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Council Minutes of 12 -16 -2014 • Discussed next was Ordinance 2014 -87 which is an Ordinance to make appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2015, and declaring an emergency. This is the temporary budget for the year 2015. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014 -87 with suspension. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2014 -88 which is an Ordinance establishing the rates of compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 by increasing the salary ranges two percent (2 %) each year; and authorizing the option to sell back vacation for 2015 only to assist with the payroll change one week in arrears; and to otherwise restate the compensation rates and descriptions for various administrative and legislative personnel for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, and declaring an emergency. This Ordinance allows for non - bargaining rate increases based on increases negotiated by bargaining units in the city. This also allows non - bargaining employees to sell back 40 hours of earned vacation hours to offset the new pay cycle. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014 -88 with suspension. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2014 -89 which is an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts for the deposit of public monies with the institutions designated by Council as depositories for the active and interim account of the city, and declaring an emergency. The banks listed in the Ordinance have public fund departments and includes all banks with locations in the City of North Olmsted that meet the requirements. First Federal of Lakewood is a new addition to the list. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014- 89 with suspension. • Discussed last was Ordinance 2014 -91 which is an Ordinance dispensing with a formal RFP process and authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Go2IT Group to provide, among other things, helpdesk support, network monitoring, hardware and software licensing and support, virus recovery and system monitoring services for the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency. Now that the city has one full -time IT employee, this gives the Administration the ability to have experts on call with any problems that may arise. The former Network Administrator's salary compared to the cost of this contractor is a "wash ". The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014 -91 with suspension. The Finance Committee met Tuesday December 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Schumann and Barker; Finance Director Copfer. Discussed were the Note Ordinances 2014 -92 through 2014 -97. Ordinances 2014 -92 and 2014 -93 are rollover Notes for the 2014 $2,575,000 Note borrowing for Recreation Center improvements and the Windsor Culvert. These Notes are due February 4, 2015. The city is paying down $150,000 in principal on the outstanding Notes, renewing $2,435,000 and borrowing $2,905,000 for the new projects in Ordinances 2014 -94 through 2014 -97. The total issuance cost is $35,000. Total Note borrowing will be $5,340,000. The new projects are as follows: Ordinance 2014 -94 Golf Course Equipment $245,000 Ordinance 2014 -95 Police Station Fire Range Roof and 2 HVAC Systems $385,000 Ordinance 2014 -96 Storm Water Drainage Improvements $1,005,000 3