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r Council Minutes of 10/17/2000 4) Springvale will have an open house on Sunday, October 29 from Noon until 5 p.m. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served. Everyone is welcome to come and see the many improvements to Springvale, such as the new parking lot and ADA compliant rest room facilities. President Saringer complimented Safety Director Jenkins on the "new look" of his report to Council. It really makes you want to stop and read it! Law Director Gareau: 1) This past week, the final brief in the Parcel E case was filed. The next step will be to have the issue set for final argument. He feels very good about the case and looks forward to the final argument as well as a reversal of the lower court's opinion. 2) The final paperwork on the Chamber of Commerce case has been received. The case is now concluded. 3) Negotiations with employee unions have begun, with the Police Department being the first group. He has received a packet from the FOP and will be participating in choosing a fact finder in the near future. 4) A new lawsuit, which is an offshoot of an old lawsuit, has been received. This is in regard to the jail hanging case which was removed to federal court with appended state claims. Our insurance counsel filed a motion for summary judgment which was granted. The court then dismissed without prejudice the appended state claims and those claims are now back in the state court where the insurance counsel will represent the city. Finance Director Copfer: 1) On Thursday, October 12, the Auditor of State had apre- proposal briefing for the audit contract to go out to independent accountants. Six independent public accountant firms had representatives there. The due date for that proposal is October 26 at 4 p.m. at the Auditor of State's office in Cleveland. Then the process is that she and the senior auditor from the State Auditor's office will evaluate the accounting firms' completed questionnaires. The prices associated with the proposals will also be evaluated. Then she and the senior auditor will make a recommendation to the selection committee in Columbus who will award the contract. (The independent public accounting firm and the State Auditor's office are the contracting parties.) Mrs. Kasler, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on October 9 to discuss Ordinance 2000-133. Present were committee members Kasler, Nashar and Miller; Councilmen Gareau, McKay, Limpert and O'Grady; President of Council Saringer; Assistant Law Director Dubelko, Safety Director Jenkins and Mayor Musial. Ordinance 2000-133 authorizes the City of North Olmsted to enter into the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council of Governments and the execution and delivery of the agreement establishing such Council for the purpose of jointly establishing and implementing an electricity aggregation program. This will allow North Olmsted to work jointly with political subdivisions that have authorized electricity aggregation programs in their respective jurisdictions for the benefit of group pricing. Deregulation will be effective in Ohio in January, and this ordinance allows North Olmsted to group with other municipalities to attempt to obtain lower electricity costs. This aggregation effort, led by Mayor Coyne of 2