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Council Minutes of 6/4/2002 ~ Law Director Dubelko: 1) On May 22, he attended a Step 3 grievance hearing held by the new Personnel Director. She is doing a good job, especially with respect to that particular hearing. The grievance involved an ordinance which this Council had adopted reorganizing in part the Service Department to transfer three storm sewer workers down to the Wastewater Treatment Plant. 2) On May 22, he provided a memo to the Mayor and members of Council regarding Adelphia and WideOpenWest's decision to terminate franchise fees on cable modem service revenues based upon a FCC ruling. Since that time, he has formally put each of these companies on notice that the city will expect back paymern of those fees in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction overturns that FCC ruling. There are some actions that are in the works to be filed by municipal organization groups. 3) On May 23, he provided advice to the Safety Director regarding the legality of the city's current rental agreement with the Southeast Golf Cart Company. 4) On May 23 and May 30 he met with the Finance Director and the Environmental Engineer to put together an amendment to the Fairview Park sewer capital improvement contract for projects during the period 1992 to 1997. Ordinance 2002-89 is before Council this evening. 5) On May 24 he provided to Council a memo regarding the proposed RFP process for personal service contracts. This was in response to questions by Council member Kasler and other members of Council regarding legality and origins of this new process, particularly as applied to several pending ordinances before Council recently. Also, he addressed this issue before the Legislative Committee on June 3. 6) On May 28, the new city law clerk started, and he is doing a good job. He is working on a second community access ordinance which would deal with regulating city signs, announcements on cable TV channels and the links that are permitted pursuarn to policy on the city's website. Hopefully, an ordinance will be ready for presernation to Council after their vacation. 7) On May 28, he met with city planner George Smerigan and Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley prior to the Planning Commission meeting to discuss issues relating to the future rezoning of Parcel E. Mr. Smerigan made a presentation to the Planning Commission that night. The Planning Commission has scheduled a work session on June 11 to discuss the rezoning of Parcel E. Hopefully, after Council's vacation, there will be an ordinance presented to Council recommending rezoning of that parcel. 8) Before Council this evening is Ordinance 2002-91 which authorizes the expenditure of funds to purchase one of the two pieces of property that the city needs to acquire for the proposed roadway to the future RTA Park-n-Ride facility. Hopefully, an ordinance involving the purchase of the remaining parcel of land will come before Council before their vacation. Regarding cable companies Adelphia and WideOpenWest, Councilman Nashar suggested that, if negotiations were being started, that they be asked to provide discounts for senior citizens. Law Director Dubelko said that was a good idea, but the contract is not scheduled for renewal until 2011. If Adelphia's operations are transferred to another entity because of their possible bankruptcy, the city may get an opportunity to talk with the new potential franchisee. 4