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Council Minutes of 10/5/2004 and a copy of the complaint in the State ex. rel. Ganley Real Estate Company vs. the City ,,,. of North Olmsted case. The case was filed in Common Pleas Court and assigned to Judge Daniel Gaul. Essentially it seeks a declaration that the city's split zoning of Ganley property is unconstitutional and a writ of mandamus directing the city to commence an appropriations proceeding in probate court to compensate Ganley for the value of the land taken from it as a result of the alleged unconstitutional zoning. The city's answer to this complaint is due to be filed on or before October 25. (He will speak with Council during an executive session regarding litigation strategy as well as the resources he believes the city will require in order to maximize its chances of successfully defending this litigation.) 2) A collective bargaining update: On September 26, he reviewed his proposed draft of the new fire fighter labor contract against the draft independently prepared by the IAFF local president. He prepared and sent a memo to the union president suggesting an approach to resolving the differences regarding final language for this labor contract. On September 27, the management team completed negotiations with the clericaUtechnical unit. The union reps will be taking a proposed new contract to the membership. If approved, it will thereafter be submitted to Council for approval. October 4, he received a communication from the OPBA representative regarding the dispatchers' labor contract that was sent to their representative in mid-August. Now that he has the union's comments regarding the draft, he can begin to resolve some of the minor differences on final contract language. 3) September 28, he attended a Board of Control meeting followed by a directors' meeting. 4) On September 28, he attended a meeting with RTA officials regarding the proposed elimination or modification of bus route No. 53. At the meeting, RTA indicated that it would go forward and reschedule the public hearing on this matter. 5) On September 29, he attended another meeting with RTA officials to discuss renewal of the operating agreement. He does not think it prudent to comment on the negotiations other than to say it's not going to be a walk in the park. There are a number of critical issues that must be resolved before the city's team can recommend to the Mayor to bring a new operating agreement to Council for approval. Hopefully, it will be ready for presentation in November. 6) September 30, he provided legal advice to the Safety Director regarding two step-three hearings involving grievances from the Fire Dept. 7) October 1, along with a number of other directors, he attended the N. O. Chamber of Commerce golf outing at Springvale. It was a nice event, and the weather was good. It was a nice opportunity to mix with other directors in an informal setting. He commends Human Resources Director Don Copeland for encouraging all directors to participate regardless of their golfing skill level. 8) October 4, in the case of the City of North Olmsted vs. Brian Diamond, the Law Dept. recovered $621.14 for damage caused to a city police vehicle. 9) October 4, he attended a meeting of the city's records commission at which the commission approved RC 1 and RC2 applications submitted by the Finance Director. 10) October 15, he attended a directors' meeting. ~~ -~,„; 5 ,~ i