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t MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED NOVEMBER 1, 1988 Present: President Janet Saringer, Councilmen Boehmer, Bohlmann, McKay, O'Grady, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigao, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director/Acting Clerk of Council Edward Boyle, Absent: Councilwoman Bahas. Meeting was called to order by President Saringer at 8 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were incited to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Minutes of the Council Meeting of October 18, 1988, were approved, President Saringer announced: 1) Ordinance No. 88-123, an amendment to the Zoning Code, and Resolution No. 88-124, accepting the resubdivision of 7515 Company's Subdivision No. 2, have been added to tonight's agenda. 2) Suspension of the rule requiring three readings will be requested on Ordinance Nos. 88-116 and 88-117, both of which are on second reading this evening. 3) Clerk of Council, Florence Campbell, is currently hospitalized and there- fore unable to be in attendance at this meeting. Mayor Petrigac reported: 1) Administrative negotiating team met with RTA representatives; believes most a~.1 of the outstanding areas in the Memorandum of Understanding have been resolved. Copies of the agreement have been dis- tributed to council, Finance Director and negotiating committee members. Would appreciate council's meeting on this as soon as possible so it can be signed and in effect shortly. 2) Meeting was held with Traff-Pro; letter has been sent to the state to see if funding is available to cover the five projects that deal with the highest accident areas in the city; copy of letter was forwarded to council. 3) Law Director, Finance Director, Service Director and Mayor met to discuss negotiations with Fairview Park regarding sewer rates agreement. Finance Director will be formulating some figures and then negotiations will begin; has advised Mayor Gaul that the city is ready to start negotiations now. 4) Meeting was held with Mayor, council and consulting engineer to review projects that might be eligible for Issue Two monies. At least ten or twelve items from the list should be prioritized and accepted by council, by formal motion. 5) On Tuesday, a meeting was held with Design Consultant Poggemeyer regarding the Recreation Pool roof; the recommendation was to immediately close the pool. A special meeting was then called for Friday evening to discuss the options for financing; the administration does support the Recreation Complex and feels the pool roof should be repaired as soon as possible. Administration suggests borrowing the funds at this time providing a repayment plan is part of the borrowing plan. A suggestion would be a tax issue in May which includes the borrowed amount. If this should fail, the administration would want to consider