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Council Minutes of 12/21/93 Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Last week a pre-trail hearing was held before Judge Gaul on the Eliza Jennings case. Although we would have preferred that Judge Gaul simply enter judgment on behalf of the city, he indicated he would do that after we resubmitted our motion for sw~ary judgt~ent. The attorneys for Eliza Jennings were not pleased that Judge Gaul indicated he would award the city $106,000; however, he has not agreed to give tree city interest from the date of the Supreme Court judgment. Iiapefully, final judgment in this case will be made within the next 30 days. Should Eliza Jennings appeal, wee will request that they put up a supersedeas bor~cl for $106,000. 2) The $1.2 million Nova development case has been dismissed. 3) The referee assigned to the Deerfield case has notified t~ Law Director that the judgment entry has been signed. Once it is recorded, the property will officially be vested in the city. 4) A mediation hearing will be held in Federal Court on the Robinson case, and on January 7 a deposition will be taken from the testing company in California. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) On November 16, he attended a meeting of the Cleveland Chapter of the Ohio Society of CPA's. The guest speaker was the Chair- person of the Government Accounting Standards Board, which is the organization that makes the accounting rules for tree government sector. 2) Ordinance No. 93-159, a $4.1 million note ordinance for the acquisition of a golf course, is on this evening's agenda. The fiscal officer's certificate has been presented to the Clerk of Council. in the text of that certificate, are projected revenues and matures for the acquisition which indicate that the revenues from this facility will pay the debt service. 3) The 1993 Tax Act provides that cancelled checks are no longer acceptable as evidence of a charitable contribution. Therefore, a memo will. be sent to all city departments that receive contributions notifying them that receipts will have to be issued to all donors. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee, reported: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, December 21, and in attendance were Council Members Leonard, Nashar, Bahas, McKay; City Engineer Deichmann; Councilman-elect Limpert. The conmi.ttee discussed Ordinance 93-i49 which deals with sewer connections to the main line owned by the city. Presently, contractors of multiple units are making multiple connections but only one connection at the street. This practice may result in future problems because blockages could occur at the point where the several connections tie into one. 2) Mr. McKay moved that Council approve a liquor permit transfer from Steve Nikolakis, 25905 Lorain Road, to City Club Inc. of Northeast Ohio, 25905 Lorain Road; second by Mr. Leonard; motion passed unanimously. 3) Mr. McKay .moved that Council approve a liquor permit transfer from Ruggers, Inc., 5116 Great Northern Plaza South, to Showbiz Pizza Time, Inc., 26104 Great Northern Shopping Center; second by Mr. Leonard; motion passed unanimously. Mr. Lind, Chairperson of the Finance Committee, reported: 1) The committee met on December 15 and in attendance were the committee members; Council Members Nashar, McKay, Musial; Finance Director Burns; Service Director Bohlmann. The following items were discussed: a. Ordinance 93-144, an .appropriation to purchase six police cars. This legislation will be tabled because the appropriation Ordinance 93-120 will fund the purchase of the police cars. The cars will be purchased through the State purchasing program. 2