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Council Minutes of 3/3/87 -2- 4) Although it has been some time since former Council President Woerpel formed a Liability and Risk Management Task Force to look into the best approach for liability insurance and to examine methods which might prevent a loss exposure, the Mayor has not yet received any reports. In February, a memo was sent to Council with respect to a meeting about self-insurance sponsored by the Mayors and Managers Association. Council determined, this evening, in caucus, that the City of North Olmsted will attend the organizational meeting at a cost of $500. 5) Berea City Council has adopted a resolution, No. 87-42, which supports the North Olmsted legislation asking for the distribution of sales tax for transit purposes. 6) Would like to publicly thank Safety Director Becker, Fire Chief VanKuren, Police Chief Marsh, Acting Building Commissioner Sanker and Director of Human Resources Copeland for the excellent and professional manner in which they handled a life-threatening situation for the residents of the Buckeye Motel. City Prosecutor Albenze was most helpful during this time. Mr. Wilamosky stated that council would welcome any recommendations the Mayor has relative to funding a van driver and asked her to detail what line item the money might be expended from. With respect to the Advisory Council of the Division of Aging, it is his understanding they are functioning under bylaws previously adopted which are explicit in stating that the Division of Aging Administrator shall serve as Chairman; how could the administrator arbitrarily make a decision relative to naming someone other than herself to serve as Chair- man? Would hope that the administrator would comply with the present bylaws until such time as a Bylaws Committee is established and the bylaws changed. With respect to his letter to Director Cunningham requesting income tax and real estate tax information, Mr. Wilamosky is surprised that such information was not available in the Budget and Management office and not contained in the work sheets used by the Five Year Planning Committee which Mr. Cunningham chaired; felt this information had been needed to substantiate some of the committee's recommendations. In any event, Mr. Cunningham did not indicate that he would be forwarding any in- formation at all to Mr. Wilamosky, merely that he was forwarding the request on to Regional Income Tax. With regard to Mr. Tallon's question regarding the van only being available to North Olmsted Seniors on one day last week, when it should be available 75~ or 15 hours a week, Mayor Petrigac stated she would attempt to find out what had happened that particular week; the city has not been able to hire drivers that meet all the criteria set for them; this has cut back on the use of the van. Mr. Lackey pointed out that the hiring of one van driver will not alleviate the situation; city is going to be looking at a cost of $20,000 for van drivers and its allotment towards the purchase of the new van; both council and the admini- stration will have to meet and address this issue of financing. Mr. Logan asked what the .administration is recommending to develop revenue to try and close the gap of the $15,000,000 deficit shown in the Five Year Planning Committee report. Mayor Petrigac responded that she has already dictated a letter, responding to Mr. Wilamosky's letter regarding this deficit, and covering every detail of her recommendations, including her recommendation for a tax.