Committee attendance last week

I attended 3 committee meetings last week, none of which I'm a member.
Finance (in person)
I'm excited to see about half the deficit eliminated if selected. Lots of really good ideas. Some I'm most excited about:
-police reduced OT year over year. 2009 $38K down from $54K in 2008. Still too high but a good trend/trajectory
-Fire/EMS Transport costs haven't been increased since 2003. Time to increase because of time as well as super fast service
-Maintenance eliminate the redundancy of brush pickup. We no longer do unless a Citizen asks for help. Citizens need to follow rules
-Maintenance mowing should come down due to recession and number of returned bids (11). More specificity this week!
-Tax new office cheaper $6000 savings
-Admin get rid of post meter in 2011
-Admin didn't talk about it, but I think we can eliminate $125 fee to transcribe minutes by going digital!

Safety committee (phone)
-Stop signs for Nolen. Will help with speed mid street
-Interest in slowing down Wooster whole length of Village to 25. I support this!

Zoning committee (phone)
-rehash of Commission Meeting. Have concerns about the free pass we're giving. 9 step process for a reason. If 5 steps, then change the process


Cortney