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A f MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTID - SEPTEMBER 15, 1992 Present: Council President Boeh~ner, Council Members Bahas, Leonard, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Beringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Semen Absent: Council Member Lind Council President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8:02 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 Tuesday, September 1, 1992 were approved as written. President Boetuner announced that Ordinance No. 92-127 and Resolution Nos. 92-129, 92-130, and 92-132 would be passed under suspension of the rules. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) The County has advised the city that our local government fund allocation for 1993 is going to be $882,190.22. This will be a 13% increase over the allocation for 1992 of $780,709.27. 2) The city will dispose of residents' appliances containing freon at no cost to the residents. All the resident has to do is call City Hall, and the appliance will be picked up and disposed of legally and properly. 3) The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has sent the city a draft of their long-range plan, RTA Transit 2010. This plan details their major bus and rail projects for the next 25 years. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) The city recently received a lawsuit dealing with a dispute regarding hospitalization coverage for President of Council Boehmer. We will adjourn into executive session later in this meeting to discuss this matter. 2) Last week we received an opinion regarding the North Olmsted Firefighter's case dealing with the request by Capt. Richard Smith for vacation time credit due to his National Guard service. Originally, the amount of vacation back pay requested was approximately $14,000. The Court of Appeals had ruled that the employee was entitled to National Guard credit time; however, the time should be calculated on the basis of actual time served. That would have amounted to a couple of weeks of vacation pay of approximately a thousand. dollars. However, this ruling was appealed to the Supreme Court. The city filed a cross appeal to protect the city's rights with respect to several legal issues. In its ruling of last week, the Supreme Court upheld the city's assertion that the six-year statute of limitations had run out. Also, the Supreme Court ruled that, instead of following the rules and laws regarding vacation time accrued for state