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Council Minutes of 2/2/93 6) State Senator Suhadolnik is trying to el~m;*~te the sales tax that funds mass transit in the county. This knee-jerk reaction to the problems of RTA will mean the end of public transit. The North Olmsted Municipal Bug Line carries five to six thousand people per working day; during. the first 28 days of January, L carried approximately 82,000 people. If the sales tax is eliminated, all these people will be straxxied a~c~d our L employees will be out of work. The City of North Olmsted has- chosen to work with the administration of GCRTA to compromise on the service cuts in an effort to serve the public. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Our hospitalization program with Emerald Health includes a subrogation clause which requires an employee who is injured by a third party to repay the city for damages collected. We are currently involved in a case with an employee who refuses to repay the city. Since the city is contractually entitled to reimbursement, a suit has been filed in Rocky River Municipal Court to recover approximately four thousand dollars. 2) With regard to the Kerner case, the Law Department has ccx~iled a file which will prove that the city has need of a new fire station and for the past two years has actively pursues the construction of the fire station. Once the issue of need is satisfied, the only issue left is price. 3) Along with Mr. Bohlmarm and Mr. Wilamosky, attended an American Arbitration Association labor conference in San Diego. It was a "hands on" conference with the participants actually role playing the negotiation of a contract. The conference was definitely educational and worthwhile. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) Each year the city receives as assessment from the Rocky River Municipal Court which is the pro-rated share of the deficit for the yearly court operations. In 1992, the court had revenues of $766,247 compared to $672,857 in 1991. The expenses for 1992 were $799,927 compared to $740,145 in 1991. This year's deficit was $33,480 compared to $67,288 in 1991, and North Olmsted's share this year is $11,597 compared to $22,205 for 1991. Although this allocation is based upon criminal cases only, legislation is currently pending in Columbus which would acid civil cases to tl~ allocation. Of the 18,969 cases handled in 1992, North Olmsted accounted for 6,570 cases, or 35% compared to 33% in 1991. 2) The city is actively pursuing a program to follow up on postal employees who have not paid city income takes. The Regional Incoane Tax Agency has indicated that the North Olmsted Post Office has approximately a 20X non-ccxnpliance rate as opposed to the 60~+ non-compliance rate in other Cuyahoga County cmnmuiities. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee, reported: 1) The Safety Committee held a joint meeting with the Finance Committee on January 25, azzd the report will be given by Mr. Lind. 2) Moved to approve the transfer of a liquor license from Rugger's Inc., DBA Rugger's Restaurant and Deli, 5116 Great Northern Plaza South to Rugger's Inc. & Showbiz Pizza Time .Inc., a joint venture, 26104 Great Northern Shopping Center; second by Mr. Leonard; motion passed tmanimously. 2