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Council Minutes of 03-OS-2013 Date Gross Sales 2/15/2013 $3,227.70 2/22/2013 3/1/2013 $2,659.65 $3,061.05 Dinners Ti s BakeSale Group 257 $842 $186 St. Brendans 203 $990 $315 John Knox NOHS 234 $766 $236 Afterprom Director of Law Gareau: • In the case of Megan Frenz vs. Springvale Golf Course and Ballroom, the city had requested summary judgment based on immunity to have the case thrown out prior to trial. This was denied. An appeal was taken. The Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the summary judgment motion. That put the case back before the trial court. The trial is scheduled for May 6, 2013. The city's insurance defense counsel is handling this case. • He extended his condolences to the Barda family. Director of Finance Copfer • As far as Munis is concerned, she is working on obtaining the County property file and utilizing that for the city's central property database. This will be used for work orders, alarm and permit billing, building permits and Code ~'` enforcement. The County updates the file on a monthly basis and will keep the property file accurate and up to date. For now, they are looking at uploading the basic information of parcel number, street address, property owner, etc. They are also looking to import the ward and precinct for parcels so that they can track activity by those GEO codes. • They are preparing the proper notices to comply with the requirements in the OPERS legislation that went into effect January 7, 2013 regarding independent contractors. A notice of right and request for determination for OPERS membership form was sent to all individuals who provided services prior to the effective date as an independent contractor and was classified as such by the city. This form notifies these individuals that they have one year from January 7, 2013 to request a determination as to whether they should have been classified as a public employee eligible for OPERS membership for these services. As there are no clear guidelines, she, the Law Director and the Human Resources Director determined they would send this to all individuals who received a 1099 from the city for the past 3 years. An independent contractor acknowledgement form is being sent to all individuals who are being treated as an independent contractor after the effective date of this legislation. They are required to retain the completed form indefinitely and to forward a copy to OPERS. • She attended another 208 Plan, which is a NOACA-approved sewer utility provider lines for the region meeting, regarding Olmsted Township customers. :,~. She and the city Engineer reinforced that they would be happy to take additional customers, but are not willing to give existing customers to regional sewer. She 2 4~ .. .,~., ~ .,,... ..