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Council Minutes of 4/21/98 4) Today he attended the 1998 Tree City USA award ceremony for the northeast portion of Ohio. The city ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 24, near the nature trail in North Olmsted Park. This year is the city's 13th consecutive year to receive a Tree City USA award. The city's ceremony was begun by Forester, Dave Wendell, who has followed through every year. 5) The All Nations celebration will be held from noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at North Olmsted High School. The celebration will include a naturalization ceremony, cultural exhibits and presentations, an international fashion show, an Honest Conversations presentation and ethnic food samples. 6) He requested that an executive session be held this evening. Law Director Gareau: 1) The city has entered into an agreement to maintain the status quo with respect to the existing pole signs. This will last only until there is a decision in the case. The city's answer in the case is due on April 27, and a case management conference before Judge Nugent will be held on April 29. 2) A case management conference regarding Parcel E will be held on Apri128. 3) The Blaut case has been settled by insurance counsel. 4) The City of North Olmsted will be dismissed out of the case regarding the accident on Cedar Point hill. 5) Litigation has been threatened regarding the discharge of Mr. Prest as an employee at Springvale. 6) On Monday, the city submitted the AFSCME brief dealing with a grievance filed with respect to who should fill a particular position. 7) He, the Mayor, Service Director and City Engineer met with the County Engineer and a representative from the County Commissioner's office regarding updates on Crocker/Stearns and Clague. 8) A new lawsuit was recently received, the Vavla case which involves a claim that the city did not properly signal the light at Country Club Boulevard and Great Northern Boulevard. This will go to the insurance counsel. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The city made the first repayment to the County Auditor for county hoteUmotel tax funds that had been received in error over the last six years. 2) Her department is testing quarterly purchase orders within allowable Ohio Revised Code guidelines. It is being tested with the bus line. Currently, a minimum of 600 standing purchase orders a month are done. If these can be done quarterly, it will limit the paperwork significantly for both the departments and her department as well. 3) Before Council tonight there will be notes presented for the capital improvements that Council has authorized, $400,000 of which are reissuances of 1997 notes. When we do bond anticipation notes, we must renew them every year. We are starting the process now since they are due July 1. The notes include $2,254,000 of additional borrowings for various prioritized projects including $665,000 for recreational purposes; $835,000 for street and storm; $450,000 for sanitary sewer rehabilitation projects; $154,000 for required removal of gasoline underground storage tanks and replacement of those tanks above ground; $110,00 for Town Hall improvements; $40,000 for improvements to Fire <"~° Station # 2 for the roof. The notes have a change in wording from prior years that say we x>, 2 . _ .,..~~a.-.~p..rp.... .