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. ^~~. ,u Council Minutes of 10-04-2011 Bill Tanruther, 24761 Arlington Lane said he is a retired consulting engineer and is very familiar with the type of problem Joseph Soltesz referred to. The pipe is made of a material called oangeburg pipe by a company in Orangeburg, New York. It's a wood fiber and sometimes asbestos impregnated with asphalt. Its maximum life expectancy has always been 50 years or less. It was installed in 1970 and going on 40 years. It was not encased in concrete or sand so it's deteriorating. The problem will not go away until it is replaced by pvc pipe. LEGISLATION Resolution 2011-94 introduced by Councilman Schumann was given its third reading. A Resolution directing the Auditor of Cuyahoga County to pay to the City of North Olmsted, Ohio, during the year 2012, all money due and owing said city from any collection source. Councilman Barker moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Resolution 2011-94 adopted. Ordinance 2011-96 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its third reading. An Ordinance dispensing with an RFP process and authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with Johnson, Miller & Schmitz LLP providing for the latter to continue to serve as the City's labor negotiator, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Barker moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann. Roll Call: Barker, yes with comment. This is a tool for the Administration to use. Council has approved this before and it should be approved again. In fact, our Safety Director said we need Mr. Johnson at the table and he used to be a union negotiator. Mr. Johnson has saved this city money over the years from what the Mayor has showed us in committee and what the Finance Director presented us with more detailed information today. The money saved helped with our budget and gave us more money to help serve the residents and saved our taxpayers money. In my opinion, probably saved from additional layoffs due to our current and future economic conditions. Council lowered elected officials' salaries three years ago and this year to show leadership. We should again show leadership by giving the Administration the tools needed. Future negotiations are going to be difficult, and our bargaining units will have professionals working for them and so should the Administration. Ohio Revised Code stipulates that our job as legislators is to approve the contract that is agreed upon by the Administration and union involved. It does not state we can withhold the funding needed to make sure the Administration is on equal ground. Ohio Revised Code 4117.10(c) states the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Executive Officer's representative of each municipal corporation; the designated representative of the Board of Education of each school district, college or university or any other body that has authority to approve the budget of their public jurisdiction; the designated representative on the Board of County Commissioners and of each elected office holder of the County whose employees are covered by the collective negotiations and the designated representative of the Village or Board of Township Trustees of each township is responsible for negotiations in the collective bargaining process except that the legislative body may accept or reject a proposed collective bargaining agreement when the matter is about which there is an agreement reduced to writing and approved by the 7 ~~~ ~ ~~