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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council September 25, 2006 Page 2 travels those streets? The residents, the police, the fire department, the service, everybody travels them. They are traveled all the time and they are dangerous. Those streets are not just a potential accident, they are a potential lawsuit. Citing from the Ordinance, Mrs. Eisenberg read that Ohio law states that communities have to keep their streets and sidewalks free from nuisance. If someone is injured because of a known nuisance, that person can sue for damages. Sovereign immunity will not apply. Our streets are not just a nuisance, they are a lawsuit. Thank you very much. Mr. Buckholtz stated to Mrs. Eisenberg that we take her comments quite seriously. Even though we joke with Mrs. Eisenberg from time and again because she is here all of the time. We feel we have a good relationship with Mrs. Eisenberg, but Mr. Buckholtz knows it was about a year ago that she first raised the issue. Mr. Buckholtz will defer this to Mr. Metzung, but it has not been kept off of any agenda. There is a plan to fix those streets. Mrs. Eisenberg added that Mrs. Mills told her that it was not included in the budget. Mrs. Mills added that it was not put in the budget for this year, but that does not mean it would not go into the budget for 2007. Mr. Buckholtz indicated that the sewers had to be installed on Highland. Mr. Brett added that if you tear up sewers, you have to do the roads. Mrs. Eisenberg added that she hopes we make it through the winter and nothing happens. She does not want to see anyone in the street and get hurt. No one wants that on their plate, nor does she. Those streets are very dangerous. They cave in all of the time. She received a call on Sunday and he said that there is a water problem where the street is falling apart right in front of his house and he just put new grass in there. It is only a matter of time. Mr. Buckholtz thanked Mrs. Eisenberg. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES Special Council Meeting -September 11, 2006 Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mrs. Cinco, made a motion to approve the minutes. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Minutes Approved PRESENTATION BY SENATOR ERIC FINGERHUT REGARDING ISSUE 18 Senator Fingerhut passed around packets containing information regarding Issue 18. Senator Fingerhut thanked Council President Buckholtz for inviting him to spend a few minutes to discuss Issue 18 which will be a county-wide initiative on the November 7th ballot. Issue 18, if passed, would raise the tax on cigarettes in Cuyahoga County by one and a half cent per cigarette or thirty cents a pack to raise approximately $20-25 million per year, the entire proceeds of which will go to support the arts and culture activities in Cuyahoga County. 1