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Council Minutes of 11/16/2004 language "integral part" meant that a department head has to make a determination whether or not she or he has reasonable access to the technology and personnel needed to produce the record in a specific medium. Mr. Dial said he wanted to emphasize that he has not received a definition of "Tegg Services" and huge amounts of money were spent on that item with no additional explanation. He also wanted to emphasize the reason he is raising this issue now (in spite of the fact that he has the promise that his request will be complied with eventually) is his belief that it is costing the city money to not have the management information available for the Mayor and city to make good decisions. Finance Director Copfer commented that she and Mr. Dial had discussed the Tegg Service information on numerous occasions. He had said that the purchase order is proper. He had recognized it was a management and not a financial issue, and the documentation has to come from the department level. She is working on that for him and has forwarded the request to Mr. Driscoll who will look into the issue. Robert Whiting, 215 Brookfield Road, Avon Lake, president of AFSCME 3517. On behalf of AFSCME 3517, he thanked Mayor Musial and Councilman Gareau for attending the RTA public hearing regarding NOMBL Route 53. At this time, GCRTA has chosen not to make any revisions to the route, however temporary that may be. The union employees are in a precarious situation waiting for the outcome of the negotiations regarding the operating agreement between GCRTA and the City of North Olmsted. The employees understand the agreement is between GCRTA and the city, but continue to wish they could have some input. He is aware that the negotiations are not going well. Last week he found out that the RTA management met with the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union 268 and discussed dovetailing NOMBL's seniority roster into RTA's roster. He is quite alarmed about this situation. This morning the city distributed a memo to NOMBL employees saying that the negotiations for a new operating agreement with RTA have been difficult, especially since RTA continues in a downsizing mode due to service changes, ridership changes and funding reduction issues. It went on to say that one of the subjects being discussed is the possible merger of NOMBL into RTA although no decision has been made. The city plans to continue to negotiate the best alternative for NOMBL, including their concerns for the rights of all employees. He and the union members are devastated with this news. They have been looking at their contract very diligently to see if they can make some concessions. AFSCME 3517 does not want to leave the City of North Olmsted. They do not want to give up our bus line, which is the oldest bus line in Ohio. The bottom line is the bus line employees are good, dedicated employees who do their best to provide customer service to the citizens of North Olmsted, Rocky River, Westlake and the West Park area in Cleveland, and they take pride in their jobs. They are wondering what their future will be, and they ask the city to stand up and fight for AFSCME 3517 and the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive, asked what the time frame is for filling the potholes on Lorain Road east of Canterbury Road to the Fairview line. With winter coming, the holes are only going to get larger and it's becoming dangerous. Service Director Driscoll ~ said the maintenance program on Lorain Road is a continuing process. Some patching of 11