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Council Minutes of 08-21-12 . ~ new parallel relief line on Chapel Hill Drive as well as increased capacity for the Dover Pump Station. One million represents the costs of sequencing and staging to maintain WWTP operations while meeting strict EPA deadlines. The last $2.5 million is for association costs of additional labor of staging and sequencing. Despite these costs, the rate structure will not need to be adjusted as the interest rate is more favorable than first estimated. Another committee meeting will be held next week for further discussion. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Debbie Comery, Rocky River Clerk of Court said that it states in the Council meeting minutes that the city plans on using fine money to cover costs for operating the Mayor's Court and that the proposal is a business decision. She said in 2009 based on 8,685 cases North Olmsted had with Rocky River Court, $364,474.43 was given to North Olmsted. In 2010, North Olmsted received $428,175.77 from the Rocky River Court. In 2011 it was $446,348.43. Comery said it seems Cuyahoga Falls Mayors Court is being used as a "template" by North Olmsted. Fines collected in Cuyahoga Falls Mayors Court in 2011 were in the amount of $156,621. She asked if this was used to operate the Mayor's Court and Cuyahoga Falls said yes. She asked what the expenses for 2011 were, and the amount was $152,870 which leaves a profit of $3,780.83. Mayor Kennedy said he received a copy of this information from Comery and he sent it to Cuyahoga Falls and they laughed. The $156,000 is the budget they put forward because their expenses are $152,000. The gross amount Cuyahoga Falls gets from their court is $750,000 as he sent Comery the article pointing that out. The fact that Comery does not understand this is almost laughable. Comery said this is the response from the Cuyahoga Falls Treasurer. Mayor Kennedy said the information Comery is giving Council is completely wrong. Councilman Mahoney made a motion to extend Comery's speaking time and the motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Further discussion ensued about the Cuyahoga Falls' budget numbers and fines. Councilman Kearney asked Comery how much Rocky River Court keeps out of the money they give back to North Olmsted and she said they don't keep a dime. It represents every penny of fine money. Comery said they keep the court costs to run the court. Mayor Kennedy said North Olmsted uses Cuyahoga Falls as a model because they have the same amount of tickets and they are a court that started recently. Comery said in 2011, the amount of money that was paid to the State out of the cases submitted by North Olmsted was $289,226. The money paid to Cuyahoga County was $35,194. She said these are mandated fees and she wants North Olmsted to be aware of that. Brian Hagan, 3926 Mark Avenue, Rocky River urged Council to ask for Cuyahoga Falls records instead of just looking at an article. He reviewed the numbers that Comery spoke about. Councilman Mahoney asked if the Rocky River Court has received any awards or distinctions. Hagan said the Clerk may have received accolades; he is not sure. Comery said they do not have a separate audit from the City of Rocky River, so if any accolades have been given, it would be given to the city. 5