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Council Minutes of 1 1-04-2020 Council President Jones, Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 7:34 p.m. Present were Council members Brossard, Glassburn, Kelly, Limpert, Schumann and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Community Development Lieber, Clerk of Council Massarolo and guests. • The Mayor provided a brief update on the search for the Safety/Service Director. • Council discussed the codification contract that is coming up this year. • There was some discussion about setting of the elected officials salaries for the next four years. Councilwoman Williamson Chairwoman of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: The Building, Zoning & Development Committee met on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Williamson, Limpert and Schumann; Councilmembers Glassburn, Hemann and Kelly; Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning and Community Development Lieber, Building Commissioner Grusenmeyer and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2020-78. An Ordinance providing for the amendment of Chapter 1115 (Definitions) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted. Discussed at the same time was companion Ordinance 2020-79. An Ordinance providing for the replacement of Chapter 1163 (Signs) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted. Director Lieber explained the last substantial update was 20 years ago and many things have changed since that time. Among some of the areas of discussion were size and scale of signs, temporary signs, design guidelines, digital signs, drive through signs; along with the administration and enforcement process. Councilmembers Williamson, Limpert, Schumann and Glassburn submitted proposed amendments. Some of the proposed amendments for Ordinance 2020-79 were adding a new section to adopt a COVID policy, add vehicles into temporary signage, reorder the purpose statement, delete language regarding electronic message centers on landmark properties and add language prohibiting electronic message centers in residential districts. The proposed amendment to 2020-78 was to eliminate the flag definition. The committee voted 3-0 to hold the legislation in committee until the requested amendments could be made to the legislation. The Building, Zoning & Development Committee met again on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 7:58 p.m. Present were committee members Williamson, Limpert and Schumann; Councilmembers Brossard, Glassburn and Kelly; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning and Community Development Lieber and guests. • The committee met to review the amendments discussed to Ordinances 2020-78 and 2020-79 from the October 21 meeting. After requesting vehicle signage be 2