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Council Minutes of 11-17-2020 Council President Jones, Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 9:14 p.m. Present were Council members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly, Limpert, Schumann and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Clerk of Council Massarolo and guests. • Council asked for a Safety/Service update. The Mayor informed Council he is going to be asking to keep the Safety Director position unfilled for now and to have his selected Service Director focus on Service only. • Discussed next was the elected officials' salary. The elected officials' salary ordinance must be done prior to the filing deadline. The salaries must be set for a full four year period and may not be adjusted up or down during the term. The Ordinance will set the pay for the Mayor, Law Director, Finance Director, Council President and Ward I, II, III and IV Councilmembers. There is a separate ordinance for At -Large Councilmembers that will be discussed when the time comes. A majority of Council felt all elected officials should remain on the same schedule and the legislation is on first reading tonight. Councilman Brossard Chairman of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: The Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee met on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Brossard, Williamson and Limpert; Councilmembers Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly and Schumann; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning and Community Development Lieber, City Engineer DiFranco and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2020-117. An Ordinance amending Section 555.09 "Emergency Exception" of Chapter 555 "Noise Control" of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted to include emergency generators as an exception to the Noise Control Standards, and declaring an emergency. Mayor Kennedy said this amends and updates our Noise Control Ordinance to reflect the new standard noise levels of 66 decibels and a distance of 27 feet between neighboring dwellings. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2020-121. An Ordinance dispensing with the formal RFP process and authorizing and directing the Director of Planning and Community Development to engage the services of Mott MacDonald to undertake a Road Safety Audit for portions of Berkshire Road and Porter Road for the purpose of investigating safety concerns presented to the Council by the public and to make recommendations for roadway safety improvements, and declaring an emergency. This is referencing two specific residences. At the Berkshire address three cars have left the roadway in the past 18 years, including two that have resulted in collisions with the home itself. The other is on Porter Road where 11 cars have left the roadway in 19 years with a total of 84 accidents in this area since 2002. After much discussion regarding matters such as guard rails, rumble strips, motion and light activated signage as well as general practices and 2