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Special Council Minutes of 07-05-2022 Pam Chesser Retired from the Police Department after 30 years. Relayed a story of a person who came into the police department because his friend was in the parking lot having a reaction from a bee sting. The fire dispatcher was there dispatching the fire, and another dispatcher there had an EPI pen and saved his life. Ms. Chesser stated she felt like Council and the Administration looked bored. Mike Babinec 27981 North Park Drive Resident for over 30 years. He lives at North Park Drive and North Park Estates is just a minute away. Stated his son had to call 911 for a relative and everything went flawlessly. Relayed other stories wherein if dispatchers were not familiar with the City, things would have gone badly. Riley Vertosnik 3569 Columbia Road Plans on being a law enforcement officer and would like to be a police officer in his own city, and feels that it would be a lot easier if the dispatchers were in the same city. Barb Abraham 6252 Pebblebrook Lane Has lived in North Olmsted for 33 years. Has been pleased with dispatch center and when she found out about this, she went on a search for information and a reason for pushing this through, and has not received anything. Noted that Councilwoman Hemann spoke with her but did not have the information. Stated she would be willing to pay $12 extra a year to keep dispatch in North Olmsted. Councilwoman Hemann responded to Ms. Abraham showing the stack of papers she brought with her when they spoke, and noted she also left information with Ms. Abraham. Beth Cabrera Former North Olmsted Dispatcher Shared a story about a call she received for an eight-day old baby chocking and she was able to help to save the baby., noting that time is of the essence and asking Council and the Administration to consider that when making a decision. Mark Madden North Olmsted dispatcher Been a resident for 42 years and 27 of those years as a dispatcher. Trying to figure out what to say to convince everyone that this is a terrible idea, especially at the pace its going. Feels there has been a lot of misinformation. He is not familiar enough with the east side to dispatch for them and feels this change will result in costly errors. Noted that this will be Council's most important vote in their careers. Mr. Madden feels this is a decision to be made by the Council of Government. Carrie Maxwell 24357 Laverne Has lived in North Olmsted since 1964. Feels this is a very important issue for the City and has had to call regionalized centers before and said it was very uncomfortable, but when she has called North Olmsted Dispatch Center it has been a comforting feeling that they know where everything is.