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~~. Council Minutes of 04-19-2011 ~, painting. When the weather permits, crews will be outside working on the baseball fields and cleaning up the parks. Work has also begun on the old North Olmsted Park restrooms. Director of Law Gareau: • He made a friendly amendment to the Mayor's report. He indicated that the Mayor is not the Director of Public Safety/Service. He is going to act in the capacity of Mayor while handling issues such as advertising for bids, etc. since there is no Director of Public Safety/Service currently. • On March 30, 2011 the Secretary of State issued the results of the 2010 Census for the City of North Olmsted. The population of the city is 32,718. That is down from 34,081 in 2000. Pursuant to the Charter, Council must begin the process of redistricting the four wards. The Charter requires this every 10 years. • In the area of property maintenance, four cases remain pending in the Rocky River Municipal Court. There is one case with a conviction pending sentencing. There are three cases that remain subject to conviction. • The Fair Housing Poster Contest information is available on the website and through the Law Dept. • The Law Dept. has drafted suggested changes to the public records policy of the City of North Olmsted to bring it up to date. Those suggested changes have been forwarded to the Records Commission for comment and input. Councilman Barker asked Gareau to define property maintenance convictions -fines or jail? Gareau said it could be both. Councilman Barker said the house on Noreen that the city has been having trouble with for many years has been finally sold and bought by a gentleman who fixed it up and has it on the market. Director of Finance Copfer: • She commended John Lasko, Jr. and said it has been a pleasure to work with him. • The auditors are back this week and taking priority over closing the month of March. • Looking at estimated resources through four months of collections from municipal income tax, the city is nearly 8% down from last year. While withholding is up 1% and individual is up 4%, net profits are down 85%. • The city is going to lose about $250,000 in the general fund this year from the State. In 2012 the city will not get any funds. The recreation fund will also be affected with a reduction to $7,000 from $50,000 this year. The bond retirement fund will not be affected. The $142,000 that goes into that fund from the Charter millage that was set will continue through 2016. • The MUNIS system is up and running and everything has been fine. 3