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f MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTID NOVF~IBER 4, 1992 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Bahas, Leonard, Lind, McKay, Musial, Nashar Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle (8:20 p.m.), Law Director Michael Garesu, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Seman Absent: Council Member Saringer Council President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8:04 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The minutes of the meeting of October 20, 1992 were approved as written. President Boehmer announced that Ordinances 92-159, 92-160, 92-161 would be passed under suspension of the rules. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) A pretrial in Halleen Chevrolet's BZA appeal was held on October 13. Halleen has also requested a hearing to have additional evidence a~iitted. The Law Department has filed a brief in opposition. 2) The Eliza Jennings brief has been filed in the Court of Appeals. 3) A brief was filed for ,su~n[nary judgment in the Marc's Funtime Pizza case. 4) A reply brief was filed in the Court of Appeals with regard to the criminal case of the City of North Olmsted vs. Gable. A motion for the Rocky River Court to suppress evidence in this case has been granted, and the Law Department feels this was not an appropriate action. 5) With regard to the Packard false arrest case, a motion had been filed for summary judgment asking that the city be dismissed. Before the court could grant the motion, the plaintiff dismissed the city out of the case. 'The Police officer is still a party to the case, and it is being covered by insurance. 6) A new false arrest case has been filed, Gilbert vs. the City of North Olmsted. 7) The firefighters had filed an unfair labor practice against the City of North Olmsted with regard to prescription coverage provided by Kaiser. However, that complaint has. been withdrawn. 8) The Engineering Department is working on a continuing program of identifying cross connections in the sewer system. Most residents willingly discoct; how- ever, in a few situations, we must take legal action. Recently wee filed for a mandatary injunction against a resident on Elm Road. The Enginesring and Law Departments will continue to vigorously pursue these cases. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) Ordinances 92-159 and 92-160, which will be passed under suspension of the rules, deal with the balance of the rues that will be coming due on December 18. These notes will be renewed for a two year period. Because we are currently issuing bonds, all the paper work will be in place allowing the city to issue notes for greater than a nine month period with- out incurring additional cost.