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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JiJNE 18, 1996 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Limpert, McKay, Musial, Nashar, O'Grady, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Boyle, Law Director Gareau, Finance Director Burns, Clerk of Council Seman Absent: Council Member Lind Council President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. REPORTS Mayor Boyle: 1) The City of North Olmsted has been getting a good response from its page on the Internet. Our address is HTTP://WWW.North-Olmsted.OH.US. Residents and other Internet users are able to access information about the city. Any organization that would like to put information on the page should contact the Mayor's Administrative Assistant. Also, the Data Processing Department is in the process of downloading the Codified Ordinances into the City Hall network so that employees will have quick and easy access to the Codified Ordinances. Directors and Department Heads are now required to transmit new legislation electronically to the Clerk of Council who then places the pending legislation into the network on a shared file. 2) A formal request has been made of the County Library to conduct a feasibility study, at its expense, regarding the expansion of the North Olmsted library facilities. The current library of 12,000 square feet does not adequately service the 35,000 North Olmsted residents. The request was based on numerous complaints received from residents, business people and especially children expressing their concerns about the availability of materials at our library. It should be noted that the library personnel are professional and do a very good job, but the library is simply not large enough to store adequate materials. The Mayor has suggested that the site next to the Recreation Center be considered for a new library building. There is more than enough space fora 35,000 square foot building plus adequate parking. A building costing approximately $6 million would be financed over a 25 year period, which is also the time of the lease. This would make the cost approximately $26.50 per $100,000 valued home. By using this method and putting it on the ballot, 42% of the cost of the entire library would be paid by the business community and by rollbacks from the State of Ohio. The city would put up the building, but the