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Council Minutes of 10/1/96 4., financially prohibitive because there are numerous improvements that must be made at ~.,~ Springvale. In addition, Springvale is not administered under the Recreation Commission but is under the Safety Director's control. It is not a Recreation facility but rather a recreational revenue-source facility. 3) Firefighter Ed Bak is thanked for taking it upon himself to apply for training grants for the Fire Department. Because of his efforts, the city will receive $6,850 for firefighter training and $6,494 for training of the hazardous material team. Law Director Gareau: 1) Several months ago, he informed Council that a complaint was filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission regarding the limitations in the city application for original appointment to the Fire Department. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has issued an opinion that the individual has the right to sue and there is probable cause. The Ohio Revised Code provides that original appointments in municipal corporations cannot go beyond the age of 30. However, if a local municipality designates a specific age, they can go up to age 35. Up until two years ago, Title 7 of the U. S. Code exempted municipal corporations from age discrimination for police and fire. A bill is currently pending in the U. S. Senate to reinstate the provision in Title 7 that exempts municipal corporations. Consequently, we are currently in a "window" where we have to deal with this problem of discrimination with respect to age for original appointments to police and fire. The Law Department is working on the issue and endeavoring to seek some resolution. 2) He is in the process of preparing a brief for the police grievance dealing with uniform allowance. 3) Recently, a deposition of former Animal Warden Sam Grilli was taken. The Law Department is working with the insurance company and their attorney to come up with despositive motions regarding this case. Finance Director Burns: 1) The final draft of the city investment policy is now at counsel. He anticipates that the final draft will be ready for presentation to City Council at the next Council meeting. 2) He had expected the 1993 and 1994 audits to be released in mid-September. However, within that report was a citation to which he had taken an opposite position to that of the Auditor of State. The issue was sent to Columbus for review. Subsequent to the draft of the report being released from the Auditor of State's office, bond counsel reviewed the report and determined that the Finance Director was correct. The issue was taken up with the Legal Department of the Auditor of State's office, and it has been decided in favor of the Finance Director. The report is now being rewritten, and it is anticipated that the audits for 1993 and 1994 will be released within the next week. Mr. Nashar, Chairperson of the Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee, commented on the on-going traffic signalization program. There are two problem areas that are being addressed as the traffic signalization system is being installed. One, is the intersection of Great Northern Boulevard and I-480 where the traffic backs up in the morning and evening hours. The city is doing its best to get this traffic moving especially before the ~; Christmas holidays arrive. The second area of concern is the Butternut Ridge Road and 2 ..~.. ~~.~~M.. ~ .~,~.,.~<,,.. ~ < ,~