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MINUTES OF THE MEETIl~tG OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTEH NOVEMBER 1,1994 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Bahas, Limpert, Lind, Musial, Nashar, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Boyle, Finance Director Burns, Clerk of Council Seman Absent: Council Member McKay Council President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8:01 p.m in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Ohn~ed, 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 October 18, 1994 were approved as written. i Mayor Boyle reported: 1) The Secretary of State has issued a synopsas of the four State issues on the ballot November 8: Is~:e I would eliminate review of death penshy cases by the District Court of Appeals and provide for review directly by the S~reme Court. Issue II will give the victim of a crone the saw standing and protection under the State Constitution as is given to the accused. Issue III would require that tuition credos paid from the Ohio Tuition Trust Fund be supported by the fill faith and credit of the State of Ohio, and the General Assembly would be required to appropriate monies to offset any deficits in the Ohio Tuition Trust Fund. Issue N would eliminate the one cent tax on soft drink bottles. 2) Pofice Officer Gary Strelou is retiring from the force this month. Officer Streiou has served the city for 15 years and is one of the forest officers on the force. 3) The EDP Department has completed the task of getting the AS/400 computer on-line in the Finance Department. The EDP Department wdl now begun work on the queries program which will extract information from the data base and produce various types of reports appropriate for use by individual departments. 4) The Attorney General has stated that the open records law currently being considered in the General Assembly wdl not be passed because the legislation contains a nuniner of flaws. As drafted, this particular legislation would put undue hardships on ~micipalities. The Attorney General has offered to meet with municipalities to discuss this issue. 5) Congratulations to Jay Power, president of Firefighters Local 1267, who has been appointed third district vice-president of the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters. t