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Council Minutes of 12-04-2018 chipper. The Waste Water Treatment plant is asking to purchase a sewer cleaning vacuum truck to replace an eight year old truck and a $230,000 cable winch sludge hauling truck. They are also budgeting for pumps, grinders, parts, a five foot radial drill press, a major software upgrade and some building improvements. In the Mayor's budget there has been an increase in the cost of fireworks and the Mayor is asking for $11,000 for military pole banners and Flags of Honor. Mayor's Court has a increased spending on salaries. The Recreation Department is asking for a $50,000 capital outlay for a new playground at North Olmsted Park. Springvale had a tough 2018 for golf, but a good year for the ballroom. They have a conservative estimate for 2019 considering the pavilion will be up and running next year. Human Resources has asked for $20,000 for an employee development project. Additionally, $6,700 is being requested for supervisory training on the policy and procedural manual. Civil Service has budgeted $44,000 for testing as there is some expected testing needs for Fire and Police new hires and promotions. Youth and Family Services is asking for funds to repair and replace the raised bed gardens at the Community Garden behind the Oxcart Pantry. The Senior Center has some money budgeted for filing cabinets and furniture. Information Technology has requested $70,000 for servers and equipment for a surveillance camera system and $200,000 for a city wide computer upgrade project. There were several questions that came up outside of the Finance Department purview and those topics have referred to the proper committees. Councilman Schumann made a motion to amend Ordinance 2018-100. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brossard and passed 6-1. Ordinance 2018-100 amended. Councilwoman Hemann voted yes with comment. I am one of the folks that was against the $10,000 portion of the budget for a police officer at our Council meetings. I think our Police Chief is a salaried person and many of the other suburbs have their Chief attend rather than an officer they have to pay. I would prefer to see that if we have to have someone. But I much rather see stepping up sooner the program to provide building security, because to our residents it feels like we feel so unsafe sitting here. I go to the grocery store, my address is on the website so I don't really feel the need for a safety issue in our room here, but rather in our entire building. Councilman Limpert voted yes with comment. Councilwoman Hemann mentioned a lot of things I was going to say, but I also disagree with $10,000 being allocated for Council for a uniformed police officer to be allocated overtime fees to be present at every Council meeting held. Again, I think this is a myopic solution to a broader security concern and I think it needs more discussion. Other than that, tremendous job by the Directors, Mayor and Finance Director especially for what looks to be a solid budget. Thank you. Councilman Glassburn voted no. Councilwoman Hemann Chairwoman of the Environmental Control Committee: The Environmental Control Committee met on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Hemann, Glassburn and Williamson; Council members 5