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Council Minutes of 06-18-2013 to appoint Councilman Smith to former Councilman Mahoney's committee assignments. Council voted 7-0 to approve Councilman Smith's assignments. Councilman Brossard made a motion to approve the committee assignments for Councilman Smith. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. Councilman Smith's committee assignments approved 7-0. • The Committee of the Whole was presented with a report from Mayor Kennedy regarding the first quarter of the newly-established Mayor's Court. Finance Director Copfer, Human Resources Director Farver, Prosecutor Gordillo and Clerk of Court were present for this meeting. The figures presented to Council show that the Court collected $82,059 in court costs fees and collections for the quarter ending March 31, 2013. After costs, the court has collected approximately $95,086 as of June 3, 2013. Cities receive all of the money for ticket fines under the Rocky River Municipal Court. However, the court costs go to the Rocky River Court that handles those cases. The court fees in Rocky River Court begin at $125 and other fees are added as necessary. The North Olmsted Mayor's Court fees are $95 and are not per offense. Prosecutor Gordillo said that the Mayor's Court is more efficient for people that are being ticketed. All start up costs will be reimbursed. The computer fund, which was set up to pay for initial software expenses and ongoing computer costs, will be reduced from $3.00 to $1.00 next year. An employee of the Rocky River Court, Judy Nash, asked if establishing a Mayor's Court in North Olmsted is contributing to her perception of a jail overcrowding issue. The Mayor's administration stated that the jail overcrowding issue is not caused by the Mayor's Court. The Mayor's Court does not handle cases that put people in jail. The Mayor has also since indicated that he will provide to city Council a document from the Police Chief supporting that statement. Mayor's Court handles minor misdemeanors, traffic offenses and first time OVI's. Councilman Orlowski, Chairman of the Intra-Govermental Relations Committee: The Intra-Governmental Relations Committee met Tuesday June 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Orlowski and Williamson; Council members Barker, Brossard, Kearney, Schumann and Smith; Mayor Kennedy, Law Director Gareau and guests. • First item on the agenda was the interviews of the members of the newly created Arts Commission. Chairman Orlowski posed several questions to each of the four applicants in attendance. Bradley Doane, Nicole McCain, Coletta Strippy and Annie Kilbane were interviewed. • The second item discussed was to change the terms of service of Council members on several boards and commissions -Fair Housing Review Board, Housing Council, Tax Incentive Review Council and the Board of Review. Two of these have three year terms and two have no mention of the terms of the members. Councilman Orlowski recommended a change to four year terms so the 3