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Council Minutes of 11/21/95 4) Information provided by the County Planning Commission indicates that North. Olmsted is among the suburbs gaining m population. 5) The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 7. Law Director Gareau: 1) Negotiations with regard to the cable TV franchise are continuing. 2) Negotiations with the firefighters union have begun. 3) The Law Department and i~rsurance counsel are working jointly on the Weissman case which is in federal court. The Law Department intends to file a moticrrr to disrrdss the federal case because remedy is available in the state court system Also, a forfeiture procedure will be filed in Rocky River Court with regard to the confiscated weapon. 4) A reply brief in the Hughes case has been received and reviewed. 5) An arbitrator has been chosen for an AFSCME grievance case to be heard in 7auuary. 6) A motion to dismiss the Grilli case was filed in Rocky River Court. However, an amended complaint was filed over the monetary jurisdiction of $10,000, which means that the case will be transferred to Comm Leas Court. The insurance carrier has been notified since the prayer for relief is in excess of $25,000. Finance Director Burns: 1) The legislation authorizing the temporary appropriation for 1996 will be given first reading this evening. The temporary appropriation is essentially one-third of the 1995 appropriation. 2) Passage under suspension of the Hiles will be asked for Resohrtion 95-154, which is on second reading. This legislation establishes the property tax rates for 1996 and must be submitted to the County Auditor by December 5. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Legislative Committee: 1) The. Legislative/Council-as-a- Whole Committee meeting to discuss proposals from the Charter Review Commission was held on Monday, November 13. In attendance were Council President Boehmer; Council Members Limpert, Lind, McKay, Miller, Musial, Saringer, Nashar; Charter Review Commission Chairperson Dennis Lambert; Finance Director Burns; P & A Director Wilamosky. The following proposed Charter revisions were discussed: a. Article N, Section 6, which would prohibit Council from granting compensation to the boards and commissions. It was noted that in the future Council may wish to reward those individuals who serve the city due to their personal costs. Council voted unanimously to decline this proposed change. b. Article VII, Section 1, Board of Building Code Appeals. The change would require members of this board to be qualified electors and residents of the City of North Ohnated and to serve without compensation. Council voted unanimously to declare this proposal indicating that it was not warranted since all appointments are approved by Council. c. Article VII, Section 4, Board of Zoning Appeals. The change, which would require the members to serve without compensation, was unanimously declined by Council. d. Article VII, Section 6, Landmarks Commission. This change requiring the members to serve without compensation was also declined. 2