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MINUTES OF THE MEETII~ OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF I~RTH OLMSTID AUGUST 17, 1993 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Bahas, Leonard, Lind, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Seman Council President Boet>ir~er called the meeting to order at 8:01 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The minutes of the meeting of July 6, 1993 were approved as written. President BoeYgner announced that Ordinances 93-108, 93-109 and. 93-110 would be added to the agenda, and Ordinance 93-108 would be passed under suspension of the rules. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) On August 11, the contract was signed to begin the street rehabilitation project in the Deerfield subdivision. The low bid of $1,192,456.25 was made by Fabrizi Trucking. This project will be cca~npleted in several phases. The Bretton Ridge subdivision project is still in the engineering stages. 2) City departments and divisions are preparing recommendations for the 1994 and 1995 appropriations legislation. As promised when the new type of taudget was presented and approved earlier this year, this legislation will be presented an a timely basis. This new budget method allows departments to have money saved re- appropriated to the departments, thus encouraging employees to tae mare aware of cost savings or revenue-producing items. Hopefully, this legislation will be presented in early fall. 3) A comprehensive rate study on water and sewer rates throughout the State has been received. North Olmsted ranks in the lower half of the 440 districts surveyed. The North 0]msted rate for 1,000 cubic feet is $13.03. The highest rate is in the Ashtatrula area at $155.50. In the Cuyahoga County district, the low rate is $15.35 and the high rate is $22.75. Other rates in our area are as follows: Rocky River $13.59; North Royalton $24.21; Shaker Heights $15.05; Strongsville $35.39. Built into the North Olmsted rates are provisions for various capital improvements. 4) The third Town Hall meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 8, at the Chestnut/Horizons building in Ward III. 5) Met with Mr. Gareau and Mr. Tam Konzer to discuss real estate tax rates ~ property amt personal property. The Board of Control will revises all contested claims, whether contested by the city or the school board, before th~:y are sent to Columbus. According to Mr. Konzer, there are often flaws in the documenta- tion or the claim can be negotiated. We are trying to establish a method of discussion/negotiation to make the process easier for all parties and to assure that the city is receiving the proper rates. ...