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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AUGUST 1, 2017 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Brossard, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Rahm, Schumann & Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Development Lieber and Clerk of Council Massarolo 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 6 and June 20, 2017 were approved as written. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • Mayor Kennedy deferred his report to State Representative Dave Greenspan who wanted to recognize three individuals. • State Representative Dave Greenspan thanked everyone for the opportunity to honor those who have served in the community. He first recognized former Councilman Paul Barker for his 11 and a half years of service with an Accommodation from the Ohio House of Representatives. Former Councilmember Barker thanked the Mayor, Directors and Councilmembers for the opportunity to serve with them. He also thanked Representative Greenspan for giving him this honor. • Next, State Representative Greenspan recognized Police Officer Bill Saringer as the 2017 Virgil McDaniel Award, which is only given to one officer in Ohio each year. • Finally, Representative Greenspan recognized Police Chief Gallagher for his 34 years of service to the City of North Olmsted. Director of Law Gareau: • There was a decision reached between the City and AFSCME. A grievance was filed by a member of the AFSCME Union regarding holiday pay. The individual worked two back to back shifts on Memorial Day in 2016. The employee believed because of the holiday the employee was entitled to double pay so instead of time and a half, the employee wanted double time. The City did not believe the contract afforded that payment. The employee filed a grievance and insisted on going to a hearing. The hearing lasted four hours and the City prevailed and the union was assessed a $3700 arbitration bill over the approximately $200