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Council Minutes of 4/19/83 _3_ 2) With respect to the meeting with the Cleveland Water Department, it was pointed out that Law Director Garesu does not believe that the City of Cleveland has some sort of property right in the face of a water meter. Ttiis was indicated to them and they responded tfiat if they had to, they would fiZe suit to stop us from looking at their water meters. Both the City of Rocky River and City of Strongsville presently do exactly that. Strongsville has adopted a program where they ask the residents to duplicate their water bi11; they send a two card communi- cation, one part asking the resident's cooperation by filling in the usage indicated by the meter reading on the water bill, and matling back the properly filled in card which has been pre-addressed and pre-stamped. This procedure is meeting with a great deal of success. North Olmsted is trying to negotiate on the basis of what it would cost to read the meters ourselves, transpose that reading onto a paper and place it into the computer versus what Cleveland can do it for as far as a more reasonable rate. 3) This Friday, will submit a brief to Common Pleas Court dealing with the Northern Ohio Patrolmens' Benevolent Association versus the City of North Qlmsted. This is a case where a police officer was suspended for f3ve days and is gresently question- ing the legality of North Olmsted's Civil Service Commission's rule regarding the right to an appeal for anything less than five days. The Ohio Revised Code gives the right to appeal on any suspension. City does not. It is a question as to whether North Olmsted has a right to do that as a chartered municipal corporation. Safety Director Petre reported: 1) Received the resignation of Detective Keith Young who has taken employment with the U.S. Secret Service. Since Detective Young was the certified polygraph operator, this position needs to be filled. Sergeant Weston has been transferred to the bureau. 2) With respect to Councilman Logan's request that Ordinance No. 82-123, regulating the hours of use for drive-through windows of restaurants which operate within 200 feet of a residential structure, a copy of the ordinance was forwarded to the restaurant in question and a discussion was held with one of the unit managers. Compliance is expected. Also, a newly proposed drive-through at another location shall be advised by Building Commissioner Gundy. Occupancy permit has not yet been issued but Mr. Gundy will make sure they are notified. 3) Mrs. Petrigac reported the problem of a few people receiving tickets for driving through Best Products from Larain to Brookpark Extension to avotd the traffic control device at the corner of Sparkp and Lorain. A telephone conversation with Mrs. Petrigac did take place prior to Safety Director leavi.ng on vacation, at which. tiae he in- dicated that he would research the Planning Commission minutes going back to when there was great discussion with the business leaders in that area and interested parties and that he would review, with the Chief, the actual nurnlaer of tickets written at this location. Also discussed the possibility of a sign, but at no time was he to report back to Council as the minutes so reflect. T[ie number of tickets written for cutting through private property to avoid a traffic controi device for the period from October, 1982 through the end of March, 1983, was 18; 7 of which were at this location. Signage pxohibiting cut-through cannot legally be done by City on private prop 4) In early Ma.rch, 1983, became aware of the energy audit services provi.ded by the Ohio Department of Energy. Gonversation with Program Manaw-r of OD and E resulted in the city receiving consideration for the service they render along with a detailed energy audit form. All requirements have been met and forms contpleted for the Police Station, both Fire Stations and North Olmsted Recreation Complex. TEie audit forms were sent back to the State on April 8th, 1983. Next step will involve an on-site analysis by a certified energy analyst who will attempt to identify the systems that are not using energy as efficietly as they should. A final report will then be sub- mitted to the City with recommendations and appropriate cost effective energy con- servation measures which the City should implement to eliminate waste.