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Council Minutes of 10/19/1999 the mayors of Lakewood, Bay Village, and Garfield Heights. First Energy, the parent company of CEI, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison, filed their plan on October 5. Under the rules of the PUCO, within 45 days of the filing of the transition plan, as well as supporting direct expert testimony, pursuant to Section 4928.31 Revised Code, interested people and other persons and institutions may file preliminary objections regarding the company's proposed transition plan. The proposal of First Energy contains 7,000 pages. It would not be possible for anyone to effectively and intelligently review these 7,000 pages in 45 days. (The Mayor asked Service Director Bohlmann to bring in the First Energy report. Mr. Bohlmann wheeled in several large volumes on a dolly) He and the other mayors have written the county commissioners, Mr. Schriber of the PUCO and the Mayors and Managers Association of Cuyahoga County to ask that the timeframe be changed so that people will have 90 days after the first of the year to make comments on the proposal of First Energy. Law Director Gareau: 1) The Law Department is preparing for the Parcel E litigation which will go to court next Tuesday. An executive session will be held this evening to discuss this case. 2) With regard to the Faia case, where the city was sued for unlawful search and seizure, the insurance company is handling the case in federal court. There was apre-trial last week, and the case was resolved. Under the confidentiality agreement, the exact amount cannot be revealed but it does involve the insurance deductible. 3) A pre-trial has been held on the Moran case. The demand currently is $265,000 for refusal to grant a building permit which could not be granted because there was no compliance with the licensing laws of the State of Ohio for that type of facility. The case is set to go to court in August of 2000. 4) The arbitrator issued the decision in the case of the Chris Fox dismissal. The award changed it from a dismissal to 90 working days. 5) We have received the signed purchase agreement for the second parcel in the industrial park where RTA will build the bus garage. 6) The Law Department has worked with the North Ridgeville Director of Law, as well as private Council representing Q-Panel, to come up with an agreement on Cypress Avenue. As some Council members did not have time to ask all their questions during caucus, the matter will be discussed further later in this meeting. Hopefully, Council will feel satisfied that the agreement sufficiently provides protection for the City of North Olmsted yet, in cooperation with the City of North Ridgeville, would provide some safety measures for people using the ingress and egress to a parcel this is going to be developed for commercial purposes. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The August revenue and expenditure reports were distributed to Council this afternoon. 2) On Monday, October 18, the 1998 audit report was released by the Auditor of State's office. The city again received an unqualified opinion. 3) Tomorrow the department will again test the payroll system upgrade that is necessary to be Y2K compliant. When it was run the last time, there was a glitch. However, the modification which was a part of this problem was looked at again by the software vendor and was reworked. 2