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Council Minutes of 1-~i-77 -2- .Law. Director Gareau reporteda 1) in~the last Session the Ohio Legislature adopted legislation whereby all City°Prosecutors in municipal iaw departments are now hands~d the raze opportunity to try all of_the Img~lied Cuns~t and 12 Foint cases with respect to .driving suspensions of Bureau of'ffiotor Vehic°lea. There is a provision in the Ohio Revised Code that when-the City handles these types of matters that the-County will provide -for compensation, Around December 30th ,received a packet. with S case~e but -have not received any method of compensation. Will.~.be looking at that in the next month --it is a iot of work with nv more pay. Law Director Ga7eau explained what-.this will entail. ~aw:Di.rector Gareau and Mr. West discussed the new Privacy Act and the interpretation of same.. Law Director Gareau pointed out one of the problems with the ~'rivacy Law is although it is going into effect tote Agency that impiementa the rules and regulations has not issued any standards. Mrs. Beringer, Chairman Streets & Drainage Committee, stated ,the meeting which was .scheduled for tommorrow evening Frith the Eq~ualixation Board for Mill Road sidewalks hes been cancelled. After conferring with Bond Gounsel 1!bcs. Beringer was informed that it would not be necessary and a aeeeting of the Streets b Drainage Committee and the Equalization Beard was discouraged because the Equalization Board is supposed to be an independent body and should prat 'have to confer with Council; 2) regardag the passage of the resolution creating the Equalisation Board - it is unfortunate that the Board was not sworn in before hearing the ob3ections. As a result we will have to go through that procedure all over again. Mr. Boehmer, Chairman Intra Goverr~ntal Relations & Legis~,ation Committee and Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee, reported: 1) Maxies, inc,, 4905 Great Northern Blvd., has applied for a D-1 permit and Committee has no objections; 2) with respect to Council's ap~intment to the Recreation Comurti®sion: Mr. Robert Swietyniowski was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Koontz, term ending 12/317b. Legislation ~omAnittee feels that Mr. Swietyniowski should be reappointed to serve a five year term commencing 1-1-77 to i2-31-81. Mr. 8oehmer moved to appoint Mr. Robert Swietyniowski as Council's appointment to the Recreation Commission for term 1-1-77 to 12-31-$~., seconded by Mrs. Sharpe. Affirmative vote: Beaty, Boehmer, Fairfield, Beringer, Sharpe, West, Wilamosky. Motion carried. 3) the recommendations for appointments made by Mayor Christman to the various Boards wall be discussed at meeting on January 6th. Mx. Wilamosky, Chairman Finance Committee, reported: 1) Committee recommends Ord. No. 77-1 be adopted under suspension of rules so that the Finance Department will have su-fficient funds to pay debts over the next three months; 2) pFior to Council Meeting Ord. No, 77-1 was amended to include an additional $500, to provide for Architects ~ Appzaisers and explained reason .therefor; 3) Mx. W3.lan~sky stated Council has heard from Mayor Christman tonight that he will introduce Ord, Mo. 77-2 which deals with a bOX increase in the sewer rate. Mr. Wilamosky stated a week ago, the Mayor, Law Director and Mr'. Wilamasky met with Mr. Wayne Kuhn and Mr. Row3inson, Bond Counsel, to discuss some alternate methods of paying and funding the debt service and other aspects of the Treatment Plant. And at that point Mr. Kuhn was going to prepare some additional figures for Council to review. Also discussed the alternatives to 'a user fee type rate as described in Ord, No. 77-2. Mr. Wilaanosky said he personally does not believe