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~' _~ Council Minutes of O1-OS-10 yet available. More information will be provided as soon as year-end reports are received and reviewed. 6) The Division of Youth Services Traffic Diversion Program is moving forward. Cuyahoga County's Juvenile Court is currently reviewing Magistrate applications. A decision should be made within the next two months. Once the Magistrate is selected, hearings will be scheduled. 7) The "No Texting While Driving" signs have been posted on the city's borders. 8) There is no decision from the Fact Finder regarding Local 1267 of the Firefighters Union and the City. Briefs for both parties were due on December 4, 2009, and a decision is expected within the next couple of weeks. 9) The Certificate of Occupancy for Harry Buffalo will be issued this week by the Building Department, and the restaurant should open within the next two weeks. 10) The Planning Department will be pursuing a number of grants in eazly 2010. Legislation will be introduced at the next Council meeting for a Certified Local Government Grant, a Community Recycling Awazeness Grant, and a Surface Water Improvement Fund Grant. Work on projects for which grants have already been received will commence this month including the Senior Center and Campus ADA Improvement Projects and intersections studies through NOACA. 11) In support of green technologies, a new Zoning Code chapter will be introduced to allow for and regulate solar energy systems in North Olmsted. 12) The AFSCME Clerical and Technical Union rejected the city's last proposal. Management has sent a letter to SERB, State Employment Relations Boazd, requesting a list of Fact Finders. Once the list is provided, management and labor will select the Fact Finder and schedule the hearing. Law Director Gareau: 1) He's pleased to announce that Mr. Bryan O'Malley and Ms. Carole Heyward will continue to serve as Assistant Directors of Law in the City of North Olmsted. He thinks each brings with them enthusiasm and commitment and experience to their respected positions. He's also pleased to announce that Mr. Michael Gordillo will continue to serve as the Prosecuting Attorney in the Law Department. He is very well regarded and very well respected in the court process in Rocky River by the judges and by the fellow prosecutors. Mrs. Annie Kilbane has joined Bryan, Carole, and Michael in the Law Department as our Secretary. She has a strong history here in the City of North Olmsted; a strong history of public service within the building. He thinks her organizational skills, her dedication, and her institutional knowledge will serve them very well. He reminded Council and those here in attendance that with the exception of the secretary position, all positions within the Department of Law are designated as part- time positions. They intend to monitor the activities in the Lbw Department in the coming weeks and months to make adjustments if needed depending upon demands for 3