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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED DECEMBER 22, 2020 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly, Limpert, Schumann & Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Community Development Lieber and Clerk of Council Massarolo Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 7:52 p.m. through GoToMeeting. Due to the meeting being a virtual meeting, Council President Jones requested if any member of the public using a computer wished to address Council to notify the Clerk via the chat feature in GoToMeeting and they would be called on later in the meeting. For those dialing in via phone, the lines would be unmuted during the appropriate portion of the meeting. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: Second Reading: Ordinance 2020-128, Resolution 2020-146, Ordinance 2020-149, Resolution 2020-151, Resolution 2020-152 and Resolution 2020-153; First Reading: Resolution 2020-159. On behalf of Council, Council President Jones wished the administration, employees and residents a happy holiday season over the next few weeks and said Council is looking forward to a new year together and hopefully there will be a lot more things to be thankful for in 2021. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • No Report. Director of Law Gareau: • No Report. Director of Finance Copfer: • Congress passed a new relief package and one of the things was the 12/31/20 deadline for CARES Act money has been extended another year. It is frustrating as there were some projects if the City knew it had the time, it would have moved forward on. However, there is additional money coming to local communities. The government hasn't specified how much, but it should be sizable. Additionally, the PPP to help local businesses and emergency disaster loans, along with loan forgiveness will help small businesses. Also, the federal unemployment stipend was also extended. There are some things in the recent legislation that will help our budget.