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Council Minutes of 12-03-2013 Councilman Limpert, Vice-Chairman of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: The Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee met this evening, December 3, 2013 at 7:01 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert and Schumann; Council President Jones; Council members Barker, Brossard, Kearney and Orlowski; and Mayor Kennedy. • Public Safety Chairwoman Williamson was ill and unable to attend the committee meeting. She has information she would like to present and discuss regarding Ordinances 2013-72 and 2013-98. Therefore, a motion was made by Councilman Limpert to hold Ordinance 2013-72 and Ordinance 2013-98 in committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and the committee voted 2-0 to hold both Ordinances in committee. • Discussed next was Resolution 2013-104 which is a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Cuyahoga County General Health District for the year 2014, and declaring an emergency. Suspension was requested as the contract is due December 31, 2013. The City of North Olmsted contracts with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for services including but not limited to immunizations, health education, disease prevention, children and family health services, tobacco use reduction and exposure prevention, food safety and mosquito control. The contract amount is $128,255 which includes a 2% increase from last year's contract. The city is required by the State of Ohio to provide health services through a city health district or by contracting this out. The cost of the contract is far less and makes more financial sense than the city creating and staffing a health department. A motion was made by Councilman Limpert to recommend approval of Resolution 2013-104 with suspension. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann, and the committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval of Resolution 2013-104 with suspension. The meeting was adjourned at 7:07 p.m. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Alex Rychlik, 27900 North Park Drive commented about the swimming pool at the Recreation Center. He said a group of people go to the Recreation Center around 9am to work out in the pool for about two hours. They talked to the employee that maintains the heat in the swimming pool because the pool is very cold in the morning. The swim team uses the pool around 6am. The heat isn't turned on until 9am. He requested that the swim team can possibly turn up the heat after they leave in the morning so it's a more comfortable temperature. Mayor Kennedy said he will look into this. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said there was another traffic accident on his street over the weekend. People want to use Carey Lane as a cut through. This is the second accident on his street this year. He said the city has an outstanding Police Dept. and Fire Dept. They were there very quickly. The police officers stayed after the accident and secured the wires that were down. He commended North Olmsted employees because when he was in Rocky River, he witnessed a man fall in a parking lot due to what he thought was a seizure. It took almost 18 minutes for an EMS vehicle to come from 210 and Hilliard to 218 and Center Ridge Road in Rocky River. A police car came within 5 or 6 minutes and another came within 3 minutes. Fortunately the gentleman pulled 3