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~. Council Minutes of 03-01-201 I and he had a large back-up yesterday. He was wondering if the City could compensate him for all of the damages done by back-ups in his home over the years. He does not want to bring a lawsuit against the City. Mayor Kennedy said he talked to Mr. Gifford and his daughter Monday morning and he appreciates them coming to the meeting. The City is undergoing massive amounts of improvements to the WWTP and collections system in hopes they can take the pumps off the street and relieve basement flooding. That project is mandated by the EPA to be done by 2014. The collections system should start some time in 2012. The Mayor and Mr. Gifford agreed to schedule a meeting to talk about this issue further. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said SBS directly affects municipalities. The State law is written to impact how municipalities will negotiate with organized labor. In this particular case, it is something the City will have to look at. Lambert pointed out that Gareau reported about a particular police officer with a particular administrative action. This is a legislative meeting; those are internal affairs. He finds it highly irregular and inappropriate to name employees that are involved in administrative actions in a public session, especially if they have not been resolved. Lambert noted that he has been a regular attendee of Council meetings since 1993, and he has not seen Councilman Schumann too often at the meetings. But, he sees him everywhere else and he is an excellent choice of someone who has been very active in the community. Gareau said he has in the past, tonight and will continue his reports in the future notwithstanding Lambert's opinion about his reports and whether he thinks they are appropriate or not. Gareau said he believes the Council and residents have the right to be advised as to how the resources of the community are being expended in particular matters, especially concerning those matters involving labor. Negotiations, however, are confidential. If someone is talking about negotiations, then Lambert is right. There is no such thing here and he will read his report as he chooses. Terry Groden, 25211 Chase Drive thanked the efforts of the Service Dept., Binggeli, Director Ritenauer and all of the staff put forward in the latest round of storms. He said that he understands that SBS is not even finished and still in committee. Resolution 2011-31 appears to be a blanket rejection. So it appears Council is opposing any cost savings to tax payers in North Olmsted that could come from SBS. Proposals in this body come up like this one occasionally where he thinks the body starts to teeter on stepping outside the bounds of their responsibility as Ms. Rudolph alluded to, especially on issues where they may not be speaking on behalf of all residents in North Olmsted. He knows this is a point that this body understands because it was exemplified the time he asked for Council support on unfunded mandates. He was hoping everyone could send a unified message as a City to State lawmakers in Columbus saying -especially in these economic times -this is not the right time to be imposing underfunded or unfunded mandates on public school systems. When he asked for that support, he did not get any. He knows that this body knows that there are certain things they really shouldn't delve into. If Council is in support of rejecting any and all provisions in SBS, and therefore any possible -cost savings that could result from the passage of some form of SBS, then he looks forward to their public support next time the schools are forced to put a levy on the ballot. Groden said as long as he's talking about proposed legislation to other higher 5