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Council Minutes of 10/17/89 -3- in 1983, when the financing of this project began, to determine what the balances were. This project took up most of last week and the beginning of this week. Late today, contacted Mr. Larson, went over the findings with him and at about four o'clock this afternoon typed up the memo. Conferred then with Law Director; made some adjustments and Mr. Gareau viewed it this evening;. it will go to Squire, Sanders and Dempsey tomorrow. Because he only has just the one original, copies will be forwarded to everyone tomorrow. In summary, there is $445,228.51 right now that can only be used for "systems" work. There is $1,118,000 for plant and/or bond retirement. City has earned a million dollars in interest, far in excess of what our financial planners, McDonald and Company, had estimated. So far, this has been a $22,000,000 project. 2) Mayor just brought up another subject about a possible $15,000 expenditure. Would like to make it clear that the Finance Director is NOT authorized to, of and by himself, make payments for anything. If we are talking streets, that authorization comes from the Service Director who will view the bill, insure all conditions have been met and everything has been done properly and forward it to the Finance Department for payment. On his approval, Finance Department will check it against the appropriations and then pay the bill. Finance Depart- ment has not received this bill so Finance Director Boyle can only say that it is an assumed payment that is due. Mayor Petrigac responded that the bill from ODOT was received on Thursday; was sent to Service Director for review; no one knew what the bill was for; called ODOT and were advised they would forward all communications with respect to the charges. Information was received that the bill was okayed by former Service Director Corrigan; former Mayor Swietyniowski indicated in a letter to ODOT that it would be paid upon approval of the March, 1985 appropriations. Letter from Finance Director to ODOT, asking for more information, was also included. ODOT's response to this letter, stating why it should be paid, was the last communica- tion - there has been nothing since 1985. Finance Director Boyle stated he would review the information, when he received it, with Service Director Noble and advise council. Mr. Bohlmann, Chairman Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation Committee as well as Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee reported: 1) To elaborate a little on what the Mayor reported, Recreation Committee did have a meeting with van Dijk, Johnson and Partners with respect to some of the obvious problems at the Rec Center, particularly the pool roof and the proper solution to correct that problem. The architect had looked at many areas - locker rooms, showers, concession stand and the west wall - amounting to about $1,500,000. Will be calling another meeting to prioritize the city's needs but most certainly the pool roof would be the first item on the list. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Transportation Committee reported: 1) Has completed his review of city vehicles with the submission to council of a report on the Police Department which shows the make of the car, mileage and overall condition. While the condition of the cars are very good, it is much the same as the rest of the city`s fleet - they cannot last forever. Maintenance of the police fleet is maintained by Lt. Scott who keeps the log. Martyn's also keeps a computerized log of all cars and this- information can be called for as needed. Each council member now has a complete list of every vehicle owned by the City of North Olmsted; it was a very enlightening experience for Mr. O'Grady. Mr. McKay, Chairman Environmental Control Committee as well as Streets and Drainage Committee reported: 1) Environmental Control Committee met in conjunc- tion with the Finance Committee on Tuesday, October 10th, to discuss the EPA mandate which Law Director Gareau has already reported on this evening.