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Council Minutes of 5/16/95 Mayor Boyle presented proclamations to the Honorary Mayors Becky Hoelter and Ron Bokan in recognition of their achievements in Scouting. The 1995 Honorary Officials were congratulated by all present. Mr. Boehmer introduced the 1995 North Olmsted Citizen of the Year, Mr. Roy Seitz. Mayor Boyle presented a proclamation to Mr. Seitz in recognition of his many contributions to the community. Mr. Seitz, a 37 year resident of North Olmsted, has vohmteered his time and energies for many community activities such as the St. Vincent De Paul Society, an organization he has served for 15 years by supervising support groups to gather food, clothing, toys and money for needy families. Mr. Seitz has also been an active participant in Catholic Charities, the Bishop's Hunger/Housing Committee and the North Olmsted Senior Citizen Advisory Board. Mr. Seitz received the heartiest of congratulations from Council and all present. Mr. Seitz expressed his thanks and recognized the contribution of many voh~nteers who had helped him through the years. REPORTS Mayor Boyle: 1) He has been working on the budget and appropriations and will present this information to Council tomorrow evening at the Finance Committee meeting. Law Director Gareau: 1) The city's insurance company, along with the Law Department, is handling the "Hughes I" case which was filed against the city and several Police officers regarding an investigation into the activities of a Police officer serving his probationary period. A motion for summary judgment was filed and granted on behalf of the city but not the individual officers. The Law Department is considering taking an interlocutory appeal to the U. S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, relative to this issue. The `Tiughes II" case involves the destruction of documents produced during the investigation of the officer during his probationary period. The documents were destroyed when Mr. Hughes was made a permanent employee. This action prompted the second lawsuit which claimed the city was liable under the statute for $1,000 as a liquidated penalty or damages and was also liable for attorney fees. Because of the amount, this case was not turned over to the insurance company. The Law Department filed a motion for summary judgment in the Common Pleas Court claiming that the Statute of Limitations had passed with respect to that matter. This past week, a ruling was received from the Common Pleas Court granting the motion for summary judgment and dismissing the case. 2) A brief has been filed with the Supreme Court opposing a jurisdiction in the Eliza Jennings case. Also, a brief was filed in support of our jurisdiction regardmg the issue of post-judgment interest. It will be several months until we know if the court plans to take this case under consideration. Finance Director Burns: 1) On the agenda are Ordinance Nos. 95-69 through 95-84. These ordinances totaling $28,785,000 represent the rollover of existing notes of $29,035,000--accounting for spay-down of $250,000. These notes will be combined with the legislation authorizing 1995 borrowing for a consolidated issue of $35,310,000. The ~,, anticipated closing for these notes is June 21, and the official statement will be ready by 2