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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TIIE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JANUARY 6, 2009 Present: President of Council Kennedy, Council Members Barker, Gareau, Dailey Jones, Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski, Ryan Also Present: Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8:05 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 Council meeting of December 16, 2008 were approved as written. President Kennedy announced the following legislation would be considered for passage under suspension of the rules: second reading, 2008-156; first reading, 2009-1. President Kennedy asked for a moment of silence in memory of resident Nicolas Rauser, a 15 year old young man who recently passed away due to a car accident. REPORTS 1) The city will receive funding from the Ohio Public Works Commission to rebuild Dover Center Road. The award is in excess of $800,000. 2) The new Crocker-Stearns Road roadway was opened on December 18 and completed ahead of schedule and under budget. With the cooperation of Congressman Dennis Kucinich and Senator George Voinovich, a set-aside of $950,000 allowed us to build this roadway at no cost to our citizens. 3) Administration is proud to announce that on December 31, 2008 the city was officially notified by the Bureau of Workers' Compensation that we have been granted self-insured status effective this year. This new status will result in greater efficiency for our city and significant premium cost savings for our taxpayers of approximately $400,000 each year. This news follows on the heels of the announcement of our new health care plan for 2009 that contains the rising costs of health care at a savings to our taxpayers of over $900,000. Congratulations to Human Resources Director Cheryl Farver for these impressive accomplishments. 4) He has submitted over $97 million in stimulus projects to the United States Conference of Mayors in anticipation of support of our efforts with President-elect Obama's administration. These projects have also been submitted to the Ohio Municipal League and to the State of Ohio for their information. We have high confidence that we'll get some support on the economic stimulus.