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Council Minutes of 12-01-2020 • Next was Ordinance 2020-124. An Ordinance dispensing with the RFP process otherwise required by Sections 111.03 et seq. of the Administrative Code and authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, if necessary, to enter into a two-year agreement with the Walter H. Drane Company for the purpose of providing ordinance codification services to the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency. This is a two-year agreement, the previous agreement was five years. There is no increase in costs. With the change in ownership of this company we are able to keep options open with a two-year arrangement. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2020-125. An Ordinance authorizing a temporary vacancy in the position of Director of Public Safety. Discussion was centered around the Mayor's wish to have his nominee concentrate on service in the coming year before stepping into the Safety Director role. There were some councilpersons who questioned the wisdom of leaving the Safety Director position vacant as well as a concern as to the length of time being deemed necessary to prepare the candidate for the combined title. The committee voted 2- 1 to recommend to Council. Councilman Limpert Chairman of the Streets & Transportation Committee: The Streets & Transportation Committee met on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7:40 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert, Kelly and Glassburn; Council members Brossard, Hemann, Schumann and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Development Lieber and guests. • Discussed was a proposed amendment to Resolution 2020-111. A Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of Planning & Community Development to make application to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) on behalf of the City of North Olmsted for funding for safety related improvements to Clague Road; and further authorizing funds for the required local match; and further authorizing the Mayor to accept the grant if awarded and to execute a contract for the same, and declaring an emergency. The amendment proposed is to create a proposal from the Mott MacDonald study alternative to include a third lane with a detailed cost analysis. It also requested a five year plan of projects over $250,000 for other streets within the City as Mr. Glassburn needed more context for other city projects before he could determine whether the solution of the consultant's recommended alternative should move forward. There was some discussion on the amendment as it changed the request from applying for safety funding to instead applying for standard road funding as well as requesting a five year plan of all streets across the City with projects over $250,000. At that time there was not an opinion by the Director of Law. Since that time, the Director of Law has submitted an opinion that the five year plan was outside the scope for the single subject of the Resolution, of which Mr. Glassburn disagreed. After much discussion on the amendment, the merits and appropriateness of a five year plan and timelines for applying for different funding cycles. The committee voted 2-1 to approve the amendment. 3