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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JUNE 18, 1985 Present: President James Boehmer, Councilmen Bierman, Petrigac, Rademaker, Saringer, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Robert Swietyniowski, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Absent: Councilman O'Grady. Meeting was called to order by President Boehmer at 8:15 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 Council Meeting of June 5, 1985, were approved. President Boehmer announced that Ordinance No. 85-69, advertising for bids for diesel fuel and gasoline, as well as Ordinance No. 85-70, commending the achieve- ment of Eagle Scout Award in Boy Scouting by Brian Rector, were being added to tonight's agenda. Also, Ordinance Nos. 85-52, 85-53 and 85-54 were being removed. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) The Sixth Circuit Court ruled that the city was not entitled to a stay in the Cooper Case and consequently the order of the lower court judge to reinstate Ms. Cooper pending the appeal is in effect and she was placed back on a thirty day training program as of yesterday. After this thirty day period, she will go into the regular, on-the-road service. Law Director has received the briefing schedule on this case: mid-July must have the city's brief and assignments of error to the Sixth Circuit Court. Then, in turn, the appellee will have an additional twenty days in which to file their brief in opposition. Law Director will then have an opportunity to file a reply to their brief in opposition. Will probably schedule this for argument in the Fall. 2) This coming Friday, will have the trial with respect to the Zurawski Case. This is the case dealing with the interpretation of the city's charter as to whether or not Mr. Zurawski held the status of a civil service employee or the status of a director, whereby Council would have had to remove him. The city had won the case in the lower court; it went to and was reversed by the Court of Appeals; regardless of what happens now, will be back up to the Cotrrt of. Appeals. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Has received confirmation that two workmens' compensation claims are being reversed, either in total or in part, stemming from an annual review of claims filed against the city. Will be receiving $3,440 in reimbursements and also lowering of the city's risk. 2) Has talked to McDonald and Company as well as Squire, Sanders and Dempsey concerning the $3,529,000 notes coming due in September. Has given them in- structions to start the legislation for the reissuance; will also be paying off the $54,000 safety equipment notes as agreed to earlier. Bonding process will be as of November 1st in order to earn about $8,500 in arbitrage profits. 3) Asked to be excused at this time in order to attend the Charter Review Commission meeting in the small caucus room. Permission was granted.