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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JANUARY 17, 2017 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Barker, Brossard, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann & Williamson Also Present: Director of Finance Copfer, Human Resources Director Gallo, Law Director Gareau, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Clerk of Council Massarolo, and Director of Planning & Development Wenger Absent: Mayor Kennedy 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 Pack #204 and Council in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. The Council meeting minutes of January 3, 2017 were approved as written. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: First Reading — Resolution 2017-11. A motion was made by Councilman Brossard to nominate Councilman Paul Schumann as Council President Pro -tem for the year 2017. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Councilman Schumann appointed as Council President Pro -tem for 2017. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • No Report. Director of Law Gareau: Last week I attended a meeting with the Division of Fire and Division of Police, including the Safety Director along with the Chiefs of Police and Fire concerning HIPPA regulations. Lieutenant Dan Coyle took it upon himself to do some additional training and bring that training back and apply it. I want to publically compliment Lieutenant Coyle for the exceptional job he did. He really took the issue and ran with it. It's a great positive step for the Division of Fire and the Division of Police as well. He provided a great presentation and he has materials if anyone else would be interested in seeing what he presented. On Friday, I spent the afternoon at the Court of Common Pleas in mediation regarding the matter of Jennifer Hayner, our former police officer. She had filed a Worker's Compensation claim regarding a concussion injury she received on the job. There is an additional claim in the works for post traumatic distress. The City was not able to reach a settlement. There was a wide gap between what the City