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`Council Minutes of 12/17/2002 ,,, 4) The Springvale ballroom bookings are good this month, and there are good advance bookings for 2003. Preparation of the marketing plan is proceeding and league commitments for golf are strong. 5) The office layout for the Building Department has been re-arranged to provide a service counter and a more user-friendly place to provide services offered by the Building Department. The department is undergoing a review of the technology and application of technology. 6) Leaf pickup is still going on throughout North Olmsted. There is at least a 10 day delay in pick-ups due to the weather, and the snow is having impact on the effective functioning of the equipment. The Director of Public Service has been in contact verbally and in writing with the contractor regarding maximizing service with the next few days of good weather forecasted. This has been an unusual year with the late fall of the leaves and eazly snow. 7) The city intends to use remaining funds from the 2002 slab repair work and perform slab repairs in 2003 in the North Park Estates and Sandy Ridge areas. 8) This last weekend, the North Olmsted Park-N-Ride held family-oriented festivities on Saturday and Sunday, which was really well attended. Congratulations to the NOMBL employees for their work on this event and also their continuing customer service. Anew record was achieved this past week with more than 240 cars using the Pazk-N-Ride lot. 9) This last Friday, he met with Mayor Knoble, Clerk of Courts Bill Gareau, Jim Dubelko, and Carrie Copfer in an effort to continue investigation and discussion concerning the mayor's court in the City of North Olmsted. 10) There is no current news on the funding for Crocker-Stearns Road. Councilman Gareau inquired, regazding the modification of the Building and Engineering Departments, whether the electrical and telephone services were modified and were there costs associated with the renovation. Mayor Musial said it was his understanding that the electrical lines for those units did not have to be moved. What happened is that the space was opened up so now it has a wide open view with the Building and Engineering Departments providing service at the same counter. To his knowledge there were no costs associated with the renovation. Law Director Dubelko: 1) On December 9, he attended a meeting of the Board of Control. At that meeting, the board approved the change order for the Columbia Road storm sewer project which had been recommended by the City Engineer. This change order involved providing a design for a replacement water line for Gessner Road. 2) Also on December 9, he too attended the dedication ceremony for the new Park-N- Ride facility. Former Law Director Michael R. Gazeau Sr. and the current Assistant Law Director Bryan O`Malley were present. On behalf of the Law Department, each of those individuals did a lot of good work to make this project a reality. 3) City Prosecutor Dan Ryan has submitted an annual report. He is making an average of 52 rulings per month. On average, 19 rulings have no charge, which means that in 37% of the cases no charges aze being made. He is averaging 61 telephone messages a month. He receives approximately 6 requests for discovery each week. The average number of cases handled per month in Rocky River Municipal Court are 145. The average number 2