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Council Minutes of 5/20/2008 Dover Road and all it did was prolong the agony because it was due to pop this winter and it is starting to pop. We will do patching on that this year. We're meeting with the county to see what we can line up to get their aid so that dollars we don't spend on Dover Road we can spend on roads like Laurell, Lisa, Arlington, Southern and many others. Council Member Jones said she is sure the residents understand the street rating system; but, when the city goes in and does work and then it's popping up or coming up within months of just having it laid down, it is frustrating to residents. She asked if it was possible to have someone in the Service Dept. go through that area in the near future and evaluate the job that was done. Mr. Limpert said yes, and again noted the problem recognized at the time was what really was needed in many of those locations was a full depth concrete patch where we go right down to the base, build it from the ground up. There was not the funding in the 2007 appropriations to do that. What was done did get most of the areas through the winter. Councilman Ryan suggested the city consider asking residents fora 1/8% income tax increase to fix all the streets. Finance Director Copfer noted that we already have by a vote of the people 15% of our municipal income tax going to the Street Improvement & Storm Fund. However, that was pledged in 1996 for debt service for sixty and a half million dollars worth of street repairs. Councilman Ryan said we should give the citizens the alternative to vote on the increase to dedicate a fund to fix streets. Mayor O'Grady said it is not his intention to increase taxes until he has done everything he can do within his administration to reduce costs. Those kind of things are happening. For example, we've gone from a full inside Engineering division to outside Engineering, which has significantly reduced costs to our taxpayers on the order of at least $200,000, while at the same time providing us with the service of a full architectural engineering firm. Those are things that are happening in that department and division and elsewhere that we're reducing costs. It's not his intent to go forward with a tax increase until we can find that we analyzed every other way that we can either increase revenue with existing sources or increase efficiency and reduce costs. 6) Doug Klimkowicz, 5777 Barton Road, asked about the money owed to ODOT for the Lorain Road east project. Finance Director Copfer explained that ODOT didn't final invoice for that amount, and we owe it for our share. Mr. Klimkowicz said Mr. Limpert was correct to say that in many areas full depth repair is necessary. This is what he does for a living. What is present on the east end of Lorain Road is reflective cracking and slippage. The reflective cracking demonstrates that there was a poor evaluation done prior to that street being paved, and the slippage demonstrates poor design. Not only would he not pay the $23,000; but, if this were his driveway, he would sue. He disagrees with any payment to any of the contractors who did this job. This is a poor jab. The county did a poor job of supervising it. The testing company did a poor job of testing it. Regarding Ordinance 2008-4, he feels it is poor legislation and strongly urges Council to vote no. Councilman Gareau commented regarding Lorain Road that there wasn't a person in the room who has yelled louder or longer than he has. Each day as he goes through the 13