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'~ <br />MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />NOVEMBER 4, 2009 <br />Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Brossard, <br />Gareau, Dailey Jones, Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski <br />Also Present: Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of <br />Council Gallo. <br />President Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 <br />Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. <br />Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of <br />Allegiance. <br />Councilman Gareau amended the Council meeting minutes of October 20, 2009 to add to <br />his finance report from the last meeting that Director of Safety was also present at his <br />meeting. The minutes of the Council meeting of October 20, 2009 were approved as <br />corrected. <br />President Kennedy announced the following legislation would be considered for passage <br />under suspension of the rules: First Reading, Resolutions 2009-131, 2009-132, and <br />2009-133; Second Reading, Resolution 2009-125. <br />REPORTS <br />Mayor O'Grady: 1) Congratulations to the candidates in this most recent election cycle. <br />He offered his full support during the transition. <br />2) At the last Council meeting, there were comments from members of the Firefighters <br />Union to Council and to the public suggesting that the safety of the citizens is in peril due <br />to the recent firefighter layoffs. An investigation into these allegations was conducted <br />through the Safety Director. She was in contact with the medical director and she found <br />no evidence to corroborate the statements that were made by the firefighters. Emergency <br />room personnel have seen no diminution in the level of service provided to the residents <br />since the layoffs. The number of fires and false alarms continues to decrease in the city <br />of North Olmsted, which does allow paramedics to concentrate on their EMS duties. If <br />there are members of the public or elected representatives on Council that have further <br />questions on this, please feel free to talk to Safety Director Thomas. <br />3) NOACA has completed field observations for the road safety audit of the Lorain- <br />Columbia intersection, and they will be conducting field observations for the Great <br />Northern-Brook Park Road intersection this week. The final road'safety audit should be <br />.~.~. w .~~,~: ,~ .s_~...~~~~ <br />