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Council Minutes of 7/3/84 -3- d. Laurel Restaurant, 23642 Lorain Road, proposal to construct addition. Proposal was tabled until next regular meeting in order to research the property .for previous variances. 2) Committee discussed Ordinance No. 83-137 which was passed as a replacement ordin- ance when it should have been passed as an addendum to the original ordinance. Legis- lation will be requested to correct. 3) Committee discussed an ordinance for drainage retention; legislation will be re- quested. Mr. Wilamosky, Chairman Finance Committee as well as Streets and Drainage Committee reported: 1) Finance Committee met on July 2nd with the Mayor, Service Director, Finance Director, Director Logan and Councilman Bierman in attendance. Committee dis- cussed fines and penalties for late and non-payment of municipal income taxes. Current interest rate for penalties is 10%; Committee recommends it be increased to 15%. Committee also recommends the minimum fine of $5.00 be increased to $25.00. Also, if employers collect the tax and do not pay those receipts to the City, Committee recommends that a penalty be charged them - 20% interest rate and a penalty of 10% per month, not to exceed 100% in any one year. In the commercial section, committee recommends that the minimum penalty of $5.00 be increased to $25.00. T,lill request legislation based on these recommendations. 2) Discussed the notes that are coming due for police vehicles, telephone service equipment, as well as the City Complex. Will be requesting legislation to present these notes and ask that they be placed on the agenda for the next Special Council Meeting. 3) The 1985 estimated budget was also discussed. Mr. Logan has made some adjustments to the budget and presented these changes to Council. 4) Committee also discussed the legislation regarding PERS pick-up; will report out more fully when the legislation has officially been placed in committee for review. 5) North Olmsted Community Improvement Corporation met June 28th to take official action on an application of Fogg-North Olmsted, Limited, for $420,000 in Industrial Development Revenue Bonds. This would provide for a 7,500 square foot addition to the existing 10,000 square foot Bryant-Stratton Business Institute. A motion was unanimously approved by CIC members to recommend that Council adopt the legislation which is on the agenda this evening. CIC discussed proxy voting; will now require that a quoram has to be present. CIC discussed "A Salute To North Olmsted", a business show, to be held at Great Northern Mall on August 1st through the 4th. CIC members as well as Councilwoman Petrigac will spend some time there to discuss CIC Industrial Revenue Bonds as well as business in general. Will not be taking a booth for Homecoming since it could not be manned properly. Those in attendance at the CIC meeting were bond counsel, Don Newport, Mary Slama, Michael Gareau, Joseph Corrigan, Edward Boyle, Raymond Butchko, Edward Biskind, Councilmen Petrigac and Bierman, and Mr. Wilamosky. Mr. Wilamosky moved Council recess for a sufficient length of time to hold a Public Hearing, which bond counsel advised was advertised in a newspaper of general circu- lation, with. respect to Ordinance No. $4-60 covering Industrial Development First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, second by Mr. Tallon, unanimously approved. President Boehmer asked if anyone in the audience would like to speak on this issue. There being no audience participation, President Boehmer reconvened the regular Council Meeting. Audience Participation: Mrs. Mary Slama, 28670 Jenkins Road, reported on the increased traffic on North Porter Road; requested Council consider a traffic survey; possibly lower the speed limit or add a stop sign to break up the traffic flow. Mayor Swietyniowski replied that a traffic survey at this time would not give a true picture of the traffic due to the Dover Center Road reconstruction; suggested the survey be done next year when this project is completed.