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Council Minutes of 8/5/97 5) The fire at the Kings Path Condominiums was the second serious fire of the year. However, once again the community came together to help those in need. We are continuing to receive calls from people offering their help. The city departments of Police, Fire, Service and Human Resources did an admirable job. Safety Director Carolyn Kasler is thanked for her commitment to training of the safety forces. The results of that training have been evident during these two fires. 6) The preconstruction meeting regarding the repairs to Stearns Road, south of the I-480 interchange, will be held next week. Hopefully, a timetable will result from that meeting; and, if so, it will be shared with Council 7) The Cuyahoga County Board of Health has advised the city that there have been cases of raccoon rabies coming out of Pennsylvania. There have not been any cases reported in Cuyahoga County and surrounding counties; however, there have been reported cases in areas close to Pennsylvania. The best way to combat this virus is to have domestic cats and dogs vaccinated. The County will form a rabies task force to monitor the movement of the virus and to take whatever actions are necessary to stop the spread of the rabies virus. Mr. Musial suggested we use the city cable channel to inform residents about this problem, and the Mayor agreed it would be a good idea to do that and to use our Internet site. 8) The city was recently awarded a grant to educate and inform the public about recycling. This grant is being used for an Internet page informing residents on how to dispose of household hazardous materials. Law Director Gareau: 1) The city was successful in the Fattlar litigation, and the costs of approximately $2,000 will be borne by Mr. Fattlar. However, the decision is somewhat confusing because it basically indicates that there was no clear legal duty on the city to retain Mr. Fattlar. Consequently, if the Statue of Limitations has not run, he still has open to him the avenue of filing a declaratory judgment action determining what his rights are under the Charter. 2) A lawsuit has been received from Dolphin Construction Company dealing with claims ofnon-payment as a subcontractor. 3) Regarding the lawsuit filed by the City of Rocky River against the City of North Olmsted, an answer will be filed and also a motion to dismiss with respect to the Finance Director being personally sued. 4) With respect to the Moran lawsuit, even though the city filed a motion to dismiss their administrative appeals claim, there have been motions going back and forth dealing with the various issues of the case. Today we were notified by the insurance company that attorney Bruce Goldstein has been hired to represent the city. 5) Today two arbitration briefs were completed, both dealing with on-duty injury. One case deals with a firefighter slipping on a fire engine when he was on a call. The second concerns a police officer who had been cited by the city of violating five pursuit rules when he was allegedly going after shit-skip driver. The officer crashed into a telephone pole, and he is asking that he be given on-duty pay and not have his sick leave or worker's compensation used. Both claims were denied and will go to arbitration. 2