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"~ MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ~' OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 20(14 Present: President of Council O'Grady, Council Members Dailey, Gareau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Miller, Nashar Also Present: Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President O'Grady called the meeting to order at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilman Miller made a motion to remove Resolution No. 2004-128 from the agenda. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar and passed unanimously. The minutes of the Council meeting of September 7, 2004 were approved as written. President O'Grady announced the following legislation would be considered for passage under suspension of the rules: second reading, Ordinance 2004-137; first reading, Resolutions 2004-147 and 2004-154. REP RTS Law Director Dubelko: 1) Litigation update: On September 8, we received an order from the Court of Appeals in the State ex rel. Musial vs. City of North Olmsted case directing the respondent city officials to inform the court by affidavit by September 23 "whether the Auditor of the State of Ohio conducted an audit of the Springvale facility and identify what documents, if any, were provided to the State Auditor to assist with the audit." He has provided information to attorney Fred Whatley of Walter & Haverfield who is defending the city to assist in the preparation of that affidavit. On September 9, there was an order issued in the Berg vs. City of North Olmsted case extending the dates of the brief schedule which is now due on September 24. On September 17, Assistant Law Director O'Malley attended the case management conference held in the case of Bak vs. City of North Olmsted. Judge Ambrose set deadlines at that case management conference for discovery and for the filing of dispositive motions and also set a trial date. 2) Collective bargaining update. Following Council's approval of the Service unit's collective bargaining agreement on September 7, he forwarded notice to the city and the union reps of the fact of Council's approval and requested that a date be set for execution of the new agreement. The matter is still pending. On September 8, he received a written communication from the OPBA representing the city's dispatchers advising that its representatives will not be able to sit down with city employee represematives until the