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Council Minutes of 6/20/95 Chief will cause promotions through the ranks of the department, and the Civil Service Commission will soon be administering promotional tests. 5) Cablevision will no longer serve as a sponsor of the annual NOSO tournament. New Media and Ameritech have been recruited to sponsor this year's tournament. Hopefully, this relationship will last into the future. 6) With regard to the legislation to take the Olmsted Township annexation off the ballot, Council is asked to consider this for the July 5 meeting. Mayor Boyle and Berea Mayor Trupo have spoken extensively with Township residents about this proposal and many people now understand why the proposal was made. However, the Townshp residents would like more time to study the proposal and, being good neighbors, we should allow them this time. Law Director Gareau: 1) With regard to the Fox lawsuit, Realty One arranged depositions last week but the attorney for Fox did not attend. Last Friday, the Law Department filed a motion for summary judgment and a motion for frivolous conduct and has asked for reimbursement of attorney's fees. 2) An answer has been filed in the Fattlar lawsuit. The Law Director has suggested that this case not be turned over to the insurance company because Mr. Fattlar is asking for back wages and that is not covered by insurance. Also, the amount is so close to the deductible it makes no sense to incur the cost of insurance counsel. A motion for summary judgment will be filed. 3) The Law Department is currently preparing briefs for three criminal cases on behalf of the Prosecutor. 4) Negotiations with AFSCME general and clerical divisions is on-going. 5) Along with Mayor Boyle and Mr. Wilamosky, met with Cablevision regarding the franchise renewal. Although Cablevision submitted a "broiler-plate" package, Mr. Wilamosky has put together a proposal that is beneficial to the city and it is currently under consideration by Cablevision. The current contract will be extended to allow more time for negotiations. In answer to a question by Mr. Nashar, Mr. Gareau stated that negotiations were not exclusive to Cablevision and other companies will submit proposals. Finance Director Burns: 1) Applications have been filed with Cuyahoga County for Issue 2 grant money for loan assistance. This program provides funding for paying interest on debt that has been secured for capital improvement-type projects that are also eligible for other Issue 2 grants. Requests will be honored only for projects a year old or under construction. The applications cover projects beginning in 1993 in the amount of $168,433 and in 1994 in the amount of $346,925. Funding for this program is quite limited--probably around a million dollars--so it remains to be seen if North Olmsted will receive any grants and in what amount. 2) On June 15, the $35 million note issue was priced. It went out fora 12 month period at an interest rate of 4.67% and will be dated June 22. This interest rate is comparable to the last note issue of $11.75 million done last October as a 9 month issue with 4.55% interest. 3) Council Members have been provided a copy of the annual information statement. A copy of the official statement which accompanies the note issue will be provided upon request. 2