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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Barker, Brossard, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann and Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Law Gareau, Clerk of Council Gallo, and Director of Safety/Service Glauner Absent: Director of Finance Copfer Director of Planning and Development Wenger Director of Human Resources Farver Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 7:30 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. REPORTS Councilman Kearney, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met Monday, February 23, 2015 and Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. both evenings. Present were committee members Kearney, Schumann and Barker; Council President Jones; Council members Brossard, Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Law Director, Finance Director Copfer, Assistant Finance Director Sperling, Safety/Service Director Glauner, Planning/Development Director Wenger, Human Resources Director Farver, Clerk of Council Gallo, Clerk of Mayors Court Cole, WWTP Superintendent Blum, Springvale Facility Manager Metcalf, Chief of Police Gallagher, Chief of Fire Schepp, Recreation Commissioner Drenski, Rebecca Simons, Donna Murphy, Linda Hall and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2015-16 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. The Mayor made general comments regarding the 2015 budget. Revenues have remained down as we are still recovering from the impact of the local government cuts and the elimination of estate taxes. The budget is mindful of this fact. Wages generally increased by 2%. Healthcare was contained and employees are contributing an increase of 1%. The number of employees has stayed somewhat constant. A main focus this year will be storm water management. Also, this is the year of the city's Bicentennial celebration and Master Plan. The Finance Director noted that there are no significant changes in her budget, and she stated that our debt requirements decrease dramatically in 2017 which will provide more flexibility in the allocation of resources. Our total budget allocation is decreased by 10% from last due largely due to the water treatment project last year. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2015-16.