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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann & Limpert 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 August 20, 2019 were approved as written. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: None. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • No Report. Director of Law Gareau: • Lucarelli v. Mallett has been dismissed four or five times and this should be the last time the case should be dismissed against the City. This started out as a landlord versus tenant case and somehow the City got sued and I'm still not even sure why. It has been throw out at the Court of Appeals so I believe we are finished with it. • Katelyn Montgomery, our clerk in the Law Department, has left. She has taken another clerk position and we wish her the best in her endeavors. • Dokota Stiegelmeyer has assumed the clerk role and is a second year law student at Cleveland State. He has been secured on a program where Cleveland State will pay for his work here so that saves the City and department a little money. He is already working Mayor's Court. • Regarding the ordinance on vaping being held in committee. We had a discussion last week about alternate programs. Director Gallo followed up with Youth and Family Services Director Allegra about what is done for those under 18. Those cases are currently handled through the same program we handle traffic cases for those under 18. The typical process is to get kids more education on tobacco and nicotine usage. An online course through Third Millennium is used and the magistrate usually makes them write a report or explain what they got out of it. I'm not sure if writing a report would be as effective for 18 to 21, but they do