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Council Minutes of 8/4/98 6) The west end of the ice rink roof is completed and the entire project should be done in ample time to conform to the conditioning schedule of the hockey club. 7) This year the city has skin coated Fleharty Road, Martin Drive and Claque Road. Some people have expressed concern because Claque Road is already too high and this causes the sidewalks to be flooded. This makes for a difficult walking situation. However, the road itself was in a dangerous condition, and it was felt that the best thing to do was to put a coating on it until it can be completely renovated. (The total renovation will cost approximately $3 million.) Mr. Miller works with Cleveland police officers and deputy sheriffs. On behalf of himself and the officers, he thanked the Mayor and the city for their assistance during the funeral of the Cleveland police officer who was recently killed in the line of duty. Mayor Musial said he would convey those thanks to the Chief of Police. Law Director Gareau: 1) Since the last Council meeting, he has received an amended complaint filed by the Chamber of Commerce. Among other things, it contains two new parties plaintiff: Mr. Moran and Great Northern Dodge. Also, another cause of action was added, that dealing with the issue of substantive due process. The Law Department is in the process of filing the answer and also proceeding with discovery in the case. 2) Wage negotiations with three separate unions have been an on-going process for the last several months. Late this afternoon, a tentative agreement was reached with the dispatchers union. The city continues to work toward a resolution with both AFSCME unions. 3) An appeal has been filed in the Eighth Appellate District regarding the ruling of the Rocky River Court judge on Parcel E. Also a brief and assignments of error are being prepared. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The June 30th revenue and expenditure reports were finalized and issued today to Council and the directors. The department has been successful thus far in also providing through-the-day budget availability for each line item to department heads on an every-other-week basis. 2) At the end of June, we received a refund of approximately $268,000 of the excess 1997 retainer from RITA. The retainer, which is withheld at 4%, exceeded the actual allocated costs to our city. This money has already been considered in the budgeting of billing and collection fees, so there is no windfall. 3) On July 1, two OPWC and two OWDA loans were paid down by $50,533 in interest and $154,749 in principal. The OPWC loans are interest free, so the interest relates to two of those loans. 4) In July, the city received an extension until the end of September to file our 1999 budget to the county. Subsequently, she met with the director and our analyst to insure her understanding of this process and the ramifications down the line of filing this budget inaccurately. 2