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Council Minutes of 4/3/90 _2_ 4) Five police officers will be elevated in rank and sworn in on Monday, April 9th: Dennis Sefcek - Chief, Lee Scott - Captain, George Ruple -Lieutenant, and Jamie Gallagher and Larry Klute - Sergeants. 5) At a recent council meeting, reported on the paramedic vehicle the city was attempting to purchase; the company had filed a Chapter 11 and the original seller had .taken over. Chief VanKuren has advised that delivery of the vehicle is ex- pected this month and will be on line soon. 6) Has previously proposed that North Olmsted go to civilian dispatchers in the Fire Department to reduce costs. Fias discussed with Mayor Clough the idea of regional civilian dispatchers. Westlake is building a new fire station and is about to go out on bids for electrical equipment. Believes North Olmsted will assist them in getting equipment that can be used to dispatch in North Olmsted as well as Westlake and then Bay Village. and other neighboring communities. This would reduce response time, esgecia,7.l~t in..wutual:_aid-situaticiras, as well as reducing costs. A single dispatcher, dispatching to several cities will reduce response time, reduce cost and generally improve safety in all communities in- volved. Will still proceed to examine civilian dispatchers for North Olmsted's Fire Department; hire and train them. If this single dispatcher idea. does de- velop, then these trained dispatchers would be moved to the new unit. 7) City is almost ready to place a substance called "Situform" into the Deerfield area sewer system. This is an impregnated material which is placed in the sewers; when wetted down it hardens; a mechanism then travels through the sewer, cutting out the hole to allow homes to drain into the sewer. This material strenghthens the lining and greatly reduces infiltration. This procedure will be done in this area to bring it up to the SSES standards the city is committed to. North Olmsted is also looking at turning this into an annual program where all the sewers in the city will be tv'd over a ten to fifteen year period and Situform will be used where needed to strengthen all the sewers in the city and alleviate flooding for decades to come. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) A meeting had been scheduled early last week with a factfinder regarding Police Depar meet dispatchers labor contract. Prior to this meeting, a mini-marathon session was held with the dispatchers and a resolution of the various problems that could not be reached in a collective bargaining agreement was finally arrived at. 2) An arbitration hearing dealing with afire fighter's grievance was heard the following day; that has been submitted. 3) With respect to the Eliza Jennings Case, their attornies have filed a motion for reconsideration and the Law Department has filed a reply to the brief they filed . 4) Is currently working on a reply brief in the private detective case which is in the Eighth Appellate District. 5) Prior to going to arbitration on a personal injury case, Cooper versus the City of North Olmsted, the case was settled. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) Finance Director Burns, Safety Airector Gundy and Public Works Commissioner Wolff atended a meeting in Lakewood with regard to the possibility of WEB establishing a joint correctional facility in the West 117th/Berea area. Lakewood plans to go forward with this project even if the adjoining communities do not join them. This would be a 42 bed facility if done by Lakewood alone or a 140/160 bed facility if it becomes a joint project. with adjoining communities.. Cost runs in the neighborhood of $63,000 per bed to build or approximatley $7,000,000 ugwards to $9,000,000, depending on the layout and the format of the facility itself. The operating cost per day is $125, including debt service, per inmate, to maintain and operate. Currently, the only money available would come from the Federal Marshall's off ice which would require a certain number of beds to be set aside for their purposes. At most, $1,000,000 would be the total sum available from this source. Some state money might be available if other facilities within i~esN>Mt'!aYY5w1~Rb 'ri.i:.:,. r.-.... ~r,.~.N/A c