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Council Minutes of 5/$/2002 contracts through an RFP (Request For Proposal) process. Areas being worked on include standazdized technical specifications, general conditions and the contract itself. He will be happy to sit down with Council at any time and talk more about the process and any concerns or questions that Council has regazding it. 7) Yesterday, Assistant Law Director O'Malley represented the city in an arbitration involving a police officer who had grieved the city on the issue of whether under the collective bazgaining agreement the officers were entitled, like city non-bargaining unit employees, to orthodontic coverage in their health care plans. That was arbitrated yesterday and probably will be decided within the next 30 to 60 days. 8) He attended two meetings with Olmsted Township and coumy representatives regarding the manner of establishing new sewer rates for users in Olmsted Township. Finance Director Copfer: 1) As Law Director Dubelko reported, she and the Law Director, the Mayor and other administrators, met with Olmsted Township trustee representatives and county representatives to discuss the contract that the city had with the county since 1988. Last year, a rate was developed which was based on an estimate. The actual usage for that rate is reviewed and their rate in the coming year is adjusted based on that actual usage, an estimate is made for the budget based on the budget passed for 2002. The current rate which was billed was $31.49. The actual figure came in at $31.16, so the rate was reduced by 33 cents for the next year. The 2002 estimate is $34.35, with the 33 cent reduction it will be $34.02, for the coming year, which is effective June 1. 2) Because of economic conditions, she has been watching revenue pretty closely. The income tax collection is down about $30,000 through April's receipts, which is really through March. The month of May, which should be coming in the end of this week, is when we will know better where we stand because tax returns were filed by April 30 and payments were made. She will keep Council apprised on that issue. Currently, the city has only received three advances on real property taxes. We aze about $200,000 behind the advances received the previous year from the treasurer. However, there was an additional advance last year of $371,000. She has talked to the assistant treasurer at the county and has been assured that their collections have come in and they were being conservative in determining the advances. She is not convinced that is true, but will reserve a decision on that as she has not seen the analysis yet. Probably we aze close and just a little behind. She will wait to see specific North Olmsted numbers rather than the county-wide amounts. Councilman McKay, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, April 23. (Ordinances 2002-54 and 2002-55 were reported on and passed at a special Council meeting.) The following items were discussed: Ordinance 2002-57, which authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Medical Mutual of Ohio. This is to provide third-party administrative services and a stop-loss insurance policy to the city in connection with the city's self-insured health care program. The city is self-insured up to $50,000 per person, at which time Medical Mutual becomes the third-party administrator. Mr. Ryan made a preserrtation of the health care for the future in regard to the accelerating and