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Council Minutes of 9/1/2009 Ordinance No. 2009-89 introduce. by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. An ordinance amending Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2002-103 in order to authorize the Mayor or his designee to utilize the services of collection agencies to more timely and effectively collect delinquent EMS accounts and declaring an emergency. Councilman Kearney moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Mahoney. Roll call: Kearney, yes; Mahoney, yes; Barker, yes; Brossard, yes; Jones, yes; Orlowski, no; Gareau, yes. The motion passed with six yes votes and one no vote. Ordinance No. 2009-89 adopted. Resolution No. 2009-92 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. A resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the city of North Olmsted, to enter into an agreement with M1 Transportation, Inc., dba North Olmsted Motor Mile, granting the latter permission to place banners on poles located in the city right-of--way on Lorain Road between Stearns Road and Great Northern Boulevard, and declaring an emergency as amended. Council Member Daley Jones moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2009-92 adopted Ordinance No. 2009-93 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 98-149, so as to expand the authority of the city's Community Diversion Program (CDP), in order to increase the opportunity for program participation by diversion of certain traffic violations in cooperation with the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court. Councilman Kearney moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Mahoney. Roll call: Kearney, yes; Mahoney, yes; Brossard, yes; Orlowski, yes; Barker, yes;. Jones, yes; Gareau, yes with comment that he supports this legislation because he thinks it gives a necessary tool to the diversion program and to Chris Allegra. He thinks one of the things that people don't realize is that minors who engage in a traffic violation, the penalties changed a few years ago and are quite significant. The penalties are different from when he was a minor and perhaps picked up a speeding ticket. When you pick up a second speeding ticket in a very short period of time, you will lose your license. For a lot of 16/17 year old minors, that's a pretty significant thing. It's very hard penalty very quickly. What this does is allows for a first offense to receive kind of a break. The minor will be monitored to make sure they do a good job and will be put on a diversion program. They get the training to make sure they don't make another mistake. He thinks that's a great opportunity to not just take someone down and suspend their license, but to educate them about the significance of driving responsibilities. At the same time, it allows them to have a restart, which he thinks is a great idea. He is in favor of this legislation. 'The motion passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2009-93 adopted. Ordinance No. 2009-94 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 98-140, as previously amended by Ordinance Nos. 2000-29, 2002-183 and 2006-195, so as to revise and expand the program fee for participation in the city's Community Diversion Program (CDP) to include diversion of traffic violations. Councilman Kearney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mahoney and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2009-94 adopted. 9