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Minutes o= Council Meeting 12-'1-lti _2_ tax duplicate. The Director of this unit. will also have direct supervision over the WEB Narcotic Unit which will consist of 3 undercover agents. By combiaing these 2 units under one director and utilising the grant monies, North Olmatsd's financial contribution to the WEB Narcotic Unit for 1977 will be $11,644.64 if the present proposal is approved by the Council of Govexameat. The W~ Chiefs of Police have approved this proposal. The Council of Gav+srnmsat will be meeting on that in the near future and Mayor feels it is a good use of the Council of Government and the WEB unit. Service Director Caster coanented Council is in receipt of his memo of December 2nd and would like to comment on following legislation: 1) 76-178 and 76-179 are authorizations for the Mayor to make application and enter into a contract for projects which we have already applied for, i.e., a new service facility and the expansion of the Rec Complex. These are quick type great applications and if we are approved for the grant ws will have 90 days to start construction; 2) regarding 76-180 - the legislation that we had originally dust authorised the Mayor to apgly for an application for the grant; it did not authorise him to sign the contract which is what this piece of lag#slation doss; 3) 76-181 and 76-183 authorizes the Metyor to enter into an agreement with Koster & Associates. Koster had a preliminary study made in 1973 on the service codex which was preempted by the Recreation Complex. These pieces of legislation are for the Mayor to enter into a contract which is a requisite of the grant application; 4) have no comment on 76-185 unless the Lai- Diredtor wishes to make comments on same. This legislation deals with certain purchas+sa at the Treatment Plant and we are holding up invoices. In deference to the vendors would like to have that expedited as quickly as possible. City Engineer Childs reported: 1) would like to bring Council up-to-date on the very recent developments that have transpired in our efforts to arrange for the cleaning of the drainage ditch west of Latuag Drive. Mr. Childs stated he contacted Weatlake's Service Birector, Mr. Joe Skodis, yesterday Nho informed him that they have done some cleaning of that ditch in recent weeks. Mx'. Ghilds and Mr. Weldon inspected the ditch and can see a lot of additional cleaning that is necessary to get the ditch into the condition that they would like to see it. After numerous conversations yesterday and today with Mr. Skodis, have arrived at an agreement whereby Westlake will authorise tlua cleaning of the ditch and give us permission to go in and do it, but our own Service Dept. will actually do the work and working that way, hope to get it cleaned and finished within the next two weeks. Would like to emphasize for the record that nobody expects that cleaning the ditch is going to eliminate the flooding prable~ - it is going to help but it will not eliminate it. Law Director Garesu reported: 1) have had recent activity on the lawsuit with respect to the odor at the Sewage Treatment Plant. Tomorrow one of the defendants is taking depositions of the various plaintiffs in that case. Aa Law Director Garesu previously indicated the class action was not appropriate so consequently each one of the plaintiffs in that case must prove their damages and prove that they have suffered from the odor; 2) have conferred recently with the Building Commissioner with respect to violations of the Building Code relating to the new automobile ageaciss displaying their merchandise within the 50 ft. This is a problem that is going to have to be xesolved in one of two ways and it is going to take some input of Council to resolve phis. One alternative is to authorize the Law Director to file an 3~'l~usctive action i