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Council Minutes of 4/6!2004 11) Mazch 26, he learned that mediation and fact-finding had been set in the fire fighter negotiations. Mediation is set for this Friday before SERB, and fact finding is set for next Wednesday. 12) March 27, in response to a complaint that was registered at the last Council meeting, he looked at the city's website and sent an e-mail to the city's Network Administrator making some recommendations regarding notices of special meetings for boards and commissions and the City Council. Also, that matter was discussed at the directors' meeting today and is being worked on. 13) March 29 and 30, along with other employer and employee reps, he attended an interest-based bazgaining training session, which was good training 14) Mazch 29, Assistant Law Director O'Malley completed his efforts to successfully collect $5,981.40 that was owed to the city by a trucking company in connection with a May, 2003 hazmat spill. 15) April 2, he prepazed and circulated to Council a summary of the changes in the proposed new NOMBL collective bargaining agreement. He recommends the labor contract to Council. 16) April 5, he attended a management meeting relating to labor negotiations. 17) April 6, he attended a Board of Control meeting, a directors' meeting and a management meeting relating to labor negotiations. 18) April 6, in accordance with the Court of Appeals order, he filed a motion for summary judgment in the State ex rel. Musial case. Also, he attended apre-hearing conference before a staff attorney. 19) Late today, he did hear from the library's attorney regarding the final language in the lease. He will be presenting the lease to the Mayor for execution. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Wednesday, March 24, she and the Assistant Finance Director attended the mandatory Ohio Treasurer's investmem seminaz. 2) Thursday, Mazch 25, NOCOP trustees held a meeting, which she was unable to attend. At the meeting, she was named the statutory agetrt of NOCOP for the required Secretary of State's paperwork which is filed from time to time. 3) She also attended the training session on March 29 and 30 regazding the nuts and bolts of interest-based bazgaining. Management, AFSCME Service and AFSCME ClericaUTechnical bargaining teams were required to attend. The facilitator was the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, who will be with the groups throughout the entire process. It was very informative, and she believes it will be a process that will result in fostering solid labor/management relations. At the end of the day, there's not one winner and one loser in this process. Both parties' interests will have been addressed resulting in a win/win. 4) The Finance Dept. held a voluntary pre-bid conference on Friday, April 2, for the computer purchase. Ten companies attended of the 65 companies who received the RFP's. Approximately 20 city employees also attended as well. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The committee met on March 24. The meeting began prior to the special Council meeting. Two pieces of legislation were discussed at that time and reported out at the special Council meeting. The first piece of legislation authorized the termination of the lease on the old library. The other piece of legislation was to enter into a new lease with the Cuyahoga County Library system for the new building. The committee meeting was then suspended for the start of the special Council meeting. The Intra-Governmental 3