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Intra-Governmental Relations Committee
<br />Councilwoman Carr:
<br />No, I do not, Mr. President. Thank you.
<br />COMMUNICATIONS
<br />Council President Brossard:
<br />Thank you. Are there any letters or communications to come before Council at this time?
<br />Council Clerk:
<br />No, Mr. President.
<br />Council President Brossard:
<br />Thank you. We will now move into audience participation. Thank you for attending tonight's
<br />Council meeting. Public comment offers the opportunity for members of the public to share
<br />information and bring issues and concerns to the attention of City Council members. It is not a
<br />debate, and public comment speakers should not expect a back -and -forth exchange. If there is
<br />anyone in the audience who would like to address Council, please come to the podium, state and
<br />spell your name and address for the clerk. If you live in a city other than North Olmsted, please
<br />state the name of that city and proceed with your comments. You will have up to five minutes.
<br />Chris Glassburn:
<br />Good evening, everyone. Chris Glassburn, 24687 Tara Lynn Drive, North Olmsted. I wanted to
<br />come here on a few different fronts. The Mayor hit on most of the things that I was going to
<br />discuss, but first off, Governor DeWine signed the state capital budget yesterday, so the $100,000
<br />for the Vets Memorial and $75,000 for Old Town Hall is law, and will happen. You know, things
<br />sometimes go awry last minute, and you don't want to count them until they happen. That has
<br />happened. Secondly, the Mayor mentioned today that Cuyahoga County Council, our Councilman
<br />Pat Kelly, as well as the Southwest District, Michael Gallagher, brought legislation for $3 million
<br />towards North Olmsted Dispatch. Myself, the Mayor, the full safety team here, as well as some
<br />labor leaders and other supporters came and supported that. That passed that committee 5-0.
<br />That still is in the process. But again, whether it's the state capital budget or Cuyahoga County,
<br />my experience has been that if you don't ask, you don't get, and if you don't show up, it's easy to
<br />say no; and in both instances, we showed up, and it seems to have made a difference. The last
<br />thing I wanted to address was a bit of a personal thing of mine that I mentioned actually at
<br />Cuyahoga County, and it has some relevance to our North Olmsted Dispatch. In 2010, my
<br />stepfather had a blood clot, and we called EMS, back in those days, we had two squads. We had,
<br />you know, landlines for the EMS, and the ambulance didn't arrive for 20 minutes, and my
<br />stepfather did not make it. About six weeks ago, my father, the exact same thing happened. Had
<br />a blood clot, blocked flow to his lungs. North Olmsted 911 was called. They were there in four
<br />minutes, not 20. 1 don't know if it's because we have three squads now instead of two. I don't
<br />know if it's because of the technology that we've upgraded. I do know there is a new procedure
<br />that can be done within 30 minutes that can make it that not only people survive, but they fully
<br />recover. But my father both, made it in time to save his life, and to have the procedure that will
<br />make it that he fully recovers. And so I want to express my gratitude to North Olmsted Fire and
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