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Council Minutes of 10/17/89 -2- 8) On October 12th, suggested a breakdown of the .$1,500,000 Facility Plan, Step III Fund, from Finance Director, which would be helpful to the Law Director and Service Director when they go to Columbus; it has not been re- ceived as yet. 9) Finance Committee Meeting was held last week at which time Budget and Management Director presented some immediate needs for an ordinance; believes this was discussed this evening in caucus. 10) Received an invoice from ODOT in the amount of $15,411.77 representing the settlement of cost and expenses for the loop relocation of water line on Old Columbia Road. In reviewing city records, just found today that it in- dicates the billing was first submitted for payment in February of 1985; second request to Finance Director was made in May of 1985. This money has not been appropriated so council will have to do so. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) This past week, was prepared to go to a Civil Service Hearing on the Butera Case. One member of the Civil Service Commission was absent and therefore Law Director and Mr. Butera's attorney agreed not to go forward without the entire commission in attendance. A new hearing. was set for October 23rd but because of some indictments by the Grand Jury, a request has been made to continue that. Assuming the Civil Service Commission agrees, the hearing scheduled for October 23rd will be postponed. 2) With respect to the matter dealing with the EPA, Law Director had previously informed council as to what was happening with respect to the city's permit application - city had objected to certain conditions being placed on its permit, namely the heavy metals limits. When this permit was issued last Fall, city appealed it to the Environmental Board of Review and as that appeal pro- ceeded through the process, the city attempted to find some middle ground and to have alternative justification established. In other words, city would be permitted to conduct a study and come up with alternatives to what the EPA had come up with and monitoring would be accomplished to show that, in fact, the city could justify a different amount of heavy metals being injected into Rocky River, through the Sewage Treatment Plant, after the sewage was treated. An agreement was reached with EPA in July of 1989; paperwork was to come through in August but was not received until September - the same day the city was hit with the tap-in ban. City was given six days to correct a problem that has existed for many, many years; to some degree, from an engineering standpoint, the city is not even sure what all the ramifications are and what the problems are. City requested a meeting with EPA and will be in Columbus on Thursday to try to resolve the problems - not just the tap-in ban but all the other problems. As a result of the tap-in ban, Law Director Gareau ruled the it would be inappropriate for the city to issue any new permits. 3) Bryan Case hearing in Common Pleas Court, scheduled this past week, has been continued because property owner indicated a permit would be taken out and the part already constructed on the garage would be demolished. Law Director spoke with Building Department today and a permit has, in fact, been issued. Will continue monitoring until the end of October and if the work is not accomplished, will go back into court and ask that Mr. Bryan be arrested and found in contempt of court. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Last Tuesday, had a meeting with Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, URS Dalton, Law Director, administration, etc. on .the Wastewater Treatment Plant. One of the subjects discussed was the Step III Fund - what was in it, the amount of money and the breakdown of it. Mr. Larson of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey and Finance Director were to confer on that - define it, go through the note and bond legislation, determine what was borrowed and for what purpose. Finance Director was to go back through the records starting I