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Council Minutes of 12/2/97 2) Regarding the Moran case, a hearing will soon be held before the State of Ohio Board ,~. ;,,~;, of Building Appeals. Assistant Law Director Dubelko and Building Commissioner Conway will represent the city. 3) Regarding Parcel E, he has met with the planning expert and presented him with all pertinent information. 4) Some months ago, two AFSCME employees filed for certification with J. P. Farley to have dental work done. The requests were denied. Instead of appealing through the court system, the employees filed a grievance. The Law Department filed for a declaratory judgment in Common Pleas Court and also asked that the employees be restrained from proceeding through the arbitration process. The employees filed a declaratory judgment action indicating that the matter should be arbitrated. The Common Pleas court has ruled in the city's favor that the matter is not arbitable. 5) The FOP has requested that Council approve an extension of the time that the fact- finder must report to SERB with respect to the contract which expires on January 1. Council must vote to agree to the extension and to make negotiated wages retroactive to January 1. 6) The city met with officials from the City of Westlake to discuss the Hall Ditch. North Olmsted has two 30-inch pipes going into Westlake, which only has a 20-inch pipe that is completely blocked. It was a very productive meeting, and the Westlake officials were very responsive to our needs. We have been informed that in the Spring Westlake will either clean out or replace their pipe. This will give much needed relief to the Deerfield subdivision. 7) This Thursday, an arbitration will be held with respect to a firefighters' union issue dealing with valor pay. A firefighter who was injured moving a ladder during a fire filed for valor pay. The request was turned down by the Safety Director, and the matter is now before an arbitrator. This is very similar to the Police Department case. Finance Director Burns: 1) The $100,000 rollover notes for the rescue squad were sold today for 4.40%. 2) On tonight's agenda is Ordinance 97-117, a transfer ordinance for 1997. A detailed worksheet will be available to Council at a later date. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The committee met in joint session with the Finance Committee on Monday, November 24. Present were committee members Lind, Musial, Nashar and McKay; Safety Director Kasler; Finance Director Burns; Finance Director-elect Copfer; Councilman-elect Gaxeau. The committee discussed Ordinance 97-104 which authorizes the city to cooperate with the county in the repair and resurfacing of Barton Road from the county west line to Lorain Road. The county will prepare the plans, specifications and engineering standards and will provide supervision and administration. of the contract. The city will contribute 20% of the construction costs and 40% of the cost of the plans. Earlier this evening, Service Director Bohlmann provided cost figures to the committee: cost to the city will be approximately $31,700. Upon completion of the work, the city will be responsible for maintenance and upkeep. The committee recommended approval. 2 ,....., r .. .~.~ ~.:,,.~~.. , _ ~ .,_ _, . ~. , ,_ ~....