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Council Minutes of 71-17-2009 David Taricska The Mayor congratulated the new graduates and offered them his personal thanks. He read the certificate presented to them: On behalf of our entire community, I do here recognize with honor all of the names of the previously named individuals for embracing the principle of preparedness and the volunteer spirit by completing training for the city of North Olmsted Community Emergency Response Team. By your actions, you are enhancing local emergency response, community safety, and disaster relief for which your community is extremely grateful. APPLAUSE Mayor O'Grady recognized Tricia Granfors, the secretary in the Planning Department. She is also the CERT Coordinator. APPLAUSE 2) The Veterans Day ceremony was a great success. He thanked everyone involved as well as his Administrative Assistant, Annie Kilbane, who helps coordinate the event. 3) The annual Police Officer and Firefighter of the Year dinner will be held tomorrow at the Community Cabin. Congratulations to Officer John Downs and to Firefighter Brian Shlapack. 4) The Community Council Presidents Dinner will be held Thursday at the Community Cabin. 5) The FOP and AFSCME labor contracts have been signed and are now filed with SERB. Tom Herbster has resigned as President of the AFSCME local, and Greg Peters has been elected to finish his unexpired term. 6) City staff met today with NOACA staff to discuss North Olmsted participation in the LINKS Program for the study of two intersections in the city -the Lorain and Brookpark intersection and the Lorain-Porter-Butternut intersection. 7) The pre-bid meeting for the North Olmsted Senior Center and campus American with Disabilities Act improvement project will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Senior Center. Bids are due by Friday, December 4. 8) The H 1 N 1 mass vaccination clinic held this past Sunday at Olmsted Falls Middle School was a great success with nearly four thousand doses of vaccine being distributed. The clinic was sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and made operational by the Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township Fire Departments and Police Department. Thank you to Safety Director, Lisa Thomas; Fire Chief, Tom Klecan; and CERT coordinator, Tricia Granfors, for their role in ensuring that this past weekend was such a success. The Board of Health has asked the city of North Olmsted to activate its own POD on Saturday for a half day clinic beginning at 9 a.m. H1N1 will be dispensed only to those who are in the at risk population. The location is North Olmsted Middle School. Please register in advance to take advantage of that inoculation. 9) The city is doing curb repair on Country Club Boulevard across from Great Northern Mall. 10) The annual leaf pick up continues in all of our neighborhoods. 2