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Council Minutes of 5/1/90 -2- 2) Flooding problems will be addressed at the May 15th meeting of council; has a plan to address the flooding and the infiltration in the northeast quadrant of the city. 3) This week, received a letter from the USEPA; they have accepted the Fairview Park agreement which was approved by Fairview Park at their last council meeting. Mayors Gaul and Boyle have signed and forwarded the legislation to USEPA in Chicago as well as the Ohio EPA in both cities. Mr. Todd of USEPA stated: your cooperation in this matter has served our mutual benefit and has been appreciated. This puts an end to the issue which began at the beginning of 1990 when USEPA was looking for .$13,000,000 to be refunded from the grant. 4) Fireman Dave Meadows has been sworn in and brings the fire complement to forty men, which was the complement approved by council earlier this year. City has tested for civilian dispatchers to free up firemen now covering this position; hopefully will be hiring from this list later on this month. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) This week, attended a pretrial conference on one of a number of Butera appeals. This one was an appeal from the Civil Service Commission's dismissal of his appeal because he failed to file the appeal in a timely fashion. The court has indicated they will simply decide the matter on briefs already submitted. 2) Also, received notification from the State of Ohio with respect to a charge brought by. Mr. Butera which indicated the city was discriminating aga3-nst him, because he had previously brought a civil rights action, Mr. Butera claimed this was "retaliation". The Civil Rights Commiission of the State of Ohio found there was no justification for this charge and dismissed his charge of retaliation. 3) In the case of Collin versus the City of North Olmsted, where a person fell in the street while bicycling, has not received the arbitrator's decision but anticipates a response prior to the next council meeting. In the absence of Finance Director Bupns, Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Oxi June 6th, city will roll over the notes from last year. In this process, will be paying off the $145,000 Deerfield note and pay down $30,000 on the judgment note; this will still leave a balance at the end of the year. Hopefully, the reissuance will bring it in line with the notes being proposed this evening so .that next year, if the city decides to go for bonds, they will all be together and one bond issue will lower expenses. May get back to council in November With a bond issue. Bonding and borrowing in December is not a good idea since there is too much fluctuation in the market because of everyone jockeying foz tax positions. 2) The Finance Department has also made up a list of vendors which can be compared with the Regional Income Tax list to make sure the city is not payipg anyone wb,a might then end up as a delinquent, This is one of the things a combined Q£fice of Finance Director and Tax Administrator can accomplish. Mr. McKay, Chairman Environmental Control Committee reported: 1) The Westshore Solid Waste Advisory Committee met on Wednesday,. April-24th, at Rocky River City Hall. Committee briefly reviewed proposals from nine companies to con- struct and operate a municipal solid waste material recovery facility.. In- depth packets were given to each.. community representative and meeting will be held on May 22nd to discuss the various company proposals. In the absence of Mr. Tallon, Chairman Finance Committee, Mrs. Saringer reported that four additional pieces of legislation will be introduced tonight and she will ask for suspension of rule requiring three readings on Ordinance Nos. 90-55 and 90-56. ,,~ ~.~.h~~:~~.~,~~•,~.,.~ rwn ,.