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Council Minutes of 8/18/92 3) Tomorrow morning, a hearing will be held in Common Pleas Court with regard to the co~rplaint filed by Mares Funtime Pizza asking that the city ordinance dealing with the charging of a licensing fee for video games be declared uncon- stitutional. They have also asked that the prohibition on pinball games be declared unconstitutional. Because Mares has xmt paid the fees, he has filed a counter claim and asked for a preliminary injunction to clone the business dawn until the fees are paid. It is unacceptable for therm to simply ignore cur ordinance and to continwe to operate without a license. The $50 gamerocm fee and $25 fee for each machine does not seem unreasonable. 4) Mr. Nashar asked if anything new had occurred with respect to the Eliza Jennings case. Mr. Gareau replied that a brief is currently being prepared, but nothing new has happened since the hearing before the Court of Appeals when Eliza Jennings offered to pay 50X of what is owed. This offer was rejected; they should pay aJ.l monies that are dive axxi owed. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) Ordinance 92-90, a transfer ordinance on the agenda, includes the transfer of funds from Van Driver to Van Operations. This change is taking place because the senior vans will be operated out of a non- profi.t organization as of September 1. The drivers will be Toyed by the North Olmsted Commission on Paratransit and :not by the City of North Olmsted. The non profit entity will bill the city and the other commnanities for use of the paratransit facilities. 2) Ordinances 92-91 through 92-99 are rollover ordinances dealing with notes that come due on September 4. These notes are scheduled to run until December 18, which will tie them into existing notes and bring them into a single package. Also, some of the notes will be brought together for a bonding, and we anticipate paying off a good deal of these notes in December. The underwriter has commitments to sell these notes at an interest rate of 3.17X. 4) Ordinance 92-108, which is on tonight's agenda, adopts the criteria, rules and regulations for the interest subsidy program for name improvement loans. The program will begin on September 15. The loans available through this program will range from a minirrnm of $2,500 to a maximum of $25,000. The subsidy will be the first 2~X of the interest rate. These loans will be available to Section 8 law to moderate income households and to properties that are at least 10 years old. Mrs. Beringer, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee, reported: 1) The BZD Com<mi.ttee met at 7:15 p.m. on August 18 to discuss Ordinance No. 92-100. This is an approval of two dedication plats for Silverdale and Duane Roads. Additional right-of-way is needed at Lorain, Silverdale and Duane Roads for the improvement project. The committee had no objection. Mr. Lind, Chairperson of the Finance Committee, reported: 1) The Finance Committee met at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11. Agenda items were: a. Ordinance 92-90, which is a transfer ordinance. The committee recammetvd.s passage. b. Ordinances 92-91 through 92-99, which are note rollovers. The committee recommends passage. No Audience Participation 3