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Council Minutes of 10/4/83 _6_ Mr. Wilamosky asked what the long range plans were with respect to brush and debris. Service Director adviaed the Park area or the Barton Road area would probably continue to be used; a1so, might possibly consider Glague Park aithough this is recognized as a per se park area. Since there are long range plans for North Olmsted Fark, the transfer point will probably be located at Barton Road. Mr. Wilamosky stated that the residents in the Barton Road area have been very tolerant with the leaf dumping; if a honper is moved into this area, would hope the crews would not dump alongside of it as they have done at the Park. Mr. Wilamosky asked the Mayor who has been designated to handle and resolve residents' problems relating to water bills. Ma.yor replied that if it is a problem with the btll itself, it comes to him; in turn, he refers it to Finance Director. Service Director has also received calls and handled complaints. Mr. Wilamosky stated that he felt something should be finalized with respect to who is going to act as a liaison between North Olmsted citizens and the Cleveland Water Department; residents get a runaround from the City of Cleveland time and time again; there is zero response to their problems. Mr. FTilamosky discussed one case in particular that he became involved in because the resident called North Olmsted City Hall, after getting nowhere with Cleveland; resident talked to Finance Office, was advised to call Councilman Wilamosky. Mayor stated he would turn this person's complaint over to the Service Director since he has handled these in the past. Service Director reported that in the past his department had indeed handled this kind of complaint - it was a total exercise in futility - calls and letters to the City of Cleveland's Water Department were .f.utile. Service Department no longer attempts to handle water bill complaints; does not have the staff to do so; has other problems and duties to address. Mr. Boyle stated that his staff receives calls quite often and has given out specific telephone numbers for the resident to call, depending on the type problem he has. Finance Department cannot resolve the residents' problems; aIl they can do is pass on the correct number and/or person to call at the City of Cleveland. Ma.yor Swietyniowski asked Mr. Wilamosky to give him the person's name and he would personally take care o£ the problem. Mrs. Petrigac discussed the recent hiring of a person, by the City of North Olmsted, whose salary is considerably higher than the range established for the positian he occupies. Mr. Wilaaosky stated that there were three or four areas in the legis- lation that the Finance Committee intended to discuss with the Administration. Discussion continued and Council decided to meet in Executive Session immediately followinp the Council Meeting. Mrs. Saringer asked where the boards and commissions would meet once Council has moved over to the new City Complex. Mrs. Petrigac advised that this had been dis-- cussed in Long Range Planning Committee; boards and commissions would continue to meet in old Town Hall. Mr. Logan thanked Mr. Petre for the comparative figures of the first eight months of 1982 as well as 1983 with respect to moving vehicle citations issuad in the City of North Olmsted and the comparative statistics on the number of traffic accidents. He pointed out that his case against the traffic index system is dramatically substanti- ated by these figures. There was a 30% reduction in the number of citations issued this year versus last year - a sizeable decrease. The number of traffic accidents rose by 1/2 of 1%. Specifically, there were 756 accidents in 1982 when over 2,500 citations were issued; there were 760 traffic accidents in 1983, only four more, when only 1,572 citations were issued. This fact should be considered in any dis- cussion between the Mayor, Chief of Police and Safety Director. Safety Director replied that these are current figures; the downstream effect is unknown. With re- spect to the complaints brought against Officer Flynn, at the September Council Meeting, the findings of Captain Brow, Chief Taylor and the Safety Director are ?, _