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Council Minutes of 04-07-2015 The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert, and the committee voted 3 —0 to recommend approval of this appointment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 p.m. Councilwoman Hemann made a motion to approve the Mayor's appointment of Tom Patton to the Planning and Design Commission for the term January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Appointment of Tom Patton to the Planning and Design Commission approved 6—0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Michael Gareau, 6050 Barton Road referenced comments made by resident, Dennis Lambert, at the Council meeting of March 3, 2015 that maligned Gareau's character. Lambert has been doing this for 25 years. Gareau said he feels Lambert went too far with his comments. To have someone malign his reputation and his family is inexcusable, and he has to defend his position. Gareau said Lambert has "his nose out of joint" about an opinion he gave years ago about the results of the recommendations of the Charter Review Commission as to whether or not it's mandatory to have those items go on the ballot. He ruled that it wasn't mandatory. Gareau gave all of Council a written synopsis of what he is saying tonight (attached). Gareau said he served as Law Director of North Olmsted for 28 years. He was Assistant Law Director of Strongsville and was the Solicitor of the Village of Linndale. There was a judge that ruled years ago that the only way Charter amendments can be placed on the ballot is with 2/3 vote of Council and by petition. This is an opinion from a court, not a mailman's opinion. Councilman Schumann made a motion to extend Gareau's speaking time by 7 additional minutes. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Williamson and passed unanimously. Gareau's speaking time extended by 7 minutes by a vote of 6—0. Gareau said the City of Westlake has this language and it's included in the packet he submitted to Council. If you take Lambert's suggestion, no matter what goes before the Charter Review Commission and whatever comes out of the Charter Review Commission has to go on the ballot. The majority of the Charter Review Commission, which would be non-elected residents, would have the authority to put an issue on the ballot as opposed to seven Council members that are elected. Gareau said he has another issue — the deceptive practices of Dennis Lambert. He said Lambert came before Council and said "If I'm going to say something about somebody, I'm going to tell it to your face. You'll know it when I'm saying it because I'll stand up". Gareau said Lambert called people that didn't do that "cowards". Gareau referenced comments made on the cleveland.com forum that he said were made by Lambert under a different name. He told Lambert it's defamation of character and he has a lot of nerve to do that to his family. Gareau said they found out it was Lambert posting the comments because they spent thousands of dollars to file a separate lawsuit, and it came up with Lambert's telephone number. They gave him a pass when they found out. Gareau said when Lambert stands up here, people have the right to disbelieve everything he says because he's a proven liar. He's lied to you, and he's lied to the people of North Olmsted. He's carried out a personal vendetta for over 25 years because he didn't like the way Gareau ruled. Gareau 3