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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE .COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JANUARY 16, 1990 Present: President James Boehmer, Councilwomen Bahas and Saringer, Councilmen Leonard, McKay, O'Grady, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Edward Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Meeting was called to order by President Boehmer at 8:00 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted. President Boehmer invited members of the audience to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Minutes of the Council Meeting of January 2,.1990, were approved. Mayor Boyle reported:. 1) Met last evening with Fairview Park representatives regarding the existing sewer contract and drafts thereof, It was agreed to separate the old contract provisions from the draft and just address the user charge. By addressing .the provisions of the old contract under a sepa- rate contract, everything can be accomplished within a timetable acceptable to USEPA. North Olmsted will be using sewer flow as opposed to water con- sumption to gauge the user charge. Documents are now in the hands of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, our engineer, URS Dalton; they will be consulting with Alex Kanareff, Fairview's engineer. Will be meeting again next .Thursday to finalize the agreement. After contacting USEPA today and appraising them of the situation, found them to be satisf ied with the progress being made. When the contract has been approved by EPA, it will be presented to council. 2) Met with directors and department heads today on several subjects, one being the appropriation ordinance; believes it will be submitted to council at the second meeting in February, on the 20th. 3) Law Director Gareau, Service Director Bohlmann and Mayor Boyle met with URS Dalton representatives to discuss the EPA ban on sewers and extended that conversation into city-wide flooding. Would like Dalton to not only address the EPA problem and its solution, but also what could be done on a city-wide basis to relieve flooding. In doing this, have consolidated a lot of contracts with engineers and different vendors and by bringing it all to Dalton, believes the city will have the expertise and experience it needs to solve the problem. 4) Ordinance No. 90-5 provides for dispatchers and one firefighter, additions to the existing complement of f iref fighters. Chief VanKuren would like four dispatchers to handle shift and weekend duties. By using civilian dispatchers, one fireman per shift could be placed on line and bring the shift up to thirteen men. By adding civilian dispatchers, the city will have a lower rate of pay; less overtime; lower fringe benefits, especially in the area of pensions, and could realize a $10,000 savings in appropriations. The one additional man added this year, along with two additianal men next year, will bring the shifts up to fourteen men. The Chief has requested this over the last five years since it will allow him to plan vacation time, off-times, etc., and still pro- vide adequate protection except for a major catastrophe, at which point the city has mutual aid with other cities.