and Safety Director all spoke on the issue before Council and the residents. Ms. Weisent explained the licensing procedure that the State uses following the Ohio Administrative Code. She explained that in order for a home to be licensed by the State, the home has to have four or less people living in it. The homes are evaluated by inspectors every one to three years. The County facilitates the every-day aspects of the licensed homes, such as making sure the staff is properly trained, coordinating day 9 ti~~=,,,~..,