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Council Minutes of 2/19/2008 Don DeBrodt, 23141 Stoneybrook Drive. Mr. DeBrodt noted, although there is a five minute rule on speakers addressing Council, apparently there is no restriction on the length of letters that are read and then are supplemented with another five minutes. Is that the way the Council operates? President Kennedy noted that Council does have the ability to make a lengthy communication part of the record. Councilman Barker said Council can vote to give a speaker more time. LEGISLATION Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend the agenda to remove from first reading Resolution 2008-33. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2008-33 was removed from the agenda. Ordinance No. 2007-156 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. An ordinance amending the organizational charts of the Engineering and Building Divisions of the city in order to deliver services from each division in a more efficient and economical manner as amended. Councilman Gareau moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Barker, yes; Jones, yes; Kearney, no; Mahoney, yes; Orlowski, no; Ryan, no. The motion passed with four yes votes and three no votes. Ordinance No. 2007-156 adopted. Resolution No. 2008-3 introduced by Councilman Gareau was given its third reading. A resolution urging the Cuyahoga County Engineer and the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation ("ODOT") to inspect Lorain Road (SR-10) from Canterbury Road to the City's east corporation line in order to determine whether the 2006 resurfacing of Lorain Road, which is badly cracking, by a State of Ohio contractor was performed in accordance with ODOT bid specifications and all other ODOT roadway and other requirements and standards, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gareau moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Council Member Dailey Jones. Roll call: Gareau, yes, with comment. The city has been poorly served by this project. He drives Lorain Road every day from one end of town to the other, and every time he drives over this section of road it infuriates him. We spent six figures on this project. The State of Ohio, through the County, spent an additional sum of money. There are now portions of the road where the cracks have joined that have now formed a space in the middle, which to him is the beginning of a pothole. The road is less than 18 months old. It will never last the 20 years that it was supposed to, short of us being out there every year spending tens of thousands of dollars in maintenance. He is voting for this because he thinks somebody has to step up and pay close attention beyond the borders of the City of North Ohz~sted-whether it's the County or the State. It's got to get fixed. He thinks back to when tl~e city was told that we didn't maintain the bridge on Rt. 252; and, as a result of that, ODOT said North Olmsted had to pay to fix it. That got taken care of, but he could see the same arguument being made here 10 years from now when an intersection that is very heavily used by trucks, and it's a designated truck route, is falling apart 18 months after we paid for it. He is waiting for the argument that says North Olmsted should have to pay the bill to resurface the road because they didn't maintain it and didn't spend $20,000 a year in crack seal because the road was poorly 8