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Council Minutes of 04-21-2015 Councilman Kearney, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Schumann and Barker; Council President Jones; Council members Brossard, Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Finance Director Copfer. • Discussed first was Ordinance 2015-23 which is an Ordinance establishing and fixing the compensation for Council at-Large members for the term of office commencing January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2019 and declaring an emergency. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2015-23 • Discussed next was Ordinance 2015-29 which is an Ordinance amending the rates of compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 by establishing support personnel under the Division of Aging (Section 5C, 6), Correction Officers part-time, and support personnel under the Division of Police (Section 8B 5 and 6); and to amend the established rates for support personnel under the Division of Public Works and Division of Fleet; and to otherwise restate, with various technical corrections, the compensation rates and descriptions for various administrative and legislative personnel for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, and declaring an emergency. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2015-29 with suspension. • Discussed last was Ordinance 2015-30 which is an Ordinance to make and transfer 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 general housekeeping with few transfers. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2015-30 with suspension. Since then, the Mayor has requested an increase in the street resurfacing project and the permanent improvement fund to make up for a bid shortfall of $102,625 that needs to be funded or else the number of streets scheduled to be done will have to be reduced. Councilman Kearney made a motion to amend Ordinance 2015-30. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2015-30 amended 7-0. Councilman Brossard, Chairman of the Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee: The Recreation Committee met Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 7:58 p.m. Present were committee members Brossard, Kearney and Schumann; Council President Jones; Council members Barker, Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Finance Director Copfer, Safety/Service Director Glauner, Planning/Development Director Wenger and guests. • Discussed was Resolution 2015-22 which is a Resolution authorizing the Director of Planning and Development to advertise for bids for the award of a contract to provide construction for the North Olmsted Facility Signage Project, as detailed in the specifications on file in the Planning Department, and authorizing the Mayor, following approval of the Board of Control, to contract for the same with the lowest and best bidder. A lengthy summary of the proposed project was given by Director Wenger as well as drawings of design examples of the proposed signs 3