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Council Minutes of 03-20-2012 • There have been a couple of foreclosure cases filed with the city named as the defendant for a number of reasons, ie. Grass cutting liens or anything of that nature. • Council has before them an Ordinance to purchase property on Dover Center Road. This was negotiated in the Law Dept. in conjunction with the Mayor. It's a vital part of the sanitary sewer collection system improvement project that the city is currently undertaking. There is currently an easement there, and this will make the easement unnecessary and allow the line to follow a straight path while avoiding the additional costs and trouble of running the line around the pump station. • There have been a number of property maintenance issues. One that has been prosecuted is 4748 Columbia. The defendant is Carnegie Management and Development. The violation concerns a mountain of debris and mostly dirt dumped onto a residential site adjacent to the recent construction at North Olmsted Town Center. After several months of unsuccessful negotiations to get this resolved, the city is prosecuting Carnegie Mgmt. in Rocky River Municipal Court. • The FOP is scheduled for a number of mediation sessions and a hearing. The next meeting is March 27, 2012 and he will be in attendance. Director of Finance Copfer: • The Cleveland Division of Water is still in the process of correcting billing errors. They will also be addressing customer services issues as well. They also mentioned that they will be converting to electronic meters over the next two years. This will supposedly eliminate the need to estimate bills which does remain a problem for residents in the city's sewer district. • She distributed a RITA newsletter to Council about local income tax collection and the discussion of centralized collections and uniformity. • She received the DNE (Does Not Exceed) from the County Fiscal Office, which shows the city's 2012 appropriations does not exceed the estimated resources. Councilman Barker, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7:40 p.m. Present were committee members Barker, Schumann and Kearney; Council President Limpert; Council members Mahoney, Orlowski and Williamson; and Mayor Kennedy. • On the agenda was Resolution 2012-20 which is a Resolution in opposition to the State of Ohio pursuing control of municipal income tax collection, and declaring an emergency. There were additional amendments to this Resolution that Council received right before the meeting, so additional time was requested by some members of Council to schedule another meeting to discuss this Resolution. The committee members voted 3-0 to hold Resolution 2012-20 in committee. The „• meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. 2 ,~