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°, MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JUNE 2, 1987 Present; President Janet Saringer, Councilmen Bohlmann, Lackey, McKay, O'Grady, Rademaker, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Xvonne Petrigac, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Meeting was called to order by President Saringer at 8:00 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Minutes of the Council Meeting of May 19, 1987, were approved. Mayor Petrigac reported: I) Will be meeting with Madeline Brookshire and Julia Brown to determine a fitting inscription and engraving. the name of Martin Supple on the city's memorial marker. Community Council is going to approach the Bicentennial Committee to see if they will donate the money left in the Memorial Fund for the engraving and perhaps create a garden with benches in the memorial marker area at North Olmsted ,Park. Will be meeting again in a couple of weeks to discuss further; any interested council member is invited to be in attendance. 2) Wednesday, May 27th, Mayor and Safety Director met with members of the Architectural Review Commission, Building Board of Appeals, Board of Zoning and Planning Commission to discuss goals and directions for the boards and commissions as well as for the. city. Safety Director and Mayor feel there are areas that can be improved to provide for more efficient operation within the city. All feel the need for the administration to hire a planner. Safety Director and Mayor will meet within the next few months to address some of the comments made by the commission members; plan to have another meeting this Fall and will notify council of the date. 3) The Mayors and Managers Association is looking into joining an OML Insurance Plan which would cover general liability, auto liability, law enforcement and public officials liability. A seminar will be held this weekend and more in- formation will be forwarded to the Mayor's office. 4) Mayors and Managers will hire a consultant to witness on the economic excess capacity in the pending CEI rate increase. The Coalition of Northern Ohio Communities needs to write a contract with the Energy Resource Council; total cost is $25,000; North Olmsted is being asked to contribute $500. Would ask the President of Council to poll council and see if they approve of this contribution. 5) Joseph Glueck has retired from the Bus Department after 38 years of service; Sergeant Al Schmitz will be retiring from the Pol-ice Department this month; employees will be attending the Cleveland Indian's game on June 26th; money must be in by June 5th. 6) A Five Year Financial Plan was given to the council, at which time council stated that the Mayor should advise of her intent. On May 18th, council was given a detailed report of the proposed tax increase and was asked for its input. After reading several comments in the newspapers, Mayor suggested a meeting with council to discuss some of the comments and see if a joint effort could be made by both council and the administration. President of Council forwarded a memo stating that the Mayor should introduce her legislation and it would be referred to the