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Council Minutes of 1/4!2000 together to provide help and resources to those in need. Under this proposal, the City of North Olmsted is being divided into 6 zones with a team captain for each zone. The six team captains will report to coordinating project co-managers: Al Juhasz, a North Olmsted resident and NASA employee; Thomas Hreha, a North Olmsted resident and Ameritech employee. They have accepted the project co-manager responsibilities and are proceeding to enroll team captains. In each zone, it is contemplated that churches and service organizations will provide adult volunteer members for each team. Also in each zone, members of youth groups and young volunteers will be contacted to serve on the team. If anyone is interested in volunteering, they should contact Al Juhasz at 440-779- 8762 or Tom Hreha at 440-779-7705. The Home Depot, which is acommunity-oriented business, has agreed to provide 3 snow throwers and 60 snow shovels. Wal-Mart has indicated that they will provide the other 3 snow throwers. So each team will have one snow thrower and 10 snow shovels for their use. It is contemplated that gas and oil for the snow throwers will be paid for by the North Olmsted Foundation Inc. The City of North Olmsted Department of Human Resources will be the filter to determine which residents qualify for this program. Contact Human Resources Director Don Copeland at 777-8000 for further information. This program could be considered as a bold step forward and will not be easy to accomplish, but we must try. It is an innovative attempt to reach out to our residents to provide an important service, at the same time providing this service without imposing a burden on the financial resources of the City of North Olmsted. Law Director Gareau: Some time ago, the city became involved in a case regarding a suicide which took place in our jail. A lawsuit was filed on behalf of the estate of the decedent. That case was being handled by insurance counsel. However, the Law Department was coordinating the attempt to obtain the necessary affidavits and records so that a motion for summary judgment could be filed in federal court asking, as a matter of law, that the case be dismissed. Summary judgment has been granted in that case. To date, there has been no appeal taken. 2) Currently, he is working with the Safety Department on three grievances that have been filed against the city by the unions dealing with the offering of health care insurance options. The Law Department is in the process now of going through the hearings and assisting in preparation of the answers. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The November 1999 statement of revenues and the expenditure encumbrance and appropriation reports have been distributed to Council this evening. 2) We haven not had any Y2K problems. The systems run and everything is going okay-- dates are working, items are posting. 3) Substitute House Bill 477 will be going to the House floor when the General Assembly reconvenes. This bill provides for the state legislating municipalities on how to administer and set up local income tax rules. H. B. 477 is much better than the one the General Assembly had considered a year and a half ago, but there are still some things in there that will impact our city. She would like to invite a representative from RITA to discuss this at a future Finance Committee meeting. Finance Committee chairperson ,~, McKay agreed. Mr. O'Grady noted that he had requested legislation regarding this bill 4 ,,,,x.:M ~ _.,_