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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED °ir.. OCTOBER 1, 2013 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Barker, Brossard, Kearney, Orlowski, Schumann, Williamson and Smith Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Finance Copfer, Clerk of Council Gallo, Director of Safety/Service Thomas, Director of Planning/Development Wenger and Director of Human Resources Farver Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 8:00 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 Council meeting minutes of August 20, 2013 were approved as written. The following legislation will be passed under suspension of the rules this evening: Second Reading— Resolution 2013-85. REPORTS Nary Mayor Kennedy: • On September 27, 2013 the Oxcart Pantry received the Program of the Year Award 2013 for Cuyahoga County by the Cleveland Foodbank. There were 330 pantries competing for this county wide award. The volume of service, education to clients, newsletter, produce program and use of technology were reasons cited for us receiving this award. The Cleveland Foodbank will produce a video highlighting the city's program as well. Congratulations to Chris Allegra, Georgia Wilder and all the volunteers that work so hard at the Pantry. • The pool repair work is underway. The city hopes to reopen on October 12 pending all repairs go as scheduled. The late night bash that was scheduled for this Saturday for 5`1'-8t graders is cancelled and will be rescheduled. • Springvale just completed its highest sales for the month of September for Golf Revenue ever. The weather for September was nearly perfect and the golf play was excellent. Springvale finished the month with $125,498 in golf revenue. The city had projected $115,000 and revenue was $100,493 in September 2012. Director of Law Gareau: • The City of North Olmsted was named as a defendant in two lawsuits last week. The first is RBS Citizens, NA v. Russell Wahlay which is a foreclosure action which he will be handling in-house. The second involves a motor vehicle accident between a vehicle operated by a member of the Service Dept. and a member of the public. This has been referred to our insurance company for 'fib0, defense of this action.