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Council Minutes of 5/20/2008 employees assists in lowering our Bureau of Workers' Comp premiums and is part of our level one drug free workplace. 4) Ordinance 2008-81 introduced tonight will increase the change drawer and petty cash fund from $150 to $250. It's been $150 since 1990. The $100 increase is to the cash drawer, not the petty cash reimbursement fund. It is needed because, with increased frequency, customers come to get a permit or pay a fee and the Finance Dept. doesn't have enough cash to make change, especially if they come early in the day. This is inefficient for her staff and is poor customer service. She asks for Council's support in passing this legislation. Councilman Ryan asked Finance Director Copfer how much money was in the STOP Fund, and Mrs. Copfer said she did nat have that information handy but would provide it for him. Mr. Ryan further questioned the effect of the STOP fund on the General Fund. If the STOP Fund was low, would we have to fund purchases of safety equipment from the General Fund? Mrs. Copfer said the STOP Fund is related to traffic enforcement, so the only equipment that can be purchased from it is traffic enforcement related equipment. It's not just afree-for-all for all police needs. The STOP Fund generates about $250,000, and it pays for wages and benefits of the officers who are volunteering on overtime. Then, whatever is remaining, can be utilized for traffic enforcement related equipment. It has stabilized and is where it was last year for the first time in several years. This is voluntary overtime, so none of that would occur if we didn't have the STOP Fund. So it wouldn't hinder the General Fund in any way. However, if we didn't have that fund, traffic enforcement related equipment would have to be bought out of HoteUMotel or the General Fund. Council President Kennedy announced a public hearing would be held for Ordinances 2008-56 and 2008-72 at 7:15 p.m. on June 17. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The Finance Committee met on May 13 at 8:09 p.m. Present were chairperson Gareau, Council President Kennedy, committee members Barker and Kearney, Council Members Jones, Orlowski and Mahoney, and Finance Director Copfer. Two items were on the agenda: • Ordinance 2008-61, an ordinance to make and transfer appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2008. This was acatch-up on transfer issues perhaps overlooked in the budget process or that have arisen since the budget process. For example: $3,500 transfer within Division of Building to remove the copier lease from Engineering to Building to keep cost centers correct and was also reflected in the Engineering side where they subtracted $3,500; within Division of Police, transfer of $27,500 related to printing tickets, equipment repairs, radar, laser and other equipment; regarding the Lorain Road east project, ODOT had forgotten to invoice the city for $23,561; there was a $80,709 transfer to bond retirement which was a correction in the Permanent Improvement Fund; grant from NOPEC of $5,608 which we had to appropriate for an Energy Conservation Grant; a $20,000 change order for RCU architects within the Library Construction Fund; a 5