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Council Minutes of 4/16/2002 Presidern O'Grady made the following announcemerns: Resolution 2002-58 and Ordinance 2002-17 will be passed under suspension of the rules; special Council meetings will be held at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, and Tuesday, April 30, for consideration of the capital improvements ordinances, 2002-54 and 2002-55; the next regularly scheduled Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 8, due to the primary election on Tuesday, May 7. PO TS Mayor Musial: 1) The Inswance Services Office of the State of Ohio, in cooperation with Building Commissioner Com~vay, completed the analysis of the city building codes. The classification runs from one to ten. In 2000, ow classification was seven and has improved to two in 2002. The Inswance Services Office is an inswer-supported organization, and their primary mission is to provide advisory insurance underwriting and rating information to insurers. The increase in the classification to a two level may result in reduced insurance costs for the residems of North Olmsted with regards to real property values. He is very proud of that and gives credit to Dave Conway and his excellent Building Department for accomplishing this particular achievement. Law Director Dubelko: 1} On Apri16, the Law Department received a decision from the Eighth District Court of Appeals in the case of North Olmsted vs. Banning. It affirmed a conviction of a DUI defendarn and upheld the legality of an arrest made by North Olmsted Police Officer Jack Butcher. Assistant Law Director O'Malley offered the city's appellate brief in that case. 2) On April 8, he attended a meeting of the Landmarks Commission to swear in Council's appointee Joe Lang. 3) On April 9, he provided the Mayor, Council and the Board of Control with legal opinion No. 10 which discussed the respective powers of Council and the Board of Cornrol over the city contracting and approval process. 4) On April 9, the city received notice of a favorable award in a fire fighter arbitration case involving the subject of whether, under the collective bargaining agreement, fire fighters who attend training classes on holidays should receive holiday pay. The arbitrator decided fire fighters were not entitled to that additional pay under the current collective bargaining agreement. The arbitration was handled by Assistant Law Director O'Malley. 5) On April 10 and April 11, he conducted negotiations with attorneys for the property owners whose properties are being sought for the proposed roadway to the new RTA Park-n-Ride facility. He also completed negotiations with RTA for the agreement in which RTA will reimbwse the city for the costs of acquisition. That ordinance is before Council tonight on third reading; arKl, if Council adopts the ordinance, he expects to file appropriations action within the next week. 6) On April 11, he participated in a DARE mock-trial at St. Brendan's Elementary School along with Assistant Law Director O'Malley and Council Member Kasler. He presided as the judge at that mock trial, Mr. O'Malley was the prosecutor, and Mrs. Kasler was defense counsel. It was a fascinating trial. Depending on who you talk to, Mrs. Kasler or ~"' Mr. O'Malley, one or the other may claim victory! 3