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~~ Council Minutes of 6/3!2008 7) The city received nine bids for the library improvement project. Details will follow as bids are analyzed. 8) The Police Dept. assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation with a drug interdiction this past Thursday morning. Rex, our K-9 officer, found 25 kilos of cocaine and 1 kilo of heroine despite the fact that these were very sophisticatedly packed to avoid detection. The person who was detained in this arrest is someone who had been under surveillance for some time and had just recently moved to North Olmsted. 9) Two grievances that had been filed by the Fraternal Order of Police over issues related to shazed costs in the new employee health care plan were withdrawn. 10) Real property maintenance inspections have moved into high geaz with inspectors going house to house within their respective territories. Phil Walters is assigned to Wards III and IV, and Bill Minek has I and II. Houses in II and N are targeted for this year. We have received no complaints as of this date regarding the inspections. 11) The house owned by Walters Dentistry at their new site has been purchased by Tri-C and is the subject of a live burn this coming weekend. North Olmsted fire fighters are going to be joined by fire fighters from surrounding communities to participate in this training led by Tri-C. Asbestos removal and demolition are being handled by Tri-C. 12) Legislation passed in 2003 authorized the Fire Dept. to bill commercial properties for false alarms. Letters advising property owners of the first alarm are being sent this week. Response to the first alarm is free, and response to a second false alarm will be billed at the rate of $500. Over a six week test period conducted eazlier this spring, 17 false alarms were recorded, and 2 properties had a second alarm. 13) Planning has begun for atwo-day disaster preparedness tabletop exercise in September. The purpose is to ensure the training room at Fire Station 2 is fully operational and that North Olmsted safety forces can work in tandem during a possible crisis. A facilitator will lead the exercise. 14) Patch work has begun on Dover Center Road, and the administration continues to work with all potential partners to gain the needed funding to properly repair that road next year. 15) West sidewalks are being completed on Stearns Road and pavement is being placed on the Lorain Road intersection at the north side of that project. South side of Lorain Road at the intersection of Stearns will be complete by this month's end and then we expect work to transition over to the north side. 16) Today the City Engineer and Service Director attended a meeting in Westlake regarding the water feasibility study that we are jointly conducting with Westlake. 17) Legislation on third reading: As mentioned at last Council meeting, he is requesting that Council reconsider Ordinances 2008-67 and 2008-68. Passage of these pieces of legislation represent a rollback of some of the laws that, while perhaps well intentioned at the time, have proven to be ill-advised and unwieldy. This legislation will allow his administration to operate both lawfully and more efficiently. Regazdng Ord. 2008-67, comments made during the committee meeting indicated that members of Council appreciate the presence of directors at Council meetings. Under the present legislation, only the Service Director and Safety Director are required to attend. Additionally, there is no provision in this legislation for anyone to excuse the attendance of those two directors. If the directors miss a Council meeting, they are in violation of the law. He is certain this was not intended when the legislation was passed but this is the reality of the 3