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Council Minutes of 8/18/2009 974.01 (Rules and Regulations) of Chapter 947 (Parks and Recreation Areas) of the North Olmsted Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code in order to prohibit the riding of bicycles at the North Olmsted skate park, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance No. 2009-97 was introduced and placed on first reading by Council Member Dailey Jones. An ordinance amending Section. 337.20 of the Traffic Code to prohibit unreasonable noise caused by the operation of jake brakes, and further requesting that the Ohio Department of Transportation past signs on Interstate-480 in North Olmsted stating "Excessive Engine Braking Noise Prohibited." Resolution No. 2009-98 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady. A resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to apply for the Attorney General's Drug Abuse Prevention Grant; further authorizing the Mayor to accept the grant if awarded; and declaring an emergency. Councilman Mahoney moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review for reasons stated by the Safety Director in caucus that the information came late to the city from the Ohio Attorney General's office, the purpose of the resolution is so a school resource officer's salary could be paid 50% by this grant, and to the very valid purposes of educating our students about drug awareness. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Councilman Mahoney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2009-98 adopted. Ordinance No. 2009-99 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments and Emergency Services Consulting International to provide consulting services to develop a cooperative agreement for the consolidation of fire services, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Mahoney moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review for the reasons stated by the Mayor in caucus which is this is something the city has been working towards for a long time and we're finally seeing something happening on it. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive, said Westlake and Bay Village are kind of in their own system now and we're not part of that? Mayor O'Grady said we are all members of the Westshore Council of Governments which are the six suburbs on the west side of Cleveland from Lakewood on over. He wondered if Mr. Pangrac was referring to the emergency central dispatch which is all the Westshore Council of Governments with the exception of Lakewood and North Olmsted. Mr. Pangrac asked how would this impact on what's already there? Mayor O'Grady answered that in no way would the regional fire district impact upon the central dispatch center. Quite the opposite. It's the existence of the central dispatch center that impacts in a very positive way on the potential of moving forward as a regional fire district. When we compared where we are to the cities. of the south and the southwest that previously had made an effort for regional fire districts, we find that we are in so many ways so much farther ahead of them because we already have the centralized dispatch. So it's a plus. Mr. Pangrac said, as he has expressed previously, his concern is that there would be an erosion of response time by our emergency service. They saved his wife's life, and I would never want to a change in the response time. Mayor O'Grady said the information 16