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Council Minutes of 6/7/88 -4- meet with Director Noble, jointly with the Streets and Drainage Committee, to get a better understanding of the projects and the actual costs. 3) Mayor Petrigac also advised the committee that she wished to continue to contract with Michael Benza and Associates for a continuing, part-time con- sulting service for the Engineering Department; the existing contract is costing the city approximately $44,000; feels this would be equivalent to paying a full-time engineer $35,000 annually, plus benefits; would like to again look at the possibility of bringing on board a full-time city engineer. 4) Finance Director Boyle discussed the need to create a separate fund to deal with the revenue and expenses of the license tax monies, both the city's and county's portion. Ordinance No. 88-63 will basically handle this account. Ordinance No. 88-72, also on tonight's agenda, will move the monies previously appropriated within the Street Maintenance fund to handle the license tax fees, into a separate license plate tax fund and accomplish what needs to be done. 5) Director Cunningham discussed his interest in putting together a self-funding hospitalization program. The city currently has four different types of in- surance units; Director Cunningham would like to bring in a self-funding program to cover hospitalization, utilizing Blue Cross only as an adminstrator to re- view claims, verify their validity and advise the city how much insurance to pay. Committee asked if information was. available as to the total number of claim dollars expended by Blue Cross in 1987 in order to get a better understanding of how much this is going to cost. This information was not available; Director Cunningham will be compiling some figures for later discussion. Committee did discuss the recent increase in hospitalization costs; will have to look at an increase of approximately $100,000 or more for hospitalization in all funds - $50,000 from the General Fund alone. This will all be discussed in the near future and will be reported out at that time. Letters and communications: Clerk of Council reported receipt of a notification from the Ohio Department of Liquor Control advising that all state permits to sell alcoholic beverages in Ohio expire on October 1, 1988; every permit holder has to file a renewal application. Has ref erred. the letter and the computer printout of current license holders to Detective Mason for further study. President Saringer announced receipt of a communication from County Commissioner Mary Boyle who plans to testify at a PUCO public hearing on Thursday, June 23rd, at 1:30 P.M., Lausche State Office Building; encourages a strong showing of consumers; everyone is invited to attend. Audience participation: Service Director Noble informed council that when job interviews were being con- ducted for a City Engineer, only two applicants would accept the position for a salary less than $40,000; both of the applicants had been terminated from their previous city positions. If the city could hire a.consultant for $35,000, it would cost $18,000 to $20,000 more in benefits, covering PERS, medical, etc. Mr. Tom Morgan, 5270 Victoria Lane, Chairman of the Planning Commission, and Mr. Brian Gorris, 25845 Butternut Ridge Road, jointly addressed council with respect to development of land within North Olmsted without the public having an opportunity to address council and make their concerns known. The concern is that the electorate is being denied its right to vote on certain issues in the City. Is speaking about Developers Diversified in particular, who have come before the Planning Commission with a number of different proposals - all of which were turned down as improper or for not meeting the zoning codes. Berard Development is now coming in with an 81 lot development and have hired one of the most prestigious Cleveland law firms to represent their interests. Feel the North Olmsted residents have not been informed of the situation and are being denied their rights to have control over the city's development.