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Council Minutes of 02-18-2014 • The North Olmsted Police Department responded to an address on Gareau Drive on February 5, 2014 where a deceased male (45) and female (49) were found. No foul play could be determined by the Coroner's office and toxicology reports will be available in 45 to 60 days. Director of Law Gareau: • He referenced Resolution 2014-16 (Morris Cadillac Lease Agreement) briefly reviewed the details with Council. • He congratulated City Council for putting all of their legislation and minutes online. The scanned versions of this information dating back over 100 years is a great feature to have to be able to search these documents. He said Council Clerk, Marie Gallo, has done a very nice job with that. She took the lead on this, and Council cooperated and went along with this project. It's a great benefit for the city, and a way to get more information out to people in the public. • He asked the Mayor if he rescheduled his ski event. The Mayor said that the ski event has not been rescheduled yet. Director of Finance Copfer: • She provided Council with information regarding budget follow-up matters. • She attended the first Master Plan Steering Committee meeting mentioned by the Mayor earlier. She is very excited to be a part of the process and was very pleased with how the city's consultant determined the content and ran the meeting. • She neglected to report that the city sold their Notes on January 22, 2014. They were sold at a premium with a coupon yield of .75% and a total interest cost of .56%. This is the same rate they paid on Notes in 2012. This equates to $19,259 in interest due in one year on the borrowing of the $2.5 million. Councilman Barker, Chairman of the Public Safety, Health& Welfare Committee: The Finance Committee met Tuesday February 11, 2014 at 7:04 p.m. Present were committee members Barker and Williamson and Brossard; Council members Hemann, Kearney, Limpert and Schumann; Law Director Gareau, Finance Director Copfer, Human Resources Director Farver and Planning/Development Director Wenger. • Discussed first was Resolution 2014-9 which is a Resolution dispensing with the RFP process and authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County to provide for, among other services, senior citizen transportation services, and declaring an emergency. NOCOP (the North Olmsted Commission on Paratransit) was formed in 1990 and consisted of a group of three cities — North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township. This commission was the leader in senior transportation seniors as well as people with disabilities. NOCOP has been mirrored by many cities and has been a partner for quite of few years with Senior Transportation Services of Cuyahoga County. NOCOP has been a "go between" with our three cities and STC. Olmsted Township left in 2013, so the Commission has consisted of North Olmsted and Olmsted Falls through the end of the year. This Resolution allows the city to directly deal with STC. In doing so, the city is closing down NOCOP. There will be direct billing from the County, and direct pay from the City of 2