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Council Minutes of 8/5/03 $101,600 in estate tax collections that will be remitted to us before the end of the year. So, we don't have to do any cuts. She is working on closing the month of June. The June General Fund revenue, except for the hoteUmotel which is behind plan, is coming in where we expected it to be. She will provide a more thorough report once June is reviewed and will also provide a quarterly report. 3) On July 28, 29 and 30, Barry Strocker, the information system consultant, came in town for meetings with the various departments. Before he arrived, all the departments, the managers, the directors, the department heads and the staff people filled out surveys and questionnaires about the information systems. It was a "dare to dream" type of exercise because we wanted to be talking about creating a needs assessment for not just the financial system, but what will be contacted to it and what we should be looking at in the future. Mr. Strocker met with each department and received a lot of verification and more details from the departments. He will be returning on August 25, 26 and 27 with the network specialist to talk about our network needs and look at each person's personal computer to determine if that computer would be compatible with the new financial system. Also, he will be bringing the needs assessment and a draft of the RFP to go out for bids for the new system. 4) She has been working on the 2004 county tax budget. The county changed the process for it, and it is now a more streamlined format, which she likes so far. This will be available for the next Council meeting. Councilman Nashar, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met on August 4. Present were committee members McKay, Gareau, Nashar; Assistant Building Commissioner Tom Rymarczyk, City Engineer Gary Durbin, Law Director Jim Dubelko, President of Council O'Grady; Council Members Miller, Limpert and Dailey. Agenda items were as follows: ^ Sunnyside Toyota located at 26890 Lorain Road. Representing Sunnyside was Mr. Paul Stoyanov. The proposal is for an addition to the existing building for delivery of vehicles, car parts and storage plus chassis alignments. The new addition of 3,100 square feet will be on the west end of the building. The construction material will be white masonry walls with E.F.I.S. material to match the existing building. In addition to that building, the entire building will be pressure washed so it blends in completely. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of Sunnyside subject to the recommendations of the various and commissions of the city. Councilman Nashar moved for approval, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau. Roll call: Nashar, yes; Gareau, yes; Limpert, yes, with comment that he would like to thank the committee for including the pressure washing. It's a gent opportunity to make the entire project look like a fresh building. Roll call continued: Miller, yes; Dailey, yes; Kasler, yes; McKay, yes. The motion passed unanimously. ^ Home Depot at 26241 Brookpark Road. Representing Home Depot was Michael Lee, project leader, and store manager, Michael Collins. The proposal is to use the back area of the garden center for additional storage area. This will have an iron fence around the new storage area with additional security lighting. There will be signs posted about the times to unload materials, and the sidewalk in front of the store must 5