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President Pro Tern Scarl: Thank you. We will now move into audience participation. Thank you for attending tonight's Council meeting. Public comment offers the opportunity for members of the public to share information and bring issues and concerns to the attention of City Council members. It is not a debate, and public comment speakers should not expect a back -and -forth exchange. Council members may, however, ask clarifying questions of the speaker, City staff, or fellow Council members. Those attending City Council meetings should show the same respect to others that they wish to have shown for them. So if there is anyone in the audience who would like to address Council, please come to the podium, state and spell your name and address for the clerk. If you live in a city other than North Olmsted, please state the name of that City and proceed with your comments. You will have up to five minutes Jeff Sturgeon: [inaudible] Before I forget, the snow removal has been perfect. Great job with that. I did notice, even I noticed on the way coming up here tonight, that I love how the city does Lorain Road, the sidewalk, with that ... what's it called? President Pro Tern Scarl: Bombardier Jeff Sturgeon: But a lot of the different businesses that I noticed, when they plow their aprons, they plow it up right over the sidewalk. So there's a pile of snow taller than I am, and I had two people on the way up here tonight where they had to walk out into the street around the snow and then get back on the sidewalk. The other day, I came close to being in an accident because of that. I think that it kind of irks me that these businesses are getting their sidewalks done for free, and they're too lazy to go out there and just, after the guy plows the snow on their apron, get their butt out there and shovel that. So there's a clear path rather than a mountain. I don't know if anybody can go and talk to these different businesses. You can drive down the road, and not all of them, there's just a handful of them between here and my street. I don't know what it is down there. But it just kind of irks me that they're lazy to do it. Next thing I'd like to say is I'd like to thank the Mayor, the Law Director, the Council, and everybody for the kind words they just said to Tony about Tony Farrella. Some people in this room know that Tony was my oldest, longest, best friend since being in childhood, we were inseparable. We were in each other's weddings, everything we did. Before he worked for the city, he also would work for me. He was the best employee I ever had. He did things that no other guy could do in that service department, like his paint jobs, painting that hockey thing that he did.... I don't know what that's called? Law Director Gareau: Zamboni. 02-03-26 Council Meeting Minutes - Pages 8