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Council Minutes of 2/19/2008 Community Life Services Dept. will be there promoting the programs at the Recreation Center and Springvale Golf Course. 2) Senior citizens needing help with taxes, should contact the Senior Center for an appointment. 3) Fish fries are being held every Friday during Lent at Springvale. 4) Library improvement project will be presented to the Planning & Design Commission for their review and recommendation at the February 27 meeting. 5) The second phase of the Americans With Disabilities Act project kicks off this week. 6) TB testing began for the Fire Dept. this week. St. John Westshore Hospital is providing the testing at no charge to our emergency services personnel. 7) Arrangements have been made with the Dept. of Homeland Security to have Police and Fire Dept. personnel trained on the national incident control system. 8) A new canine officer will be joining our staff in May. Officer Bill Saringer will be the handler of the Belgian Malinois, and they will go through a five week training program in March and April. 9) On Thursday, February 7, the Service Director attended the pre-construction meeting for sound walls along I-480. Weather permitting, posts will go up next month. Thanks to Councilwoman Jones for her assistance. 10) February 14, an open house was held at Old Town Hall for residents of the Gessner Road area and those wishing to be informed about the gypsy moth infestation and actions the city is taking. 11) The City Engineer and Service Director have visited companies Geo-Sci and Solar. 12) The Service Dept. continues its renovations of the facilities of City Hall and elsewhere as the downstairs side rooms have been re-tiled. We continue to make our facilities ADA accessible for all. Councilman Barker said he had attended the seminar on gypsy moths which was very interesting. This was a help to residents of an area of Ward II where there is a heavy infestation of gypsy moths. Thanks to Dave Wendell and Duane Limpert for organizing the seminar. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Shared memories of Ernie Gundy, the city's former Building Commissioner, who recently passed away. Mr. Gundy was a true public servant, a class act, and a real professional. He was the Building Commissioner when North Olmsted bloomed as a community in the late 50's and early 60's, and he served under three mayors in that capacity. He was responsible for the establishment of the city Building Code, the Zoning Code, the Dwelling House Code. Mr. Gundy served as the president of the Ohio Building Inspectors Association and as president of the Midwest Building Officials Conference. He was one of the people who truly made North Olmsted what it is today. Mayor O'Grady said the city had also recently lost a former Capt. of the Fire Dept., Don Herman. Our thoughts go out to the Gundy and Herman families. Law Director Dubelko continued his report: 2) Litigation: Case of Szarka v. City of North Olmsted, the Court of Common Pleas upheld the decision of the Board of Zoning 2