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Council Minutes of 4/15/2003 ..~. been turned over to the city's contractor, and a demand made to the contractor to hold the city harmless in the matter. That is part of our contract with that contractor. 6) Assistant Law Director O'Malley has transmitted an offer to the Assembly of God in the amount of the appraisal obtained by the city for the easement area that the city obtained in connection with the Columbia Road storm sewer project. When we do conduct an appraisal, we have an obligation to tell the property owner how the appraisal comes back and then offer that amount. That is just compensation as we see it. 7) On April 8, the city was put on notice of a claim by an individual who was injured while exiting a NOCOP van. The person's attorney wanted to take a deposition to perpetuate the testimony of the individual who was facing serious surgery. The matter was handled by the city's insurer who provided an attorney for the deposition, and the claim will be defended by the city's insurer. 8) On April 7, he provided the Civil Service Commission and the Safety Director with advice regarding proper procedure to follow with respect to the upcoming Assistant Fire Chief promotional examination. 9) On April 7, he provided legal advice to the Mayor and the Service Director regarding legal issues and requiremeirts for having a Class 4 licensed operator in charge of our Class 4 Waste Water Treatment Plant. 10) He attended a Board of Control meeting on April 8. Qn April 9, a meeting of department heads was held at which the City Engineer was introduced. 11) On April 10, he attended a Law Directors' Association luncheon. The speaker made a presentation on federal law requirements relating to employees on military leave. North Olmsted complies with that federal law. 12) On April 10, he attended a DARE mock trial at St. Brendan's. It's an event that is put on each year by Police Officer Glenn Adamson and Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley, and they always do a great job on it. He has participated on a few occasions as has Councilwoman Kesler. 13) He has asked the Safety Director to provide the results of his investigation regarding damage allegedly done to the Springvale parking lot by a city contractor so that he may evaluate whether the city has a claim which should be pursued in this matter. Thank you to Council member Kesler for her input regarding this matter. 14) The collective bargaining cycle for 2003-2004 will soon begin. The first contract the city has for re-negotiation is that of the NOMBL employees as the contract expires on July 31, 2003. Those negotiations will probably begin in May, and will be followed by the various police and fire contracts which expire on December 31, 2003. The final two contracts, Service and ClericaUTechnical, each expire on June 30, 2004. As the city does not have the funds to consider hiring outside negotiators, he will be participating as Law Director along with the Finance Director and the Personnel Director as the common nucleus in all of the contract negotiations on behalf of management. Councilwoman Kesler inquired of the Law Director if it would be appropriate to refer the comp time policy back to the Finance Committee. She and Mr. Dubelko have discussed that the idea of looking into this issue is to create a consistent policy that applies to the appropriate groups. She had previously requested of Mr. Dubelko that he not only request the hours that have been accumulated in the various departments, but also the policies that have been enacted so as to compare those to see whether they are consistent. 4