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Council Minutes of 9/3/2002 ., Law Director Dubelko: 1) Regarding the mayor's court initiative of Councilwoman Kasler, on August 20 he met with her and the Mayor to discuss the matter. The Law Department has been conducting research since that date, and he will soon be distributing legal memos regarding some of the concerns raised by the Rocky River Municipal Court. 2) On August 21, he met with Councilman Gateau and Building Commissioner Conway regarding the two pending lighting ordinances (99-77, 99-79) which were sponsored by Councilman Gateau. It was a very productive meeting of looking into model lighting ordinances from other communities and seeing whether or not some of those provisions can be incorporated into the two pending ordinances that are before Council. On August 28, Commissioner Conway provided him with a memo containing recommendations of what additionally should be included in these ordinances. He will review those recommendations and provide the BZD Committee with the proposed amended versions of the ordinances. 3) He participated in the Homecoming parade on August 25 for the first time as an elected official. It was a very nice event with a lot of harmony and goodwill. 4) On August 26, the city's law clerk Steve ICnippen completed his summer clerkship with the Law Department. He did an excellent job working approximately 35 hours a week for the Law Department, and he is now on a part-time schedule. Steve did a particularly good job of researching the city's community access ordinance, the mayor's court initiative and the pending city right-of--way ordinance. 5) On August 26, he received a request for information from Councilman Miller regarding the program audit meetings which were held by the city's directors in the latter ,~ half of July. He was not able to respond before Council voted on the budget ordinance at the special Council meeting that evening, thereby making the request moot. 6) On August 26, he attended the Board of Control meeting at which a contract was approved for the demolition of the homes on the library site. On August 27, he worked with the mayor's administrative assistant in finalizing the drafting of the actual contract. The contrail has been submitted to the Mayor's office. 7) On August 27, he provided the Finance Director with a memo on the legal issue of whether the city must credit current employees with accumulated sick leave earned in other Ohio political subdivisions. The simple answer to that question was yes. 8) On August 17, he prepared the contract for the Police Department's purchase of weapons. Council had authorized the bidding for that contract earlier in the summer. 9) On August 28, he received a request for a legal opinion from Councilman Gateau concerning the duties of the President of Council. He will provide a legal opinion on that issue within a week after giving the President of Council an opportunity to have input. 10) On August 29, he attended a seminar in Columbus sponsored by the Ohio Municipal League regarding S. B. 255. This recently enacted Senate bill creates new right-of--way legislation regulating what municipalities can regulate for the use of thew rights-of--way by utility companies and cable companies. In the near future, he will be providing a memo to the committee that is currently considering the pending right-of--way ordinance. The memo will outline S. B. 255 and make recommendations regarding that pending ordinance. 11) On August 30, the Law Department received notice from the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals that it had dismissed the appeal filed by the defendant in the case of City of "~ North Olmsted vs. Terrence Reagan. Mr. Reagan had been convicted of a disorderly