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Council Minutes of 12/16/97 light industrial to single-family residential. The rezoning would stop the continued commercialization of that area, especially with the plans of neighboring North Ridgeville. 4) An executive session is requested this evening to discuss contract negotiations. Law Director: 1) Assistant Law Director Dubelko and Building Commissioner Conway traveled to Akron for a hearing before the Ohio Board of Building Code Appeals regarding the Moran case. A decision has not been rendered. Mr. Moran is requesting that a proposed building code that will go into effect two years from now be implemented now. At the same time, he is asking for a variance from that building code with regard to sprinkling and/or emergency access on the third floor of his building. 2) NOMBL negotiations were scheduled today, but no conclusions were reached. The negotiations will be discussed in the executive session requested by the Mayor. 3) The Fattlar grievance was filed in the Supreme Court last Thursday. 4) A Civil Service hearing was held to remove a candidate third on the list because of a background check. The Civil Service Commission will make a ruling on this matter soon. 5) An arbitration hearing was held in the firefighter's valor pay case. Briefs in the case are due at the end of January. 6) Assistant Law Director Dubelko attended a hearing today in Rocky River Municipal Court regarding the city's case dealing with Parcel E. The landowner was charged with a violation of the urban forest ordinance relating to the removal of certain trees. The judge has withheld a ruling that case. There are other cases pending and it seems like everybody is waiting for the other person to act first. Consequently, we do not have the ruling in this criminal case. Finance Director Burns: 1) The city has received applications for the HEAP Program, and they are available in the lobby or through the Human Resources Department. 2) On second reading tonight is Ordinance No. 97-117, which is a transfer ordinance for 1997. Since it has been to committee, he is requesting passage under suspension of the rule. 3) Although this is his last meeting as Finance Director, he has committed to the new administration to follow through with a number of pending items. These projects are as follows: • The Rocky River vs. the City of North Olmsted lawsuit involving the payment of allocated expenses for the calendar year 1996. • The action to recover by Cuyahoga County on the hoteUmotel tax for 1991 through 1997. • Fairview Park capital agreement. This involves Fairview Park's share of the cost for the Georgette project and their cost for the renovation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Those projects were completed this year, and we now have final figures that can be submitted to Fairview Park. • Pending items involving NOMBL and RTA that will need to be resolved within the next month or two. • A major income tax assessment. He will be meeting with Ms. Copfer to inform her of the facts and will assist her on the logic and theory behind what was done. 2 .. '"2Y<N>h~Wh1M~?.iEAP4bli. ~ .. .~.. y. ... ..i:Mi --,,:.. -~. ....