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Council Minutes of 10/2/2001 the County Prosecutor's ruling, he was told this afternoon that the Boazd of Elections has refused to establish the precincts within the new ward boundaries. The filings in Columbus will be done by Calfee, Halter &c Griswold. We aze going into the Supreme Court tomorrow morning to ask for an immediate hearing and a ruling on the issue with respect to stopping the absentee ballots from going out until we can get a ruling on the duties and obligations of a Board of Elections to do their job. These Boazd of Elections issues are determined in very short order. Five days after the complaint is filed, the respondent, that being the Board of Elections, must file their answer. The city then has three days to submit evidence and briefs, and the board has three days after that to submit evidence and briefs. It's unfortunate that we have been put in this position. It is unfortunate that the City of Fairview Park has been put in that position, and the City of Euclid. He can't understand it, and there are a lot of people that don't understand it. Hopefully, we can get this straightened out because it impacts very severely on the entire City of North Olmsted. It will place in jeopardy all of the races in the Council. It will place in jeopardy the constitutional rights of everybody who has been shifted from one ward to another-they will not be afforded due process or equal protection under the law to vote for the people who are their representatives. He does not think that the Board of Elections understands that. If they understand it, they sure do not appreciate it. 2) Tomorrow morning apre-trial hearing will be held in front of Judge Corrigan in the Probate Court. The city has acquired all of the pieces of land for the library except the C & C Realty property. He and Assistant Law Director Jim Dubelko will attend to represent the city. 3) With respect to the Claque Road widening, he has sent out notices to all parties concerned and asked for a response within seven days to indicate what their intentions are with respect to the acquisition of their property for that project. Four of the nine people have responded. Hopefully, we can still get that project under way this year. 4) Recently, he shared with members of Council information with respect to the issues the city has been dealing with regarding the library board It has been almost a year since the library issue passed. He, the Mayor and Service Director have been working feverishly trying to get agreemems to get the architect hired, construction manager hired and to get prepared to go out for bids. A couple of weeks ago, he shared with Council a letter regarding those issues, and he can report that he still has not received an answer from the library board. They still have refused to negotiate with the city. The legislation which authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the people the city has chosen as the construction manager should proceed through the proper channels. He will attend the committee meeting and explain what the circumstances aze and apprise Council of the facts. Presumably, both the Mayor and the Service Director will also give their opinions with respect to the qualifications of these individuals. After that is done, and all CounciYs questions are answered, then the ordinance should be adopted. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The Revenue and Expenditure reports were distributed to Council today, and the comparative report for the key General Fund characteristics for property taxes, municipal and estate taxes were distributed this evening. President Saringer, chairperson of the Cable Advisory Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, September 24. In attendance were committee members Saringer, Limpert 3 I