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Jeff Sturgeon: <br />Happy New Year. John Sturgeon, 3092 West 231. A couple questions regarding our sidewalk program <br />that we have, you know, see we're working on. One is, are we working on that ward by ward, like I <br />think it was Ward 4 we're working on this year, or seemed like last time it was Ward 2, and if that is <br />the case, if you live outside of the ward that we're putting our eye on, would we be allowed to <br />participate in that if you had a sidewalk or two that needed to get replaced to try to get the better <br />rate from the contractor with the city? <br />Mayor Jones: <br />Mr. Upton if you wanted to direct... Mr. President if the director could... <br />Council President Brossard: <br />Please. <br />Director Upton: <br />Through the Council President to Mr. Sturgeon, we are not full ward by full ward, it's a lot more <br />manageable to break the wards up into component parts. I will get with the engineer. I don't know if <br />we're able to add individual folks that are outside of the ward, but I will get you an answer on that. <br />The legislation tonight would be to go out to bid, so I can get you an answer as soon as I'm able to <br />speak with our engineer on that. <br />Jeff Sturgeon: <br />Okay, thank you. Another thing I think it'd be important, where if there's some way we can do <br />something for our senior citizens that might fall into this, I think if you have a senior citizen that is on <br />a low income or doesn't have much money, and they're being asked to replace a sidewalk, that's not <br />going to be high in their priority list. If you have somebody who's struggling to put food on their table <br />and just to live in this city, I think the last thing we need to do is replace your sidewalk. I don't know if <br />there's any way we can come up with some kind of program where we could pay for that for the <br />limited people that are a senior citizen, low income, something like that. I just think that we could <br />lose some senior citizens that maybe they, you know, couldn't be able to afford to live here, and I just <br />think back years ago, we had a Human Resource Director at that time for Don Copeland, and if <br />something like this, that guy always found a way, whether it be a grant or some way, something to <br />do. I noticed that the city is going to be getting paid if they do this sewer thing, the electric thing, and <br />they said they're going to be getting paid yearly and it sounds like that's going to happen to go on <br />generator. Well maybe some of that money or something could get used to help pay for senior <br />citizens and special needs to help pay for a sidewalk. I just would love to see some kind of program or <br />something to help. I don't want to see an older person have to worry about that when they're <br />struggling. You know, my mother moved out of North Olmsted after living here for 50-something <br />years because she didn't have much money and she was proud and didn't want to take money from <br />her kids or anything. Thank God all of her sidewalks were new at the time, but one of the reasons she <br />left was she couldn't afford the taxes and stuff. She went to a different county and then I lost her <br />shortly after that, and I just think that right now, if she was alive and she had like a, I would help her, <br />but she probably wouldn't take my money. I'd like to see the city, in cases like this, please work on <br />something to help anybody that needs help. Thank you very much. <br />01.-06-26 Council Meeting Minutes rage 8 <br />