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Council Minutes of 4/15/2008 local emergency response, community safety, and disaster relief, for which the T community is extremely thankful. 2) On Monday, April 28, at 11 a.m. in Council Chambers all aze invited to a ceremony where United States Senator Sherrod Brown will present the Distinguished Flying Cross to Maj. D. Brock Foster of the United States Air Force almost forty years after Maj. Foster earned his distinction for heroism during the Vietnam Waz. Mr. Foster is a veteran who served in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. He received a certificate announcing the awazd but was never presented with the medal. 3) North Olmsted has been named Tree City USA for the 23`~ yeaz. The award from the Arbor Day Foundation recognizes our commitment to communty forestry. 4) Amended Senate Bill 221 passed out of the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee last night. As currently written, this bill would end governmental aggregation in the State of Ohio, for example, NOPEC. If the bill continues on and is passed into law as it currently stands, citizens in North Olmsted and throughout the State, especially in northeast Ohio, will see a significant spike in the cost of electric and gas effective January 1, 2009. 5) Thanks to Ascension Lutheran Church for a very successful food drive completed this past weekend which has helped to keep our food bank open. 6) The second annual North Olmsted American Cancer Society Relay for Life will be held on June 21 and 22 at North Olmsted High School. All aze invited to participate. Cancer survivors will be our guest at a luncheon. 7) A fund raiser to benefit the Senior Center will be held on Apri130 at Applebee's. 8) An Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration and tree planting will be held on April 22 at 11:30 a.m. at the Park. 9) Former Fire Dept. employee John Davis has withdrawn his appeal to the Industrial Commission regazding his occupational disease. As no other avenue for appeal exists, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation denial of his claim is sustained. 10) Deadline to submit applications for the position of Asst. Building Commissioner is April 28. 11) Negotiations aze on-going with AFSCME ClericaUTech and Dispatch. The AFSCME Service members chose not to ratify the city's offer, and we expect to go to fact finding soon. 12) DARE graduations begin this week with St. Brendan's graduating on Thursday; Pine School next week on Tuesday; Chestnut School on Apri130. 13) The Police Dept., in order to comply with State requirements for continuing education requirements for police officers, has begun in-house training. 14) An emergency response expert from the Federal Emergency Management Authority national headquarters will be in North Olmsted May 6-9 to conduct incident command structure training for all Safety Dept. personnel. Members of the City Council are welcome to attend afour-hour introductory session as observers on Tuesday, May 6, or Wednesday, May 7. 15) The "Do Not Knock Registry" for the City of North Olmsted went into effect on April 14. We already have neazly 500 North Olmsted residents who have signed up. Residents are encouraged to sign up on line or call City Hall. 2 ~-~ i-