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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JANUARY 6, 2004 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 of Council 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. The minutes of the Council meeting of December 2, 2003 were approved as written. REPORTS Law Director Dubelko: 1) Under state law incorporated into the City Charter, he is required to give an annual report at the first meeting of Council each year. He has provided a written report, but will summarize the report: Budget and Appropriations, the department stayed within budget this year as in last year. There is a section dealing with the functions of the various members of the Law Department. Regarding the status of claims and litigations, the city is in good shape litigation-wise. We have had only two actions brought against the city in two years that involve direct representation by the Law Department and had successful results in both cases. In the section on 2003 Legislation, there is commentary on the good government legislation that he thinks Council passed in 2003. There is a section on Monies Collected by the Law Department. The department does not collect a lot of money, and this year is was approximately $22,000. Part of that is a demolition deposit that has since been returned to the insurance company. Another section, Other Matters Deemed to Promote Good Government and Welfare for the City of North Olmsted, is broken down into two subheadings. One is Status of 2002 Recommendations for Promoting Good Government. In 2002, he made nine recommendations to Council on things he thought would help the city in 2003. Seven of those were either accomplished or good progress made on them. Recommendations for 2004 include: (1) The issue of comp time to become in line with Fair Labor Standards. It is actually in the administration's ballpark, but it has to come back to Council eventually. (2) An organizational chart. It is one of his goals for the city to make sure that we fairly survey all the positions in the city and make sure that there is a legal foundation for every position that's filled. For positions that aren't filled and there is a desire to eliminate, that it be done so legally. (3) Civil Service Commission, there have been discussions in 2002 and 2003 about getting the Civil Service Commission moving at a little better pace in classifying and standardizing positions. He urges the Mayor to