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Council Minutes of 5-7-2019 Finance Copfer, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning & Development Lieber and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2019-58. An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Joint Use Agreement with Cuyahoga County Community College District, as an instrumentality of the State of Ohio, and to accept a specific appropriation of Capital Resources in the amount of $200,000.00 for the improvement of, and modification to, the facilities comprising the City of North Olmsted Disaster Recovery Fiber Ring, and declaring an emergency. The committee discussed what this entails, including an intern for the IT and Public Safety department from Tri - C. The overwhelming majority of this money will be put towards the fiber ring. The City will supervise the interns. The administration requested suspension. The committee voted to recommend to Council with suspension 3-0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Ed Sergi Commander of North Olmsted Veterans of Foreign War Commander Sergi said he was here on behalf of the Miami Valley Quilters Guild located in Fairborn Ohio. This group consists of over 200 women and men who volunteer their time to make quilts for the Quilts of Valor Foundation, which is a national grassroots community service effort that began in 2003. The Quilts of Valor Foundation's mission is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. He said members from all branches of the military during times of war can be awarded a Quilt of Valor. Commander Sergi said a Quilt of Valor is not a charity quilt or a blanket. It is a quilt consisting of three layers. The first layer is in the front of the quilt with its many colors, shapes and fabrics, which represents the community and the many individuals of the organization. Each stitch in the quilt represents love and gratitude of the makers. The batting is the center of the quilt. This second layer represents the hope that the quilt will bring warmth, comfort, peace and healing to the individual receiving it. The third layer of the quilt is the backing, which is the strength. It holds the many pieces of the quilt together. It represents the strength of the recipient, his family, our community and our nation. A Quilt of Valor is priceless and is a lifetime award. It can never be sold, bought or raffled. It is given freely from the hands of the makers. To date, over 215,000 Quilts of Valor have been awarded to active military and veterans. Commander Sergi asked Councilman Duane Limpert to come forward. Commander Sergi said after graduating from West Point Military Academy in 2000, Duane was stationed at Fort Lewis Military Base outside of Tacoma, Washington. He went on to become a Captain with the United States Army and served as Public Affairs and Electronic Attack Officer for the first grade 25th infantry division striker brigade combat team. Duane completed an 11 month, 27 day tour in Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was honorably discharged from his service in the United States Army in 2008. Commander Sergi said with the help of your family we are honored to present you your Quilt of Valor, Americana 135. Wi