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Council Minutes of 5/20/86 _2_ Mr. Wilamosky thanked Mayor Petrigac for her response to his request but noted that the list of Service Department employees was incomplete since it only listed nine employees. He noted that it would be difficult to work with and evaluate exact salary requirements for the entire department based solely on the nine individuals listed. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) City has been named in a law suit dealing with Kenny King's, the structure to be constructed on the west end of the city. The basis of .the suit is that Kenny King's, purchaser of the property, claims to have an easement right to discharge surface water into a drainage ditch running behind property on another street; this property owned by the Mahoney Family. Has ad- vised council, by letter, that the city cannot take an active part in denying permits on the basis of a disputed easement; this is up to the courts to decide. As long as the city is satisf ied that code requirements are met, regarding every- thing else, the city does not have an option to refuse to approve plans and have the permit issued on that basis. A motion for a temporary restraining order has been filed; at this time the court has not acted on this .motion, consequently, the city is not restrained from proceeding; will continue to keep council advised. 2) Would like to officially report that the Zurawski Federal Court Case has been dismissed on the basis of the pleadings that were filed by the Law Department asking for summary judgment in that the case was outside of the statute of limita- tions. 3) The Zurawski Case which is in the Eighth Appellate District was argued last week; expects a decision on that case within the next two/three months. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Arthur Young and Company began their audit on Monday; presume it will be completed and the report issued by the end of June. The only thing that would hold it up is that under the single audit concept, the city has to have, in essence, a sponsor of the federal government. Finance Director is using the EPA out of Chicago, which will add some time since the audit report will have to be forwarded to them and then be approved. This will pre- empt other federal audits for any other federal fundings the city gets. Mr. Lackey, Council's representative to the Landmarks Commission, reported: 1) Landmarks Commission is interested in establishing historical districts in the city; have put forth considerable time and effort in laying the groundwork; particularly would like to establish an historical district along Butternut Ridge Road. Current city ordinance, No. 80-51, which establishes the Landmarks Commission, does not include the procedures necessary to establish these districts. Since some revisions are necessary, they. are checking into the possibility of obtaining a CLG which is a Certified Local Government status. If this status is achieved, they are $ien entitled to request grants from both the state and federal government. Upon investigating this possibility, it was found to be too long and too involved; they have now requested the revision of Ordinance No. 80-51 to include historical district provisions regardless of whether they can .comply with the CLG or not. Ordinance No.-86-43, on first reading tonight, requests this revision as well as a change in the terms of membership so the membership would be set up with staggered terms. Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Building, Zoning and Development Committee reported: 1) Committee met May 19th with all members present. Also in attendance were Law Director, City Engineer, Building Commissioner, M/M Mahoney and M/M Schmidt. The following items were discussed: