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Council Minutes of 3-16-2021 asking that we keep the position, which may be more important now than ever, fully funded. Thank you. Councilman Brossard Chairman of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: The Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee met on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:01 p.m. Present were committee members Brossard, Williamson and Limpert; Councilmembers Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly and Schumann; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Law Gareau and guests. • Discussed was Resolution 2021-19. A Resolution dispensing with the RFP Process and authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for additional services from Records Imaging Service, Inc., for the purpose of scanning and indexing records for the Mayor's Court. The Mayor indicated the contract costs $4,000 annually. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. Councilman Glassburn Chairman of the Intra -Governmental Relations Committee: The Intra -Governmental Relations Committee met on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:15 p.m. Present were committee members Glassburn, Schumann and Hemann; Council members Brossard, Kelly, Limpert and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau City Engineer DiFranco, Waste Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Blum, Chief of Police Wagner and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2021-21 An Ordinance creating new Section 109.09 entitled "Electronic Meetings" of Chapter 109 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted entitled, "Public Meetings" in order to establish procedures for the use of the electronic meeting format for public meetings of municipal bodies. Councilman Glassburn introduced the legislation, while Councilwoman Hemann indicated her support for members being present on video during the meeting. There was a question directed to Director Gareau as to whether it was going to be required for electronic meetings to be voted on at an in person meeting prior. Director Gareau indicated it is how the Charter amendment passed and would apply to all meetings. Councilman Glassburn asked if the code would apply to simulcasts such as on FaceBook or YouTube. The answer was no. There was some discussion about if a member is disconnected or their microphone stops working what procedures would take place. Director Gareau indicated it would be required to verbally recognize votes in any format we adopt. The committee voted 3-0 to hold the legislation in committee. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION None. LEGISLATION Ordinance 2021-12 introduced by Mayor Kennedy and co-sponsored by Council President Jones was given its third reading. An Ordinance amending Section 131.06 5