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Council Minutes of 2/5/97 ~, with the city agreeing to pay no more than two hours of travel time in excess of the eight ' ~ hours on overnight schooling. This agreement will remain in effect for the duration of the contract which expires on December 31, 1997. 3) The Law Department recently met with the court appointed commissioner in the Fattlar case. That issue is currently in the Court of Appeals where we have filed a mandamus and a quo warranto action because they would not stipulate to all of the facts. Another meeting will take place in March to have the issue fully litigated with respect to the facts that are in dispute. 4) Another lawsuit has been filed by Mr. Dooling, a NOMBL employee. This lawsuit has been filed against the city and not the officers involved in the issue that prompted the first lawsuit. However, the lawsuit was filed one day after the Statute of Limitations ran. The Law Department has contacted the insurance company seeking permission to handle the litigation and plans on filing for dismissal on the basis of immunity and that the Statute of Limitations has expired. S) The Law Department will file a brief in Common Pleas Court regarding the AFSCME grievance dealing with hospitalization coverage. The employees had filed a grievance demanding arbitration, and the Law Director filed a declaratory judgment action. 6) An executive session is requested this evening to discuss threatened litigation with respect to the zoning of the Biskind property that is currently before the Planning Commission. Finance Director Burns: 1) This past Monday, the Finance Department received phone calls regarding the inability of people being able to call the Recreation Center. Callers hearing the message, "The number you have dialed has been disconnected," thought the center had been closed or the city had not paid its phone bill! What really happened was the phone system was temporarily disconnected to be upgraded and, unfortunately, that was the only message Ameritech could use for that situation. 2) Previously it had been reported that the city had submitted an application for Issue 2 loan assistance money in the amount of $989,706. The request has been denied. Four cities in the county had applied for loan assistance. Cleveland and Solon were chosen to receive the loans and will receive about half of what was requested. 3) The city ended the year with positive cash balances in all funds with the exception of the COPS Fast Fund. By design, the COPS Fast Fund will have a deficit balance since the city has to expend the money before it can be requested from the Justice Department. Fund balances were as follows: General Fund, $S 10,000; Recreation Fund, $78,000; Bond Retirement Fund, $479,000; Bus Fund, $463,000; Springvale, $324,000; Sewer Revenue Fund, $154,000. The target for the General Fund was $250,000, so we more than doubled that target. The target for the Bond Retirement Fund was a half million dollars, and we fell just slightly short of that mark. The target for the Sewer Revenue Fund was to be a break even, and we exceeded our expectations for that fund. 2