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Council Minutes of 9/17/96 expand and to lure businesses, and thus jobs and stable tax bases, into this region. As an example, this would mean that a city such as Bay Village that does not have much developable land but has a large bonding capacity can join with a city such as North Olmsted to develop properties, thus securing our tax bases. 4) Last night a meeting was held with residents to discuss the Mill Road project. Some of the comments and suggestions that were made may be incorporated into the project. Hopefully, further discussions on this issue will be held. 5) The Town Hall meeting will be tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Pine Elementary School. Everyone is welcome to attend. Law Director Gareau: 1) He has filed on behalf of the city a declaratory judgment action against AFSCME and two of its members regarding a dispute that arose when the two employees were denied coverage under the dental plan. After the employees had appealed their denial through J. P. Farley, they then filed a grievance which he feels is inappropriate because of the city's contractual obligations with J. P. Farley to review claims and do pre- certification. If this grievance were allowed to go to the arbitration stage which is binding, that would put the arbitrator in the position of becoming the super designator of who is covered and who is not covered under the city hospitalization plan. Because he does not believe this is an arbitable issue, he has asked the court to make a determination on the contractual rights, duties and obligations of the parties involved in this dispute. 2) As the Mayor mentioned, the city has met with Fairview Park to discuss the Georgette relief sewer project. In April, Council authorized the Mayor to apply to the Ohio Water Development Authority and the EPA to obtain a grant for this project. It was determined that the City of North Olmsted would be the Lead city in this project and would have the responsibility for repayment. North Olmsted would then make an agreement with Fairview Park to pay their share of the cost. Those items were all in place and what needed to be done in order to meet and lock in on a favorable loan rate was to write a legal opinion with respect to the city's rights to bind itself in such a manner. Also, the application, contract and loan documents had to be approved. That work has now been completed, 30 days ahead of schedule, and has been submitted. Hopefully, the project wilt begin 30 days earlier than had been anticipated. 3) The Engineering Department has advised that there are still a number of residents who have failed to remove cross-connections and infiltration points with the sanitary sewer system. This week letters will be sent to fourteen residents advising them that they have 30 days within which to disconnect or repair. If they fail to do so, we will join them all into one lawsuit to be filed in Common Pleas Court asking for injunctive relief and damages. 4) An answer in the Fattlar case has been filed in the Court of Appeals. 5) Last week an arbitration hearing was held regarding the yearly uniform allowance for a police officer who resigned on January 3, 1996. The officer asked for the entire year's allowance even though he was not afull-time employee at the time of the first payday, January 12, 1996. 2