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Council Minutes of 10-19-2010 • The arbitration hearing regarding Simon Cesareo's sick leave pay out was held October 13. Mr. Cesareo, a police officer, left the City of North Olmsted to be a police officer in Scottsdale, Arizona. The union filed a grievance stating that Cesareo retired from North Olmsted and is eligible for a pay out of unused sick leave of approximately $42,000. The Administration's position is that Cesareo did not retire, but rather resigned to work for another employer. • This week, the Building Dept. will issue the permit for renovations at the future Saab dealership. The project is estimated at $650,000. • The North Olmsted Historical Society is hosting a pancake breakfast at Frostville this Sunday, October 24 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit ongoing improvements at Frostville museum. Director of Law Gareau: • The Law Dept. is pleased to announce that Ashley Belzer has joined the staff as a law clerk working primarily with Prosecutor Gordillo. • The Law Dept. has undertaken an audit of outstanding liens that may have been recorded with the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for judgments that were outstanding with the city. Most of the judgments he found dealt with unpaid collection of local income tax. They were able to find $78,728.12 of judgments that have not been collected. He contacted R.I.T.A. to request an update on these. • Three new property maintenance cases have been referred to the Law Dept. for prosecution. • He also participated in the Simon Cesareo grievance on October 13. Briefs will be filed shortly and a decision is to be expected within the next couple of months. • The city received a performance assessment from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development concerning fair housing initiatives. Assistant Director of Law, Carole Heyward, prepared a response and is sending it to HUD pointing out some errors the city believes were put into the assessment audit. She also pointed out the efforts that were taken by the city since 2006 to keep in good standing with HUD. The last communication they received from HUD indicated they were satisfied with the city's efforts and pleased to recommend the city for continuing involvement in the program. He expects to receive a "clean bill of health" from HUD once he believes the error of their audit is addressed by HUD. • He presented foreclosure statistics for the City of North Olmsted. For January 1 through August 30, 2006 there were 73 foreclosures, in 2007 there were 85, in 2008 there were 115, in 2009 there were 161 and for 2010 there have been 146 foreclosures filed. He pointed out that the number of properties petitioning to have their valuation reduced is increasing very rapidly. Director of Finance Copfer: • She, the Mayor, Safety/Service Director met with DEFA the financing arm of the EPA to determine and evaluate options with respect to the timing of the WWTP project construction and repayment, and how to best align it with 2016 being the 2