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Council Minutes of 01-19-10 • Captain Greg Gettens of the Fire Department has rotated into the position of Fire Prevention Officer. • United Transportation Credit Union is moving into the Corporate Center on Country Club Boulevard. Construction costs for remodeling and renovation are estimated at $ 850,000. • City Hall will benefit from new SITES students assigned effective January 26. The Fire Department will receive one student; Engineering will have two; Planning will have one, and for the first time there will be one general student who will rotate throughout the various departments in the building. • The Community Cabin repairs are scheduled to begin February 1 and will take an estimated six weeks to complete. This project will make the entry doors, restroom facilities and drinking fountains handicapped accessible. The flooring will also be replaced as well as hardware on the doors and faucets. This $100,000 improvement is funded by CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) money awarded to the City last year. All rentals for the Cabin during this time frame are being accommodated by Springvale. Law Director Gareau: • The Law Department has been quite busy with legislation. He reviewed legislation that was drafted by former Law Director Dubelko with the assistance of the Law Clerk concerning significant changes to the Ethics Code of North Olmsted. That legislation, not introduced but drafted for consideration, was forwarded at his request to the members of the Ethics Commission for input and consideration. He does not take a position on it. It's certainly something that merits a closer look by the Ethics Commission in North Olmsted. • He reviewed and researched an issue concerning the Board of Review in North Olmsted this past week. The Board of Review is an entity which hears appeals from persons aggrieved by a decision of the Tax Commissioner - in this case the Finance Director - in North Olmsted. The Board of Review meets infrequently. The composition includes the Director of Law and the Assistant Director of Law, the Mayor or his designee, and a member of Council. The Law Department has been advised by the Mayor that legislation will be forthcoming to remove the Law Director so the Law Director can advise accordingly without a conflict of interest. In the past, through the Charter Review process, there was a Charter amendment that removed the Director of Law from the Board of Control so that the Director of Law could properly act in an advisory capacity as opposed to adecision-maker. It's a good policy and he expects that the Mayor will have that coming forward in the near future. • Regarding the property maintenance issue for 28931 Lorain Road - Mr. Vivianni, which is also known as Stearns and Lorain. On December 15, 2009 Mr. Vivianni was convicted on four counts of property maintenance violations and fined $3000 on each count for a grand total of $12,000 with no probation terms. The Law Department had requested a $60,000 fine and probation. Mr. Vivianni can reduce the fine if certain goals are met on or before February 11, 2010. That would include lights and gutters. An additional relief can be had if further matters are ~r ~:.~ ...._,,~._ ,...... . .