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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED APRIL 16, 2019 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann & Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning & Development Lieber and Clerk of Council Massarolo Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. The Council meeting minutes of April 2, 2019 were approved as written. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: None. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • Scholarship winners are being contacted and at the meeting on May 7, we will have quite a few of them up here. • Eggstravaganza is on April 20 at North Olmsted Park. This is the Easter Egg hunt and pre -registration is required. People can register at the Recreation Center. • The 2019 Earth Fair is April 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Cabin. • The Springvale Mother's Day Brunch is scheduled for May 12. Director of Law Gareau: • Two meetings ago, I told you the City had been sued in a matter of Lucarelli v. Mallett. At the last meeting, I told you the City had filed and been granted a motion to dismiss and the City was no longer in the case. Now this meeting I'm telling you she took an appeal to the Court of Appeals from the ruling that got us out of the case. It is moving along and now it's in the Court of Appeals. I'm still not even sure why the City got sued in the first instance, but hopefully there will be a quick ruling and the City will be out of the case permanently. • I did a quick analysis of the Rocky River Municipal Court Cases and cases the City prosecuted. The City had 134 felony cases, up 18 from last year. Theft, felony theft, drug possession (27 cases) and receiving stolen property were the big ones. In terms of State Statute misdemeanors, again thefts were the highest in each category and those were up 84. Again, we had theft increase in both felony and misdemeanor levels, which is no surprise from people at Great Northern Mall. In City Ordinance misdemeanor cases were down 15 total. There was 131 in 2017