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Council Minutes of 10/21/2003 been put on the list of improvements for the 2005 or 2006 operations and surfacing program. They have identified a scope of work to be performed, and in two or three weeks they will be prepazed to discuss the project with the city. The administration will come back to Council with some recommendations and cost. 7) The committee, led by City Engineer Durbin, which is looking into the water issue has prepared a report regazding the possibility of purchasing water from the City of Avon Lake in order to obtain a reduction in water rates for the residents of North Olmsted. As soon as he reviews it, copies will be provided to Council. 8) Mr. Michael Stevens, an environmental engineer with the Ohio EPA northeast district office in Twinsburg, stopped by the Waste Water Treatment plant for a surprise tour. He did not have any major concerns with the condition of the plant and operations. He acknowledged receipt of the new national pollutant dischazge emission system permit application and the information binder. He indicated because of his extensive workload, he probably would not send a letter to the Mayor and City Council indicating that there aze no difficulties with the Waste Water Treatment Plant. 9) Police union negotiations will begin on November 6. 10) The new building inspector, Kenneth Midgely, began work on October 13. 11) Fire negotiations aze on-going. 12) The Recreation Department is winterizing the parks, and the hockey/skating season has begun. 13) Thank you to Tim Conway, the head fleet mechanic in the Service Department. By using creative advertising with flyers and contacting the Northern Ohio Service Directors Association through their website, he was able to sell vehicle 46, a jet truck, for $4,800 at the auto auction. Usually, these vehicles are sold for a minimum bid of $500. Law Director Dubelko: 1) October 8 through October 21, he devoted over 34 hours to prepazation and attending labor management and collective bargaining sessions. In addition to the notices to negotiate from the fire fighters and NOMBL unions, the city has received three notices from the three unions representing various Police Department employees. The management team will meet on October 23 to discuss the Police Department collective bargaining agreements, and the first bargaining session with those unions is scheduled for November 6. 2) He attended Board of Control meetings and directors' meetings on October 14 and 21 and a records commission meeting on October 15. During the period October 14 through 16, he attended various meetings at City Hall with the Mayor and various directors to discuss Springvale management and finance issues. 3) On the evening of October 16, he attended the candidates' night event put on by the League of Women voters. A new format was used this year which provided a non- partisan flavor to the evening. 4) After 19 yeazs, the post office delivered a postcazd notice on October 16 from Common Pleas Court noting that the city's attempt to obtain service upon County Treasurer Frank Gaul in the case of North Olmsted vs. Police and Firemen Disability Pension Fund et. al had failed. The case dates back to 1978, and he remembers it well because at that time he was interviewing for the city's law clerk position and Law Director Gazeau asked him what legal strategies he thought the city might use. The fund was seeking some three hundred thousand dollazs in additional contributions from the 2