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Council Minutes of OS-18-2010 i Agreement. They have received further comments from the IAFF on proposed language. • He has been working diligently on the re-organization effort as a result of the passage of Issue 34. The theory was to detail the staffing and organization of the City in the Codified Ordinances, as opposed to the Pay Ordinance as is currently done. He thanked Employment Specialist Lisa Kidd for her hard work on this. • A grievance has been filed by the Fraternal Order of Police relative to the City's refusal to pay accrued sick leave to a police officer upon the departure of that police officer from the force. The Collective Bargaining Agreement provides that sick leave may accrue and be paid out upon death, disability retirement or retirement. The officer is not eligible to retire from the State of Ohio Police and Fire Pension System due to his age. Despite years of paying only when an employee actually retires with the state pension plan and not merely leaving service, the FOP has argued that retirement under the Collective Bargaining Agreement means retirement from the service of the city and not retirement with the State Plan. This particular officer has demanded over $30,000.00 in taxpayer money the city believes he is not entitled to. The city's position is clear: there is a difference between actually retiring versus resigning and claiming retirement. The city will defend this position. • Two fair Housing complaints are currently under investigation. He will report on the results of those when they are available. • The Fair Housing Review Board is planning additional outreach and education. events for the remainder of this year including a seminar for realtors on fair housing in September which has been very well attended in the past. • The Law Department, through Carole Heyward, met with the Safety and Building Depts. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how best to work together to optimize issues concerning real property maintenance, foreclosures and vacant houses. The plan is to begin meeting on the second and fourth Fridays of the month to discuss problem properties and how to best address issues presented by those properties and maximize results using all available remedies and resources. • The Fair Housing Review Board also sponsored a continuing legal education event for municipal lawyers at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association on April 23, 2010. Carole Heyward spoke about municipal obligations to make services and buildings accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. • The Fair Housing Review Board just completed its poster contest which was a great success. Gareau presented the following winners with the first and second prize awards: Jennifer Kilnapp (Grades I I-12) First Prize Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Grades 7-8) First Prize Maureen Tuley (Grades 7-8) Second Prize Ally Keleman (Grades 4-6) First Prize Erin Connolly (Grades 4-6) First Prize Josh Royak (Grades 4-6) Second Prize Mary Kosin (Grades 4-6) Second Prize 4