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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED OCTOBER 1, 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 September 17, 2019 were approved as written. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: Second Reading: Resolution 2019-85; First Reading: Ordinance 2019-86 and Resolution 2019-89. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • The Volunteer Dinner was yesterday and we had a great showing from Council so thank you to those of you who came to it. • Fire Prevention Week is October 6th through 12th and Station #1 is going to have an open house from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 10. There will be 50 smoke detectors given away to the public. • Shred It Day is Saturday, October 12 from 9 a.m until Noon at the Recreation Center. Director of Law Gareau: • Concerning the class action opioid and prescription drug abuse lawsuit being handled in the Northern Ohio Federal District Court, you may have seen that Purdue Pharma had filed for bankruptcy protection. It was contemplated they may do so. The law department has no updates on this case, but did receive information if the City wanted to be excluded from any settlement and litigate the case on its own how it could do so. The Law Department will not be taking on big pharma and will stay a part of the class action. • Council may have heard some time ago about the State legalizing hemp and might have seen some concern from law enforcement about being able to make a determination between hemp and marijuana. The City does not have the ability to do that effectively in the street. There has been a lot of talk in the media about what the ramifications are in terms of prosecutions. The only way it has affected