04/20/1999 Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Council Minutes of 4/20/99 will be responsible for sidewalks, and the city will also enter into a sidewalk repair maintenance/installation program this year. The goals of this inspection program are: to identify properties in need of maintenance repair and have those violations abated; to commend those residents who do a good job of maintaining their properties. The building inspectors will wear jackets identifying them as members of the North Olmsted Building Department. 5) ODOT construction on Cedar Point Road has encountered a problem in relocating a utility line. As a result, the contractor has been given approval to completely close Cedar Point Road for 14 days beginning Wednesday, Apri121. 6) The world's largest touring grill, the "Johnsonville Big Taste Grill," will be at the Giant Eagle parking lot on Great Northern Boulevard on Saturday, April 24, from 11 a. m. until 5 p.m. Proceeds from the sale of bratwurst and Pepsi will go to the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Department. WDOK will be broadcasting live from the parking lot. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy a bratwurst and Pepsi for only $1.50. Assistant Law Director Dubelko: 1) Law Director Gareau is recovering nicely from his recent surgery. 2) The city has filed a brief in opposition to the Chamber of Commerce's motion for summary judgment. The briefing schedule in this case is almost completed. Hopefully, Judge Nugent will make a ruling on the two motions for summary judgment in the next several month period. 3) The Law Department has sent a letter to the Ohio Attorney General asking the Attorney General to investigate afund-raising circular which was sent by the Chamber of Commerce, anon-profit corporation, to local businesses. The circular appeared to be a City of North Olmsted violation notice. The Law Department and other city departments were contacted by a number of businesses questioning whether or not this was a city notice. This issue has been forwarded to the Attorney General to see whether or not any State law provisions regulating charities have been violated by that circular. 4) Regarding the Parcel E case, the Law Department had originally filed a brief opposing the property owner's request to bifurcate the trial. Typically a trial of this nature (a zoning case), is composed of two parts: a claim that the city zoning ordinance is unconstitutional and also that it takes property without compensation. The property owner has filed a motion to separate that into two trials, and the city has opposed that. That case is still set for trial on June 15. 5) Also, in connection with Mr. Bohlmann's report on the termination of the U.S. EPA consent decree, the Law Department has contacted the U. S. Attorney's office and is in the process of scheduling a meeting which should lead to the termination of that decree. 6) In the case of Griffith vs. the City of North Olmsted (jail suicide case), our insurance defense counsel reports that the case has been set for trial on October 12 of this year. It is in the middle of discovery right now and there are some settlement discussions and there is the possibility of the city filing a motion for summary judgment. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The operating system upgrade for the financial computer system was completed on Saturday, April 17. The system is being tested and it is anticipated the Y2K software will be loaded within the next two weeks, followed by more testing.