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Council Minutes of 5/7!96 complaint was not dismissed, the city would proceed with a frivolous conduct claim. There has not been an answer as yet. 8) This evening an executive session will be held to discuss the sale of surplus property-- the old fire station. 9) Along with Safety Director Kasler and Police Sgt. Wolf, the Law Director traveled to Baltimore to view the video camera systems in the City of Bahimore and the University of Maryland. At the university, a demonstration was given showing the ability of the cameras to zoom in on an automobile which was three blocks away and still display the license plate. There were 10 to 12 monitors showing various areas, and any area could be switched to the main monitor where the activity could be videotaped. The cost of the cameras at the university, which had the ability to tilt, zoom and pan, was surprisingly low--between $1,700 and $2,300 each. These cameras as very effective and could be very useful in large parking lots, such as malls. We will be receiving more information from Bahimore which will help us to develop legislation to effectively regulate the videotaping and monitoring of large parking lots such as at Great Northern Mall. Mr. Nashar asked whether the TV monitoring would require someone to be present 24 hours a day. Mr. Gareau explained it would depend on the system being used. The City of Baltimore had a system using approximately 6 cameras which were constantly being videtaped. The university used a system of 10 to 12 monitors where someone had the capability of moving action from those monitors to the main monitor for videotaping. Finance Director Burns: 1) On tonight's agenda are Ordinances 96-65 through 96-71 which will fund the capital improvement projects for 1996 and 1997. The total for those projects is $6,970,000. The rollovers of the existing notes will be introduced and passed at the special Council meeting on Thursday, May 9. In this rollover, $310,000 of the existing notes are being paid off--$250,000 represent notes that were used to buy motorized vehicles for the Service Department and $60,000 is a required paydown on sanitary sewer notes. Also, the sewer revenue fund will be used to pay off the $175,000 EPA judgment note. Fiscal Officer's Certificates have been presented for all the notes. 2) The deferred compensation plan available to North Olmsted employees, defined as a 457 Plan by the IRS, requires that the assets of the plan be owned by the city and not by the participant. The budget bill that was vetoed contained a provision to correct this so that the plan would become a trustee plan whereby the participants would own the assets. A bill recently introduced, HB 3206, provides for the conversion of these plans from employer-owned to a trustee plan and further raises the limit that could be contributed to the plan. Currently the contribution limit is $7,500, which is little less than half of what is allowed in a 401-K Plan. This bill would allow the contn`bution to equal that which is allowed for the 401-K 3) A bill in the Ohio General Assembly, HB 579, will raise the competitive bid limit for municipalities from $10,000 to $15,000. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, Apri122. In attendance were Service Director Bohlmann and Council Members Nashar, Limpert and McKay. The committee discussed Resolution 96-58 which s authorizes the Service Director to advertise for bids for the Broxbourne Lift Station and 3