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Council Minutes of 8/5/2008 r_ ~ d services for city Law Department. This is the means by which our Law Dept. conducts its legal research. There is no reason not to continue using this provider. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval. Given the lapse of time between June 25 and today, Mr. Dubelko has requested amending the legislation to include an emergency provision so that the Law Dept. can be able to research to do its job. Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend Resolution 2008-91 to include "and declaring an emergency as amended" in the title and a Section 2 that reads "...this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare, and further for the reason it is necessary that this resolution go into effect immediately to insure continuity of electronic research services to the La w Dept., and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor." The motion to amend was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2008-91 amended. Councilman Ryan, chairperson of the Intro-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, August 4, 2008 to consider Charter amendments Ordinances 2008-69, 2008-70, 2008-83, 2008-84. Thanks to all Council members, the Mayor, Safety Director, Law Director, fire fighters, and residents who participated in the discussion. The discussion on Ordinance 2008-b9 was extensive. The North Olmsted fire fighters presented a statement position to City Council. • Previously, the Charter Review Commission, (chairperson Michael Gareau Sr. and members Mr. Nashar, Mr. Thomay, Mr. Roshetko, Mrs. Ontko, Mr. Brossard) had reviewed the Charter amendments on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 and Wednesday, June 11, 2008. The minutes of those meetings and a final report have been made available to City Council. On May 27, the Charter Review Commission made recommendations regarding an amendment to Ordinance 2008-83. On Wednesday, June 11, 2008, the Charter Review Commission addressed 2008-69, 2008-70, and 2008-84 and made recommendations. The report from the Charter Review Commission indicated that Ordinance 2008-b9 was recommended, and the minutes indicated the vote was 4-2, with George Nashar and John Thornay voting no. The report indicated that Ordinance 2008-70 was not recommended, and the minutes indicated a vote of 6-0 to reject the ordinance. Ordinance 2008-83 was addressed in the Commission minutes of May 27, 2008 with the recommendation that the legislation should be changed to read as follows: "That each mayoral appointment shall be subject to the consent and approval of Council which may disapprove such an appointment only by a vote of not less than two-thirds vote of its members." Mr. Dubelko pointed out that presently in the Charter, when the Mayor makes appointments, Council would have to not approve them by atwo-thirds majority, which means five members of Council would have to reject that appointment. They want to be sure during the course of the Mayor's term, if he eliminated or wanted to remove a director for whatever reason, that he could remove that director but still the next director who would be appointed would have to face the same situation that they would have to be subject to disapproval by Council. There would be a vote taken 7