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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTID APRIL 20, 1993 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Babas, 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 Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8 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 April 6, 1993 were approved as written. Mr. Boehmex announced that Ordinance Nos. 93-45, 93-46, aril 93-56 would be passed under suspension of the rules. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) The North Olmsted Schools will hold the first annual Education Foundation Inaugural Fund Raising Dinner at the Corporate Center on Saturday, May 1. Tickets are $50, and black tie is optional. Tickets can be obtained by calling Superintendent Dennis Allen's office. 2) On April 14, patrolman Wayne Wozniak was sworn in as a sergeant in the North Olmsted Police Department. 3) Ameritech has regt~sted a rate structure change from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Several consumer groups are requesting that city councils pass resolutions opposing an alternative regulation plan. The Mayor suggests that before Council passes such a resolution a meeting with both sides take place to get a clear understanding of the issues. 4) Will meet with a representative of Browning-Ferris Industries tomorrow to discuss recycling for multi-family residences. Hopefully, this program will go into effect at the beginning of May. 5) Interviews for the Data Processing Department were conducted last wseek. The IDP Department will begin full operations in May. Because of a lack of office space in City Hall, the back caucus room will be converted to an office for this department. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) 'The city has been ordered by the Court of Appeals to come up with new stipulations with regard to the case involving fire- fighter Capt. Smith. The Law Department had submitted stipulations with regard to the issue of vacation time for part-time employees. However, counsel for the firefighters' union refused to go slang with those stipulations. The court ordered that, if we do not stipulate, a fact finder will be appointed at a cost to the city of $700 a day. The Law Department will submit new stipulations so that this issue can be resolved and the Court of Appeals can issue a final ruling. 2) Council will meet in executive session to discuss the Boehmer litigation.