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Council Minutes of 6/2/2009 5) Tim Smith, 6053 Sherwood, is a hockey referee and visited rinks all over northeast Ohio and has seen advertising in the rec centers. He believes advertising in the rink and on the fence at the park would be a golden opportunity for local businesses and restaurants and will increase revenue. It's awin/win-revenue for the city and advertising and more awareness of local businesses and restaurants. 6) Neal Ginley, 6208 MacKenzie Road, spoke about Ordinance 2009-45. In these though economic times, the ordinance uses the same contractor-nobody is getting another look. We've seen a slight decrease in the hourly rate from a contractor who is not going to get the job as it stands now, which he had previously explained could account for dollars saved by the taxpayers for the future work over and above the work that is in the maintenance package. He seriously hopes Council will consider voting no as there are hundreds of residents who are really interested in this ordinance. He hopes this can be revisited in the future. LEGISLATION Resolution No. 2009-45 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its third reading. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a renewed one-year contract with LK Heating & Cooling Inc., with a city option for an additional one year term, to perform maintenance services upon the heating and cooling equipment at various city buildings, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Mahoney moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau. Roll call: Mahoney, yes with comment. He is well aware that we had four committee meetings on this particular piece of legislation which is far and above what would happen for any particular piece of legislation. The conundrum he finds himself in is, if Council votes no, then essentially nine city buildings are without a service maintenance agreement. Those city buildings would include City Hall, Town Hall, the Community Cabin, the Senior Center, the Service Garage, the Service Dept. building, the Police Dept., Fire Station No. 1 and Fire Station No. 2. That's the simple fact of the matter at this particular point in time. He views his responsibility is to protect the interests and serve the residents. The simple fact of the matter from his point of view is that the bids were received, quotes were received, some came in late. There is no changing it. They were not timely filed, and a number of meetings were held to discuss the issue. To vote yes means that our city maintenance agreement for these important buildings is provided for at least an additional one year and a possibility for a city option for an additional one year. In regards to the cogent comments that were made not only here this evening but also through the course of the committee meetings, he would assure the members of the public here and those who were at the committee meeting, that the manner in which this was presented to Council and the quote or bid process will be reviewed not only for these particular buildings but also for the Rec Center. Whatever mistakes were made in this particular process for this particular contract, will not happen again next year. Roll call continued: Gareau, yes; Brossard, yes; Orlowski, no with comment. He does not believe that receiving quotes by invitation only is the optimum method of securing the best pricing for a service. He is not against pricing by quotes although he does believe in advertisement to the general public through a trade journal, newspaper or other form of media may better serve 13 t