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Council Minutes of OS-O1-2012 Police. The city utilized the RFP process previously to select Mr. Johnson's law firm to negotiate the contract. Pursuant to 4117.10 of the ORC, the Mayor is designated as the individual in charge of appointing the labor negotiator. Mayor Kennedy designated Mr. Johnson in that capacity and negotiations commenced. Regrettably, the city has been unable to reach an agreement with the FOP and the process is heading towards Fact Finding. The Administration respectfully requests Council's assistance in this sensitive process. • There are 24 cases in the Law Dept. for property maintenance prosecution. They are hoping to see a resolution of these cases soon as more cases will continue to be forwarded to the Law Dept. • The City of North Olmsted has been named as a defendant in matter of Bank of America vs. Sutter which is a foreclosure of property. • He was notified of a sexual predator that resides on Country Club Blvd. The Law Dept. in conjunction with Safety Director Thomas are looking to see if that individual is within the prohibited 2,000 lineal foot distance from St. Richard Elementary school. If the individual is, the city will take immediate action to make sure he is in compliance with the Code. Director of Finance Copfer: • The Note for the $2.8 million were sold on April 10, 2012. The interest rate was .659% The interest costs that includes the fees is .705%. The city is paying about $16,000 interest on borrowing nearly $2.9 million dollars. Councilman Barker took a moment of personal privilege to announce that the next NOCCA meeting is Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Brookpark Recreation Center. Councilman Mahoney reminded everyone that there was a BZD meeting held on April 24, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss Ordinances 2012-36 through 2012-39 (Property Maintenance Initiative). All of the legislation was held in committee, and the BZD Committee will meet again on May 8, 2012 to revisit the Ordinances and place them on the Council agenda of May 15, 2012. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane suggested previously that there is a better way for the city to conduct negotiations instead of hiring Gary Johnson. The city has paid a bundle of money to Johnson for negotiations and will pay a lot more before it's over because it appears there is a good standoff going on right now. This should have been settled and things should have been worked out between the police department and city and between the fire department and the city. That is usually done across the table when people sit in good faith and just talk about things. It was done at his level when he worked for the "~` postal service. He sat as a steward and negotiated with the region on certain work rules 2