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Council Minutes of 8/15/89 _2_ 8) Will be introducing Ordinance No. 89-72 covering the reconstruction and re- surfacing of Butternut Ridge Road. City will handle the engineering, inspection and administration in-house at no cost to the city. This project will coincide with the Fitch Road Project, both of which will be funded through license plate money. City hopes that both projects will begin by the middle of September, starting with Fitch Road first and with completion before bad weather sets in. Advised Finance Director Boyle that a line item would be needed accepting the check from the county and also a line item for payment to the contractors. 9) Cuyahoga County is presently undertaking a traffic survey in the areas of Dover Center Road, Driscoll, Cottonwood, Sparky Lane, Porter, Walter, etc. 10) Is in receipt of Eileen Traczyk's resignation from the Planning Commission. Would appreciate receiving resumes in order to fill this vacancy as soon as possible. 11) A ribbon cutting to officially open the Industrial Park will be held on Tuesday, August 22nd, at 2 P.M. 12) Homecoming Days are Thursday, August 24th; Friday the 25th; Saturday the 26th and will end with the parade on Sunday .the 27th. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Has filed a motion to dismiss in the Federal Court Case dealing with Dingess. In response to this motion to dismiss, Dingess filed a brief in opposition and Law Director is prepared to file a reply tomorrow. In addition to the motion to dismiss, Mr. Gareau has filed a Rule Eleven Motion which asks for sanctions against both the Dingess' and their attorney for filing an absolutely frivolous case and requests payment of attorney fees and costs. 2) Is delighted to have concluded negotiations with AFSCME. Had previously suggested that a member of council take part in these negotiations and Mr. Tom O'Grady was selected to do so. Feels very strongly that this really helped to move things along; Mr. O'Grad~s contributions to the negotiations were invaluable; thanked him for his participation and would hope this would continue in the future. 3) A new lawsuit has cropped up with respect to a fall on a sidewalk in front of the old McDonald's Corporate Headquarters on Lorain Road. This is currently being investigated. President Saringer took this opportunity to welcome back both Councilman O'Grady and Clerk of Council Campbell who had both been recently hospitalized with medi- cal problems. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Over the last few weeks, negotiated, sold and concluded four note issues; all of them sold through the National City Corporation who were the lowest bidders. Industrial Park Notes sold at 6.337; Uac-All equip- ment sold at 6.327; Traffic Signalization closed at 6.327 and the Judgment Note has been paid down by $30,000 and sold at 6..327. The last three notes will be maturing in June, along with the notes closed earlier this year. The Industrial Park Notes will not mature at the same time because this is a special assessment and will require a little bit more work; does not want to sell it at the same time the city is making decisions on the smaller issues. This note will mature in one year, August 3rd, 1990. 2) Appreciates Flo Campbell's return; when the Industrial Park issue closed, all the paper work that required her signature had to be signed by her while she was in the Cardiac Care Unit. Hopes she remains in good health since the city won't operate without her. 3) Has received the final, direct reimbursement from the Regional Transit Authority. Under the old contract, the city was reimbursed for costs. Under the new contract, the city is reimbursed based on hours - platform hours and travel hours. There were certain hold-over items from last year, one being the Public Employees' Retirement System payment. They just disbursed that money to the city, in time to make the payment. What the city receives from RTA from now on will be just on the new contract; there will be a slight decrease but it should not be too notice- able. The money being received the first six months of this year was money from the old contract.