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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JANUARY 20, 2009 Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Gareau, Dailey Jones, Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski, Ryan Also Present: Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8:03 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes of the special Council meeting of December 30, 2008 were approved as written. The minutes of the Council meeting of January 6, 2009 were approved as written. President Kennedy announced the following legislation would be considered for passage under suspension of the rules: second reading, Resolutions 2009-2 and 2009-3; first reading, Ordinance 2009-6, Resolution 2009-8, and Ordinance 2009-10. President Kennedy welcomed Boy Scout Troop 332 from St. Richard's School. REPORTS In the absence of Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko read his report: 1) The Mayor was in attendance today as history was made when Barack Obama became the first African American to be President of the United States. As a young boy, he watched on television as the nation's first Irish-Catholic was inaugurated. Today, he watched as an even more profound event occurred. It was appropriate to happen the day after Martin Luther King Day. Dr. King would be among the first to remind us that this journey toward racial and social equality is not complete yet, but today we are so much closer to that Promised Land. 2) The United States Conference of Mayors winter meeting concluded Monday with a strong sense of hope. North Olmsted was among 779 cities that submitted projects for the "Main Street Economic Recovery" stimulus effort. The $825 billion stimulus package that has been unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee holds great promise for North Olmsted and Northeast Ohio. The analysis of the specific applications of this funding continues, but we are assured that there will be benefit to our region. Within this current proposal, over $30 billion is directed toward environment and energy. to include Local Government Energy Efficiency Block Grants, which is an area in which we have been working for over a year. Over $100 billion will go toward infrastructure,