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Council Minutes of 8/18/2009 manager explained that the city ordinance does not allow for those signs. He doesn't think it is fair to such a good business as that grocery store, but the city is going to allow banners to be put up so Mercedes can sell cars. It makes no sense to him, and. he has a feeling the grocery store will be there a lot longer than Mercedes. His third comment is regarding tomorrow night's meeting. He highly objects to Council having an executive session for the purpose of considering a new Clerk of Council. He feels the meeting should be open to the public; for example, when Ms. Thomas was brought in, when Council discussed their own salaries and salaries for the Mayor, and appointments to boards and commissions, those were public meetings. He feels it is an inappropriate use of an executive session. The public is entitled to know who applies for these jobs and their qualifications. The public is entitled to know when Council gets together on an issue l~_e this and what they are thinking. A decision for executive session will be an insult to the public. He thinks it is a covert move. 2) Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive, asked if Reliance Mechanical is this the same company that's involved in the county probe? CLS Director Dailey came forward and said one of the principles of Reliance Mechanical has been mentioned in one of the Cuyahoga County probes, but he doesn't know which one it is. The city has met with only the worker who does the work at the facility, and one of their sales reps. The city judges a company much like they judge a person, on the whole body of their work, not just one isolated incident. You have to look at the whole picture of a man, not just a little snapshot. They are very happy with Reliance Mechanical Company, with what they've brought to the table; and they were compared with two or three other vendors. The city has worked with them now for six months and is excited to go into this agreement with them. Mr. Pangrac said he is concerned about what is going on in the county with the allegations and people going to jail and thinks the city needs to be very careful with who they do business with. We should be sure all the is are crossed and the is dotted when dealing with anybody who is associated with companies that have a cloud over them. On another issue, he received his water bill and noticed he was charged $48.42 for the sewer charge, which is the rate for 1,000 cubic feet of water. Unfortunately, he didn't use 1,000 cubic feet of water, he only used .9. In the ordinance passed in November of 2007, there is a paragraph which says, "Effective for billing quarters commencing June 1, 2005, such users shall further only qualify for entitlement of a refund or credit for such quarters if they demonstrate with evidence satisfactory to the Director of Finance that they qualify for Homestead Exemption in accordance with the program for reduction in real property taxes to qualify for homeowners in the State of Ohio." Since he is slightly over the Homestead Exemption, he's paying for service never received. He has spent a lot of money in his home making improvements to save water, and now he is being penalized for it. He is not happy about that. He would like to request Council to revisit this ordinance and there should be no differentiation. If you're a resident of this city, you should be entitled to only pay for the services that you are using, not for services you're not using. 3) Terry Sriith, 26615 Fairfax Lane, asked whgt OVI offenders stands for in Ordinance 2008-80. Law Director Dubelko said it is a neW acronym for operating a vehicle under the influence. Mr. Smith agrees with Mr. Mahoney that the women's suffrage vote was 10