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Council Minutes of 9/17/96 In the absence of Mr. Lind, Mr. McKay reported on the Finance Committee meeting: 1) The committee met on September 10 and in attendance were Council Members Lind, Musial, McKay, Limpert and Nashar; Personnel Director Wilamosky; Service Director Bohlmann; Finance Director Burns. The following items were discussed: a. Ordinance No. 96-88, which is the Cablevision contract. Cablevision will provide a studio, $60,276 in lieu of the fiber optics which were provided by Ameritech, $10,905 in recovery for the city's time and expenses, two character generators and two playback machines. One of the machines will be located at City Hall and the other at one of the city schools. The contract is similar in nature to the Ameritech agreement. Within 18 months, Cablevision will upgrade to 77 channels and will provide public access to the residents. The contract provides for automatic escalation of the franchise fee pursuant to the federal law and non-renewal if all of the provisions are not complied with. The contract reflects all agreed-upon language and provisions which have been previously reviewed. An office will be maintained in North Olmsted, and the studio will probably be located in the City of Brook Park. The committee recommended passage. b. Ordinance Nos. 96-156 through 96-158 which provide for the next term compensation for the Mayor, Law Director and Finance Director. The legislation includes a 3% increase for each year of the four-year term. The CPIW was not considered because it was turned down by the bargaining units. Ordinance Nos. 96-156, 96-157 and 96-158 were recommended for approval by the committee. The city will need to look at the uniformity of all contracts with regard to the application of the CPIW. Ordinance Nos. 96-159 and 96-160 set the next term compensation for the President of Council and Ward Council Members. In addition, the legislation grants hospitalization benefits to the Council President and Ward Council Members. Two of three committee members approved the legislation for passage. c. Ordinance No. 96-162, a transfer ordinance adding $14,000 to the General Fund and $93,465 to the Golf Fund for bond retirement due to the extension of the date until December 31. Also, there was an increase in the cost of salt for streets and litigation costs due to the negotiations on the Fire contract which required mediation and fact-finding. The committee recommended approval. d. Resolution No. 96-153, which calls for 12.8 mills in property tax: General Fund, 11. l mills; Sewers, 1 mill; Recreation .7 mills. The committee recommended approval required to establish the tax rate for 1997. Mr. Musial, member of the Finance Committee, made a minority report: 1) When Ordinance 94-161 was passed, it was indicated that the compensation for Council-at- Large would be held constant in 1996 and 1997 with the idea that it would be increased according to the Consumer Price Index for the Cleveland/Akron/Lorain area for the previous period with a cap of 3%. The same increase for 1999 was established. As Mr. McKay pointed out, it is very difficult to negotiate that type of arrangement with the unions because they would not accept a cap. (Mr. Gareau noted here that the fact-finder also refused it.) Subsequently, Ordinance 95-24 was passed with established rates of compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel. That ordinance 6