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~. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MARCH 1, 1988 Present: President Pro Tem Ronald Tallon, Councilwoman Bahas, Councilmen Boehmer, McKay, O'Grady, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigac, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Acting Clerk of Council Linda Spencer. Absent: President Saringer, Councilman Bohlmann. President Pro Tem Tallon announced that President Saringer's absence is due to the recent death of her husband, Bob. On behalf of the administration and the council, extended deepest sympathy to President Saringer and her family, President Pro Tem Tallon reported: 1) Ordinance No, 88-17 has been removed from the agenda; Ordinance No. 88-33 has been added. Also, suspension of rule re- quiring three readings will be requested on Ordinance Nos. 88-26 and 88-32. Mayor Petrigac reported: 1) North Olmsted has again been named "Tree City USA". Forester Wendell and Mayor will be coordinating Arbor Day ceremonies; will keep council informed. 2) Mayors and Managers Association, by unanimous vote, adopted. the Task Force recommendations; is pleased to have had the. opportunity to serve on this Task Force. 3) House Bill 704, which is Issue Two, has been passed. It is in the Senate at this time. 4) Arthur Young will begin their audit the first week in April. After reading the recommendations made by the State Auditors, March 31, 1981 to December 31, 1982, noticed that many of their suggestions have not been followed; will take action to correct this. Would suggest that the Finance Department follow the recommendations given for this department and encourages council to follow through on this. 5) Service Director Noble, Law Director Gareau, Ken Mues, Tom Terbrack and Mayor attended a meeting with RTA and Maple Heights yesterday to negotiate the Trans- portation Service Agreement; will continue negotiations tomorrow. 6) Thanked Cindy Liese and Greg Thomas for telling her that council planned to place a tax issue on the ballot in May. Appreciates newspapers communicating with the Mayor's office so that she has some idea of what council is thinking. Mayor's tax plan, Ordinance No. 87-61, was rejected by council; Mayor then offered a verbal suggestion to add an additional 1/2 mill to the Recreation Levy; this also received no support. The Mayor has no further suggestions to make; no other recommendation will be forthcoming. 7) Has been notified by Secretary of State that two voting places in North Olmsted are not accessable to the handicapped; new locations must be found to replace the polls previously located at the Clague Road Congregational Church and Butternut School. Mr. Wilamosky asked the Mayor to cite an example with respect to the State Auditor's recommendations that have not been followed. Mayor responded that one of them deals with the Finance Department and the recommendation was to have vacation and sick days indicated on payroll stubs. Finance Director responded that the city payroll had been done by Regional Income Tax and they did not correctly calculate vacation or sick time. Finance Department is now doing checks "in-house". Numerous memos were forwarded to the Mayor explaining that the payroll would be implemented in stages. By the beginning of the second quarter, some three months ahead of schedule, the sick time figures will be implemented for major departments. Vacation time will be added later. No figures will ever be implemented unless they are the right figures. ?:9 .. .. -i!p'!b#Nrn~4.6~ ^.xnvN~+R aiWS'. .tom. r:..:.... ... _.i - .: - .~... -