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Council Minutes of 11/8/2000 4) The city has received a grant for $10,624 from Attorney General Betty Montgomery's Law Enforcement Fund to be used by the Police Department for equipment. The funds will be used to purchase a 911 emergency dispatch training simulator, an ultrasonic cleaning tank for firearms and an ultralight long-range laser speed and range measurement device. Law Director Gareau: 1) The city has agreed to joint negotiations with the correction officers and the police officers which will begin within the next three to four weeks. 2) Next week an arbitration case will be held dealing with an issue of overtime for police dispatchers. 3) An arbitrator will be chosen for a dispute dealing with overtime at the Fire Department. Councilman Nashar asked the Law Director if there had been any recent discussions relating to an issue that had been before Council several years ago regarding video surveillance cameras in parking lots. Mr. Nashar remembered that, at the time, the Law Director and Police Department representatives had gone to Baltimore to look at their system. Law Director Gareau said that at that time he, Safety Director Kasler and a police officer had visited Baltimore and also the University of Maryland to view their monitoring systems. They found that the system had helped to clean up the areas in downtown Baltimore that previously had a lot of crime.. The University of Maryland's monitoring system was even superior to Baltimore's. They came back with the thought that a surveillance system would be very worthwhile. Since that time, there have been a number of crimes that have been solved in the greater Cleveland area and throughout the country through the use of monitoring systems. Council should probably take another look at the pending ordinance. President Saringer assigned the pending legislation to the Public Safety Committee. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The city has six requests for proposals from private/independent public accountants to perform the audit for the city. We are currently evaluating these in cooperation with the State Auditor's office and will be awarding the contract in several weeks. The contract is actually between the independent accountant and the Auditor of State. 2) The community report was mailed last week, and she has received phone calls and notes from residents who are pleased with the report. President Saringer reported on the public hearings held on October 30 regarding the following legislation: • Ordinance 2000-81, creating new sections of the Zoning Code, "Permitted Buildings and Uses" and "Area and Density Requirements," so as to permit golf courses and buildings associated or related to the operation of golf courses as accessory uses in Single Family Cluster Districts of the city. Although there were four residents in the audience, no one made any comments with regard to this legislation. There was a discussion among Council members, and Councilman Miller brought up the fact that golf balls are hitting some of the homes adjacent to the North Olmsted Golf Course. However, this issue did not affect the zoning issue addressed in the legislation. Z