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Council Minutes of 4/7/2009 Resolution No. 2009-45 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady. 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. Resolution No. 2009-46 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayar O'Grady. A resolution authorizing the city to accept the bequest from the estate of Elizabeth Boczek for the benefit of the Department of Community Life Services and further authorizing the Mayor, with advice of the Director of Law, to execute documentation in Frobate Court. Councilman Mahoney moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review for the reason stated by Community Life Services Director Dailey which was to expedite the estate of the grantor Ms. Boczek and also to expedite the receipt of any funds that might be coming from the estate. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Councilman Mahoney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2009-46 adopted. Resolution No. 2009-47 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health authorizing the Board of Health to use the North Olmsted Service Department garage as a point of dispensing ("POD") disease prevention and contro facility in the event of an emergency, and declaring an emergency. Resolution No. 2009-48 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mayor O'Grady. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with Olmsted Township providing for the transfer, possession, utilization and maintenance cost of an ACU 10x0 Tactical Radio Unit, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Mahoney moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review noting that Safety Director Dr. Lisa Thomas gave a lengthy and thorough set of reasons for suspending this particular piece of legislation. She indicated it increases and improves mutual aid between North Olmsted and Olmsted Township. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, said he had a few questions about this and feels it should go to committee. He said the Mayor mentioned in his report that there is some funding for communications equipment, and he is not sure that's part of this business or not. In other words, who is paying for this? From what he understands, this radio system is going to be put in place in Olmsted Township at the expense of the city of North Olmsted. Olmsted Township is using an 800 megahertz system, which is a microwave system for a small community. They want to interface with our 150 megahertz system which basically every other community seems to have except them. We're paying for it. We're putting a tower. We're probably going to run line for it. We're going to pay for radio equipment and the maintenance of that so they can call us. As members of Council, he would want to know how many times a year we get mutual aid from Olmsted Township and have a problem and whether the cost is worth it to install this system or whether a phone call could probably do the same thing. It seems like an awfully complicated way to go. He would want at least one 13