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Council Minutes of 6/15/93 11) On Thursday, Jwne 17, Mayor Boyle will leave for New York to attend the U. S. Conference of Mayors. The Mayor is the national chairperson of the tax committee. The Conference will be meeting an the financing bill that President Clinton has put before Congress. .Also, the Conference will. discuss the concept of having presidential candidates rein urban areas early so that these areas have a voice in deciding on the candidates and the issues. 12) All fathers are wished a Happy Fathers' Day this Sunday. Law Director Gateau reported: 1) Last week, the city was served with a summons in Federal Court alleging discrimination ar~d unfair treatment with respect to the housing inspector test. A black male, age 63, took the test ar~d scored beyo~xi the break point and was not considered for the two open positions. He filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission claiming discrimination. The coa~laint wss dismissed in favor of the City of North OLnsted, and the Co~:i.ssion indicated there was r~o discrimination. However, they did issue him a right to sue letter; and he has filed suit in Federal Court. This has been f©rwarded on to the city insurance carrier to determine whether or not there is coverage. The suit alleges that the test was racially biased. Therefore, the city will ask that the company that prepared the test be made a third party defendant because, if a racially biased test was prepared, it was unbeknownst to the city. 2) The complaint against AFSCME has been filed. A te~orary restraining order has been granted which prohibits the union from taking the Haotman g~cievance to arbitration. On July 7, a hearing will be held to determine if a preliminary injunction will be granted. A preliminary injunction will stay the proceedings .until the trial. 3) Today, four of the members of the Board of Zoning Appeals were deposed with respect to the Halleen case. 4) A final judicial report has been ordered and will be filed with the Court of Common Pleas in order to proceed with the default judgment regarding the Deerfield recreation land. 5) Council will hold an executive session this evening to discuss threatened litigation dealing with the sewage treatment plant. 6) The real estate for the fire station has not yet been acquired because the City Charter requires us to wait until June 26 to deposit the funds from the sale of the notes. Once the funds have been deposited with the Probate Court, a deed will be issued. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) Ordinance 93-92 authorizes $150,000 in notes for engineering services for street programs. The Clerk of Council has bin given the fiscal officer's certificate. 2) Today, the $3.4 million rx>te issue was sold with an interest rate of 2.94%. 3) The Regional Income Tax Agency has begun a program of looking into comt~ercial taxpayers. A number of employers in North Olmsted have not increased withholding to 2%. The estimated $140,000 of uncollected taxes will be assessed to the employers. 4) The world of municipal finance is currently undergoing significant changes. Rep. Dingle, Chairperson of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. MarlF.ey, Chairperson of the Telecam~i.cations and Finance sub-committee, have begun a project to look into the Tower amt that prohibits the Securities and Exchange Coa~nssion and the Municipal Securities Rule-Making Board fratn requiring municipal issues to file disclosure documents before an issue is made. 3