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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AUGUST 2, 2016 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Barker, Brossard, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann and Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Law Gareau, Clerk of Council Gallo, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning & Development Wenger & Director of Human Resources Farver Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 8:00 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. The Council meeting minutes of June 21, 2016 were approved as written. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: First Reading—Ordinance 2016-78 and Resolution 2016-79 REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • The 2016 BOOM! was a huge success. He thanked City Hall staff and safety forces who helped put this together. He thanked the sponsors that helped contribute to this event as well. • There were two recent employee retirements. Burl Brooks, Service Laborer A Storm Crew, retired on July 29, 2016. He had been with the City since February 6, 1989. Tom Herbster, WWTP Maintenance Tech 3, retired on July 29, 2016. He has been with the City since November 19, 1984. He thanked them for their service. Director of Law Gareau: • He informed Council at a previous Council meeting of a lawsuit filed by a North Olmsted resident Ted Bowman vs. Ptl. John Downs, et.al. in which the police responded to an incident at his home. He was not home at the time, but a woman with an outstanding warrant was there. When the resident came home, he was assaulted by the woman so he filed a lawsuit alleging that the city was responsible for the assault because she was not removed from the home when the police were there. That case was dismissed today. • In the case of Khadijah Nia Bey vs. The City of North Olmsted, Ms. Bey was claiming sovereign citizenship and not subject to jurisdiction in North Olmsted Mayors Court and refused to enter a plea regarding to a no operating license. She attempted to transfer her traffic case to the United States Federal District Court