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• Council Minutes of 6/6/89 -3- Mr. Boehmer, Chairman Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Moved council have no objection to the transfer of a D2, D2X and D3 liquor permit from Thomas A. Restifo, dba Restifo's Lounge, 29843 Lorain Road, 1st Floor, to 29843 Lorain Road, Incorporated, dba Donna's Lounge, 29843 Lorain Road, 1st Floor, second by Mrs. Bahas, unanimously approved. Mr. Bohlmann, Chairman Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation Committee re- ported: 1) Legislative Committee met on May 22nd, with all members in attendance, as well as Councilman O'Grady, for the purpose of interviewing Mr. D. Younghun Sohn for appointment to the Architectural Review Board; committee unanimously approves of the appointment. Mr. Bohlmann moved council approve the appointment of Mr. D. Younghun Sohn to the Architectural Review Board as of June 6, 1989, through December 31, 1989, second by Mrs. Bahas, unanimously approved. Mr. McKay, Chairman Streets and Drainage Committee reported: l) A joint meeting was held between Westlake and North Olmsted's Street and Drainage Committees for the purpose of discussing future improvements on Columbia Road, State Route 252. All committee members were in attendance. Westlake's concerns are expanded traffic into their city, fear of more drainage problems and the fact that Crocker Road will not be built if Columbia Road is completed with four lanes. Also, the residents on Columbia Road are not supportive since they would lose some of their front yard property. Westlake had proposed four lanes from Hilliard north to Detroit and two lanes south of Hilliard to North Olmsted's boundary line. North Olmsted is in favor of four lanes in North Olmsted. Westlake would like a guarantee that North Olmsted will complete Crocker; it is a guarantee that North Olmsted can not make. Mr. McKay has a meeting scheduled with Frank Sherkow and [Jestlake's Street and Drainage Committee chairman to see what NOACA's concerns and recommendations are. The joint committees briefly discussed Clague Road; Westlake has stated they will not have a four lane road on either Clague or Columbia Roads; they seem to think their problems will be solved just with Crocker Road. Mr. McKay does not believe this is true nor do the NOACA officials. 2) The Westshore Solid Waste Committee will meet June 14th at 8:30 P.M. and continue its discussion of the solid waste problem in the six Westshore communities. In the next few years, landfills will be completely saturated; the State of Ohio has mandated that something be done; everyone is looking at incineration, composting and recycling. Mr. Wilamosky, Chairman Finance Committee reported: 1) Finance Committee met on May 22nd and discussed the administration's request to look at the existing cap rela- tive to hospitalization for administrative personnel. The current cap on the exist- ing legislation is $332 per month for family coverage and $125 per month for single plan coverage. Budget and Management Director Cunningham advised that hospitalization costs have increased to $340 per family and $128 per single coverage. One committee member suggested that the existing cap be increased to exceed the Blue Cross traditional coverage previously mentioned, to cover the cost for preferred care which, under the proposal, is going to cost about-$382 per month for family and $145 per month for single coverage. There would be a considerable variance with respect to outlay for the city if all the employees then decided to go under pre- ferred care. Mr. Wilamosky feels the city is obligated to grovide adequate hospital- izaton and medical coverage for employees and their families but also feels there are some limits that have to be drawn. Council has other responsibilities, as elected public officials, that go beyond wages and benefits. Mr. Wilamosky believes council should look at increasing the cap to $340 for family and $128 for single, however because the committee could not reach an agreement, it will be up to the good judgment of the council to determine the figure. This cap should be set in the near future so when the administration goes into negotiations it will have some confidence in what council is willing to support in the area of benef its.