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Council Minutes of 11/4/9& ~n= 4) Last week he attended apre-trial conference regarding the Parcel E litigation. There are a series of benchmarks working toward a March 15 trial date. The department will be ,~;. consulting with experts and preparing to have expert reports exchanged and taking depositions. 5) Today he and Assistant Law Director Dubelko met with certain department heads and division heads to discuss the Chamber of Commerce sign litigation. This will be a long and arduous case as the Chamber has asked the court to declare 25 of the 28 divisions of the sign code as unconstitutional. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Staffing changes in the Finance Department are occurring as Ms. Shirley McGowan was promoted to Bookkeeper A from Bookkeeper B to fill the position of a long-time employee who resigned. The vacant Bookkeeper B position is currently being posted. Because the fourth and first quarter of a fiscal year are the critical times when experienced people are essential, Council is being asked to create a temporary (6 months) part-time Bookkeeper A position to provide for adequate training for the two new employees. 2) Gary Hannum, our IS department head, worked all day Saturday loading the 2000 compliant software upgrade for our payroll, personnel and budget and accounting system. Though no significant data errors have occurred, the reporting modules for both payroll and accounting do have a few "bugs" and the vendor is sending the corrections. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, October 26, to discuss Resolution 98-120. Present were Mayor Musial; Service Director Bohlmann; City Engineer Deichmann; Finance Director Copfer; Councilpersons Gareau, Kasler, Miller, Nashar and McKay; Safety Director Jenkins. Resolution 98-120 is a resolution involving the repair of sidewalks at four locations in the city. These sidewalks are causing a safety hazard to pedestrians. All property owners are responsible for the upkeep and repair of the sidewalks on their property. The owners at these locations were given at least 30 days notification and have failed to respond. The city is authorized to make these repairs to the sidewalks and assess the total cost against the lots and abutting lands. The city will again send a notice by registered letter to all the owners that the repairs must be made within a 30-day period or the city will complete repairs and the cost will be assessed to them. If the repairs are made by the landowner within the 30 days, the matter will be set aside. The committee recommended approval. Mr. Limpert, Chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: The committee met on October 28. Present were committee members Nashar, Gareau and Limpert; Councilmen O'Grady, McKay, and Miller. Agenda items were as follows: 1) The appointment of one individual to the Architectural Review Board and two individuals to the Fair Housing Board. The first appointment was Karin Schulz to the Architectural Review Board. She will complete Susan Krieger's term which started January 1, 1997 and will run through the end of 1998. Mrs. Schulz has a very extensive background in real estate management. She will be filling the role of one of the qualified electors, and the committee unanimously recommended approval. Also interviewed was Adolph Spagnuolo to take the place of Anthony Warmuth on the Fair Housing Board. 2 ~,.., _ ,rya.-,., ..,,.:.~-., _ .. ~.... .,.