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Council Minutes of 3/5/91 Mayor Boyle reported: I) A good deal of work has gone into three pieces of legislation that are before Council this evening: appropriations, the organizational chart, and the recreational tax millage. 2) We are currently in the process of studying how future development of the City will impact the renovation/reb~ai.lding of the Fire Stations. 3) The Board of Control has moved several contracts bid tsy the West Shore Council of Governments. This method has proven successful. in the past and has allowed us to lower costs. Because of these good results, we will put the program into full-scale use this year with the hope of reducing costs even further. 4) The Board of Control has approved a motion calling for p~reaentation to the Board, for its approval, of chax~e orders that are lOX above an originally approved base bid. 5) The newly elected officers of the Ccx~munity Improvement Corporation are: President, Ed Boyle; Vice President, Don l~whouse; Secretary/ Treasurer, Nancy Wlodarski. Also, the Bylaws were amended to allow the President of the Chamber of Commerce, or his/her appointee, to sit on the CIC. The appointment is subject to the approval of the CIC. This action will hopefully cause a closer link to the business coss~un~.ty and allow the CIC to benefit from input by the business co~nrnanity. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) The Board of Liquor Control has granted our request that the Star Lovmge be denied its liquor license renewal. The hearing officer not only took into consideration the noise level that also the fact that drugs were wing use at that location. The owners do have the right of appeal and will probably exercise that right. 2) Today, the Clark Oil case was argued in the Eighth Appellate District. This is an old case that has to do with a 46 foot variance that had been granted lry the Board of Zoning Appeals but was left to expire by Clark Oil. When resutxnitted, the request was denied. This request does not seem to be in the spirit of the Zoning Code and would set an undesirable precedent. This case should be pursued to the Supreme Court if necessary. Mr. Nashar asked taw much time the Star Lounge had to appeal this decision; Mr. Gareau replied that they had 30 days. Mrs. Bahas asked if the Star Lounge could operate during the appeal process; Mr. Gareau said they could. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) Ordinance No. 91-47, which is on first reading tonight, will authorize the Mayor to sign the Fairview past capital improvement contract. Particulars of the contract are: it will run from January 1, 1991 through January 1, 2006; it will generate $770,306; it covers improvements that were made in 1972 and 1982. The money to be received is divided into two categories: 1) Fairview's pro-rated share of the future debt service of the capital improvements which will go to the Bond-Sewer Debt Retirement Fund; 2) Fairvew's pro-rated share of prior debt service which will be placed in a new fund called the Sewer Capital Improvement Fund. The contract must be submitted to the EPA for final approval. 2 .,,~,..~.~..,~...:. ., _... _, ,~.~w,