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Council Minutes of 05-19-2015 Mike Fioritto, 25051 Doe Drive invited Council and the Administration to All Scouts Day on June 6, 2015. They are starting their program with a luncheon in the cabin followed by a parade and a program at the gazebo. He is very impressed with this year's group of Honorary Officials. The mock Council meeting will be Tuesday, June 2, 2015 prior to the city's Council meeting. Gareau asked Fioritto how many years he's been involved in scouting and Fioritto replied about forty years. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said he reviewed the Charter Review Commission's recommendations. He referenced the recommendation submitted by Law Director Gareau to eliminate the primary election for at-large Council seats. He referenced a prior election in which there were three people running for one seat. He said the charter recommendation to make the city non-partisan was consistent with the idea that for every candidate running there would be one other opponent. If there was more than one, there would be a primary election. He finds it fascinating that now there is a recommendation for no primary and they will go right into the general election no matter how many people file. He recalls in fourteen years, there has never been a primary election for the at-large race, but now he can foresee a problem. He said the charter recommendations should be going to committee and be discussed in committee. He referenced the recommendation to eliminate the primary election again saying that this will create more of a problem and to consider not putting this charter recommendation on the ballot. Gareau said he thinks his original preference was to see a slotted at-Large race. He would have preferred to see a process like that. As it stands now, the city could have a primary that would cost $50,000 to narrow seven candidates to six. Then within sixty days, there is another election with the same six people. To him it seemed odd. The primary process comes from partisan elections. It seems fiscally irresponsible for the city to pay $50,000 for a primary election. Lambert said the genesis of that (primary elections) has nothing to do with partisan elections. Those rules were drafted from about nine or ten charters from other cities. It's the way it's done in most cities. He wasn't sure if a primary election would cost the city that much money. The Charter is set up right now to protect the public. He asked that it be left alone and be left off the ballot. LEGISLATION Resolution 2015-37 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its second reading. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a WOW Business Customer Agreement to provide dedicated interne access to City Hall, the Police Station, Fire Stations 1 and 2, the Recreation Center, Senior Center, Waste Water Treatment Plant and Springvale Golf Course, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Kearney made a motion to suspend the rule requiring three readings as this was discussed in Finance Committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Councilman Kearney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Resolution 2015-37 adopted 7-0. Resolution 2015-38 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its second reading. A Resolution proclaiming July as Parks and Recreation Month in the City of North Olmsted, Ohio. 3