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,'- , <br />MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />FEBRUARY 3, 2009 <br />Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Gareau, <br />Dailey Jones, Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski, Ryan <br />Also Present: Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of <br />Council Seman <br />President Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 <br />Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. <br />Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of <br />Allegiance. <br />The minutes of the Council meeting of January 20, 2009 were approved as written. <br />Councilman Ryan made a motion to amend the agenda by adding Ordinance 2009-16 on <br />first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed <br />unanimously. <br />President Kennedy announced the following legislation would be considered for passage <br />under suspension of the rules: second reading, Resolution 2009-9, Ordinance 2009-11; <br />first reading, Ordinance 2009-15, Resolution 2009-16. <br />REPORTS <br />Mayor O'Grady: 1) Attended the President Obama's inauguration. The most important <br />result of this election is the sense of hope that we will be a better nation and a better <br />people due to the new leadership in Washington. <br />2) The United States Conference of Mayors continues work on the Main Street economic <br />recovery stimulus package. The $825 billion package approved in the House of <br />Representatives is being negotiated in the Senate. We have made a request for $75 <br />million and progress in being made in that we were contacted yesterday by the EPA and <br />asked, as a municipality, to identify water quality projects for economic stimulus <br />assistance in 2009. We are complying with that request, and we have high hopes of being <br />successful. <br />3) A key element in Governor Ted Strickland's State of the State address dealt with an <br />education reform initiative. He was honored to join Gov. Strickland earlier today to <br />discuss the details of this education reform initiative. Both as a former teacher and a <br />member of the Mayors' Education Roundtable, he has worked aggressively to have a <br />reconsideration of the current system of school funding. Property taxes are unfair to our <br />taxpayers, and they are too high. This is unfair to taxpayers; it's unfair to children, <br />