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Council Minutes of 06-21-2011 • The State has made $25 million worth of emergency financing available to assist small businesses, farms and homes that were damaged by the severe weather this year. Homeowners who have suffered severe damage or loss as a result of the 2011 flooding and severe weather will be eligible for a three percent rate reduction on a construction loan of up to $400,000 for aone-year period. A link to information relating to the State's Renew & Rebuilt program can be found on the City's website. • The city's 2011 street resurfacing program will begin this week. Residents on affected streets will be receiving construction notices from sSpecialized Construction in advance of any work. • Come to Frostville this Sunday, June 26 for Bluegrass and Baseball. Starting at 11:00 am there will be a double header of baseball the way it was played in the 1860's with a bluegrass concert between games. Admission is free. • The city reached an agreement with AFSCME Service. The city met with AFSCME Clerical & Technical on June 8~' - no agreement was reached - tentatively plan to reconvene in late July. IAFF cancelled the session scheduled for June 15 and rescheduled for July 7. • The record spring rains have cause golf revenues to be down approx. $80,000 through May. The expenditure line items will be adjusted accordingly to attempt to balance as the season progresses. • Ballroom revenues are at projection and should end the year at or above our projection of $445,000.00. Wedding bookings for 2012 continue to be signed and next year should be comparable to this. • The parking lot resurfacing project is near completion. The lights for the poles are on order and should be installed in the next few weeks. • He has introduced legislation for the renovation of the sand traps and greens drainage for Springvale Golf Course, and should be ready to go out to bid soon. Director of Law Gareau: • North Olmsted Town Center has dismissed its administrative appeal of a BZA ruling that took place in May. • Andrew Mazzolla has dismissed his claims against the city for alleged misuse of a police Taser. • There is a pretrial scheduled for July 26, 2011 for Megan Frenz vs. Springvale Ballroom. This is a slip and fall case. • The matter of Stofko vs. Scott has been dismissed effective May 7, 2011. This was a claim that related to a neighbor dispute that involved the City of North Olmsted. • On June 8, 2011 he worked on labor negotiations for AFSCME Service. An agreement was reached. Negotiations with AFSCME Clerical/Tech continue. He will also be participating in the IAFF negotiations. • He prepared an audit of cases where the city has liability potentially in excess of $25,000. • One new complaint was referred to the Law Dept. for prosecution -the giant mobile Harry Buffalo sign located on Great Northern Blvd. That is not a legal 2 ._ ,- ~. - ,-