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Council Minutes of 2/18/97 Law Director Gareau: 1) As had been previously reported, a new lawsuit was filed by Mr. Dooling, a NOMBL employee. Mr. Gareau believed the lawsuit was filed outside of the Statute of Limitations and, in addition, the city had immunity. After numerous attempts to contact Mr. Dooling's attorney failed, the Law Department has filed an answer and requested that the court find frivolous conduct and award the city attorneys' fees. 2) He recently attended the annual municipal law conference and workshop sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Law Directors' Association. Interesting subjects which were discussed were cable TV and adult entertainment--issues that have been addressed by our city. North Olmsted was the first community to become involved in cable TV competition. Also, the city successfully addressed the subject of adult entertainment businesses. 3) The insurance company has agreed to allow the Law Department to handle the case regarding the person who slipped and fell in a rest room at the Recreation Center. The Law Department has prepared and filed a motion for summary judgment asking that the case be dismissed on the basis of sovereign immunity and recreational immunity. Finance Director Burns: 1) Today the Auditor of State's office began their audit of the 1996 financials. Our timetable is to have the GAAP financial statements completed during the month of April and for the final report to be issued during the month of June. We are working to fulfill State Auditor Petro's promise that all municipal audits within the State of Ohio will be completed by June 30. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The committee met on Thursday, February 6, for a debate between the Ohio Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development Authority which supports Ohio S. B. 19 and Save our State from Radioactive Waste which is in opposition to the bill. Speakers in support of the bill were State Senator Suhadohuk, Jane Harf and Steve James. Speakers in opposition to the bill were Arnold Gliesser, Dave Allison and Chris Trepal. Also in attendance were Council President Boehmer, Councilpersons Limpert, Musial, Nashar, O'Grady, Saringer and McKay and approximately forty-five residents. Historical background on this issue is as follows: The Ohio Low-Level Waste Facility Development Authority was created under Substitute Senate Bill 19, which became effective on September 8, 1995. The Authority is charged with the development, operation, closure and long-term care of a regional disposal facility that would serve the six member states of the Midwest International Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. The six states are Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Ohio facility will operate for a period of 20 years or until it is established that 2.25 million cubic feet of waste is reached, whichever occurs first. Each of the other five states will then take a 20-year turn providing the disposal--effectively making Ohio the provider of the disposal service for 20 years and a consumer for the next 100 years. In 1987, Ohio was designated one of four host states for the Compact. This action started a 90-day time period during which Ohio could have withdrawn from the Compact without sanctions. When no such effort was made, Ohio was ranked second. The first alternate host state was Michigan. The designators were based primarily on the volumes of waste that each state was projected to generate during 3 _.~. r.~ . ~ _ _....,.~,:-~ .r