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Council Minutes of 06-18-2013 AFSCME concerning a compensation dispute and an AFSCME employee termination. They are in the process of scheduling all three matters for full hearing later this summer. • They have consulted and retained two independent prosecutors to assist in prosecutions because of potential conflicts of interest in the Law Dept. The first concerns a potential criminal conduct of an employee while off the clock. 7'he second concerns a complaint wherein the complaining party or potential victim is also an employee of the city. The hourly rate is $95/hour. These gentlemen will be asked to determine whether to prosecute the cases independent of the Law Dept's input. Both are well known, well regarded prosecutors -Gary Hotz and Mark Schneider. • His Law Clerk has completed her first trial and will be taking the Bar exam. She will be with the city until the Bar results come back in the Fall. • He is working with Director Copfer, Engineer DiFranco and Atty. John Larson on a revised, drafted, amended and restated sewer service agreement with Cuyahoga County. This concerns the township. They would hope to have a contract for approval in August. • He attended the NOCOP meeting last Monday June 10 to discuss the various matters that have been brought to their attention. They will be meeting again next week. • Regarding property maintenance, there are four cases with convictions and sentencing pending, six open cases subject to conviction, five cases with complaints authorizing and awaiting filing and service, one new referral and une complaint open with unresolved issues which just arrived. Director of Finance Copfer • She advised Council that Obamacare is here. The first tax is due in July for patient centered outcome research fees. It's complete with and IRS tax form and cash. • The tax budget for 2014, which is on first reading this evening, is due in the middle of July. The tax budget is a formality which is required for the city to show the county that there is a need to levy the taxes that are on the books and to ensure that debt service is adequately covered. The income tax through the June collection is 1.28% ahead of planned. This is due to net profits being 26% below the prior year, but withholding and individual is 6% over. • Fitch has scheduled a ratings review phone conference at the end of June. They had a desk conference last year to update the rating. Council President Jones, Chairwoman of the Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday June 11, 2013 at 7:46 p.m. Present were Council members Barker, Brossard, Kearney, Orlowski, Schumann, Smith and Williamson; and Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Law Director Gareau and guests. • The purpose of the meeting was to establish committee assignments for the new Council member Smith. A few scenarios were discussed, and a motion was made 2