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~.Hr-, ~,:: Council Minutes of 09-20-201 I Charter says the city attorney answers to the needs of the Mayor and Council. If those responsibilities are not done in-house, it should be charged to the Law Dept. as the cost of doing legal business for the city. Mayor Kennedy said with all due respect, it is the Mayor's decision to do that and my decision is to hire Johnson, Miller & Schmitz. Copfer said there are professional negotiators that are not attorneys so should that be charged to the Law Dept? Lambert said his opinion is that it should be charged to the Law Dept. as this is a legal function. Erik Phillips, 5676 Allendale Drive said he has met with Councilman Orlowski several times regarding the asphalt overlay of Allendale Drive and Carey Lane. When he bought his house, he was given notice by the Building Dept. that his driveway and sidewalk were in disrepair and needed to be replaced. He had a new concrete driveway put in at that time which is now partially under asphalt. He wants to know why asphalt is permitted to be put on top of the driveway. There is a soft shoulder placed near a substantial berm because none of the old material from the street was removed. They just added on top of it. There will be tons of loose grindings going into the storm system which will cause back-ups. He also requested that the broken and hanging limbs caused by large trucks in the neighborhood be removed. Mayor Kennedy said the work that was done with the berm was what ODOT recommends. The other option was to not have anything there. The engineer has been out on the street and some of the catch basins will be raised. Councilman Orlowski said to the Mayor that he has taken a look at the information provided by the City Engineer. It talks about a maximum slope of 6 to 1. If you take a look at 907-1 reference section 907.22, "every overlay shoulder treatment" it's not even remotely similar to what the city has over on Allendale. By raising the grade on the road, you've increased the height of the road away from what little surface there is for a berm. He asked the Mayor to reconsider this because the slope is tremendous compared to what the drawing shows. LEGISLATION Resolution 2011-91 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its third reading. A Resolution authorizing the Director of Human Resources to solicit proposals to purchase excess insurance coverage for the City Health Care & Hospitalization Plans for 2012, and further authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, to enter into a contract for said services and insurance. Councilman Barker moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kearney and passed unanimously. Resolution 2011-91 adopted. Ordinance 2011-93 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its third reading. An Ordinance amending and re-establishing Chapter 1369 of the Building Code entitled "Fences and Screen Walls" in order to change substantive standards and update procedures. Councilman Mahoney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2011-93 adopted. 5 ~. .~,.._k...~-. ,, i