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Council Minutes of 2/3/20{14 Service Director Driscoll, Personnel Director Farver. Agenda items included the following; Ordinance 2003-22, an ordinance amending Section 161.06 of the Administrative Code entitled "Vehicle Mileage Allowance" so as to establish a new city policy regarding the use of city vehicles and private vehicles by city employees for official city business and declazing an emergency. This ordinance has been held in committee for over a yeaz. The discussion was quite lengthy. Some of the questions asked were: do employees who aze assigned city vehicles drive them home every night; why do people who aze assigned a vehicle take it home on the weekends when one person would be designated to be a person that will be on call for 24 hours? The Personnel Director requested that the committee hold the legislation for two weeks to allow her time to respond with an update on the policy. The committee agreed to hold Ordinance 2003-22 in committee. Resurfacing of Claque Road from I-480 to Lorain Road. In 1996, the county proposed to realign Claque Road. The proposal was turned down by the city because it would have required the removal of homes and some of the residents did not want to give up their homes. Claque Road has deteriorated to the point where the continuous patching will not hold up. When it rains, sidewalks are sometimes under water. The Service Director said in the spring he would address the storm water drainage to alleviate the water from the sidewalks. The major repair portion of Claque Road will include the removal of at least three inches of asphalt, repair of the base, add new asphalt and pavement mazkings. The estimated cost of construction by the county is expected to be about $600,000, and the cost to the city is approximately $120,000, which is an 80/20 factor. The county said this project is slated for 2006, but due to the urgency of this project, we aze asking that it be moved up to 2005. Mr. Driscoll said that he would apply for Issue 2 money and also see if the city or county would qualify for CDBG funds. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The Intra-Governmental Relations Committee met on January 27. Present were committee members Miller, Ka.sler and committee chairman Limpert; Council members Dailey, Nashaz, Gareau; Mayor Musial, Finance Director Copfer, Personnel Director Farver, Service Director Driscoll, Safety Director Jesse, Planning Director Wenger, and Fire Chief Klecan. The following items were discussed: • Ordinance 2004-4 which abolishes the position of Commissioner of Data Processing. There was some concern by the Finance Committee chairperson as to whether this ordinance should be in the Intra-Governmental Relations or Finance Committee. After some discussion, it was determined to leave it in Intra-Governmental Relations, but the issue of where legislation was assigned would be addressed at a later time. (The discussion was suspended for a time to allow the BZD Committee to meet and then to interview a candidate for a position on the Charter Review Commission.) • The committee interviewed Mr. Ron Ta11on for an appointment to the permanent Charter Review Commission. The committee decided that that the vote on the candidates would be done on February 17. Mr. Limpert felt that there should be one 4