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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JULY 16, 1985 Present: President James Boehmer, Councilmen Bierman, O'Grady, Petrigac, Rademaker, Saringer, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Robert Swietyniowski, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Acting Clerk of Council Linda Spencer. Meeting was called to order by President Boehmer at 8:00 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes of the regular Council Meeting of July 2, 1985, were approved. Minutes of the special Council Meeting of July 3, 1985, were approved. Minutes of the special Council Meeting of July 9, 1985, were approved. Mayor Swietyniowski reported: 1) Law Director and Mayor just returned from Washing- ton after a fruitful meeting with the Urban Mass Transportation Department, De- partment of Transportation. As soon as he has gathered his notes, will sit down with Council and discuss all aspects of the meeting. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) The briefs scheduled for the Cooper Case have been extended to August 21st as requested by Law Director. 2) Attended the Ohio Municipal Attorneys' Conference last week; a number of things are happening in the area of municipal law and financing that will have drastic and adverse affects on municipal corporations as a whole and particularly the City of North Olmsted with respect to block grant money, revenue .sharing, compliance with wages and hour requirements, what the elimination of sovereign immunity has done to insurance rates, etc. Will be discussing with Council ~n more detail. 3) City was successful in Common Pleas Court in the Zurawski Case. 4) Has issued a legal opinion, at the request of the Mayor, regarding the use of Council Chambers; that opinion is on file in the Clerk of Council's office. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Has received a few different ideas on tax credit, on financing of it. One thought was to collect our own taxes and another was to do our own water billing. Upon some investigating, Finance Director discovered the city spent $86,000 to have Regional Income Tax collect income taxes. National Cash Register advised about the type of equipment needed; plus a minimum of five people to collect, not adding forms and postage, etc., would probably bring the cost to the City of North Olmsted around the $92,000 mark. At this point, Mr. Boyle ceased to pursue the matter. In looking at water billing, contacted the City of Cleveland and was advised it would cost slightly over $3,000,000 to purchase the equipment; it would cost the residents approximatley $15 per thousand cubic feet; present cost is approximately $8 so this is not feasible either. President Boehmer announced that Ordinance No. 84-120 and Ordinance No. 85-51 are being added to the agenda for third reading; Ordinance No. 85-86 and Ordinance No. 85-87 are being added also and will be placed on first reading.