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Council Minutes of 6/2/2009 survivors and a lunch donated by Chick-Fil-A restaurant. More information is available from CLS Director Dailey. 8) The annual Fourth of July bicycle parade and picnic will be held at our main City Hall campus this year as the NOSO Cup will be using the park. The bike judging will take place at the City Hall complex as usual. Then we will have a parade proceed down Dover Center Road, down Butternut Ridge Road, and back up Lorain Road to the City Hall complex. We will have the picnic, games, and cookout in the azea surrounding Old Town Hall. All are invited and encouraged to attend. 9) North Olmsted businesses are now eligible to participate in Cuyahoga County's storefront renovation rebate program. Businesses can obtain grants to correct exterior code violations, make improvements, or install new signage. A test case was run very successfully, and we will be doing significant outreaches to various businesses to encourage them to take part. Questions should be directed to Planning Director Wenger. 10) Work continues on the budget for 2009 and proposals for 2010. Over the past four years we have made a very diligent effort to accelerate the process and procedure wherein budgets are reviewed. This yeaz for the first time, the budget was presented to Council within the calendar year. The intent is to continue that process and have the budget presented to Council for 2010 earlier than ever before in this year. As we have done for four years, we have continued to study and look for efficiencies within the structure of city government so as to reduce cost to our taxpayer. We are as lean as we can get. We still, however, look for additional efficiencies. Additionally, we seek other ways to maximize revenue for the city. We have pursued grants and stimulus funding has come our way. In addition, we look for other azeas of revenue, and the Safety and Finance Directors are meeting next week with the Rocky River Municipal Court personnel. They will be reviewing procedures there to include billing as well as collections by Great Lakes Billing to see if there are other ways the city can reasonably increase revenue. Part of our review of existing fines structure shows that some of our local fines can be raised and legislation to make that happen will be forthcoming. 11) Representatives of the Cuyahoga County Dept. of Justice Affairs will be making a site visit of City Hall on Wednesday scouting locations for the MARCS radio antennas. Accompanying the group will be representatives of the local Westshore central dispatch center. A variety of locations are being considered for these antennas that are used to transmit and retransmit safety related traffic (police, fire, EMS). North Olmsted is one of the sites being considered. 12) The Dover Center Road reconstruction contract was awarded to Burton Scot. Work will begin soon with completion expected 90 days after construction begins. 13) The Board of Control has awarded a one year plus a one year option contract with Richard L. Bowen & Associates to provide city engineering services. 14) The Stearns/Cook project progresses with two-way access at Dorchester Road now in place, and traffic will soon move along Stearns Road to the completed west side of the roadway as work begins on the east side of Stearns Road heading towards Cook. President Kennedy asked the Mayor to comment on what the administration is doing this year to help offset the possible S2 million shortfall in 2010. He noted it's going to be a painful process this year, but it could be worse for taxpayers and employees if we don't do something right now. 4