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Council Minutes of 12/6/2005 3) Recently settled an agreement with the fire fighters regarding overtime pay for members of the Fire Prevention Bureau. 4) There are three new ordinances on the agenda relating to Charter amendments which will again bring to the voters the three amendments that failed at the election of November 8. These are important issues for the city government. Hopefully, with a more informative campaign, the voters will look at them more favorably next May. 5) Informed the Mayor that the Law Dept. would accept the space that was being provided to it by the administration on a temporary basis. He encourages the Mayor and Council to provide funds so that sufficient permanent space for the Law Dept. can be provided at City Hall. 6) Provided assistance in reviewing and/or revising the following contracts and leases: A & J Cement Company contract for the Clague Road rehabilitation; the Peter Zwick contract for the fire station property surveyor; Western Reserve Agency on Aging contract on the nutrition grant program; Cleveland Hockey Supply contract, the pro shop lease at the Rec Center. 7) Regarding the Fair Housing Program, he drew down HUD grant funds on November 28 for the city's capacity-building efforts. A progress report was submitted to HUD on December 1 showing what we have done to date in our efforts to capacity-build the program. Assistant Law Director O'Malley will be in Washington next week attending HUD's Fair Housing Training Academy. The training is being paid for by the federal government. 8) Fire Station No. 2 project-met with Mayor, Safety Director and Planning Director on December 1 to obtain an update on the project status so that the Law Dept. can continue to provide legal advice and counsel along the way. 9) Regarding the issue of compliance with Ordinance 2404-175, the Springvale Facilities Operations Mgr. appeared before Board of Control on December 5 and made a financial presentation. In his judgment, it does not meet the requirements yet of the ordinance which requires more specific information regarding ballroom and Heritage Room rentals. The Mayor has assured that the Springvale Mgr. will assembly that information and will present it. 10) Civil litigation update: • Amy L. Knappe v. City of North Olmsted, a new tort claim filed against the city by a woman who fell in the bathroom at Springvale was filed November 30. The answer is due December 28. It has been forwarded to insurance defense counsel. • C & C Realty v. North Olmsted Board of Zoning Appeals. The transcript in this 2506 appeal was filed by the city on November 18. The appellant's brief is due January 10, and the city's is due February 1. • Shelley Company v. the City of North Olmsted. We took a leave to plead in our answer, and that case will be filed this Friday. • Plute v. City of North Olmsted, re-filed claim by a former Springvale employee. Pretrial is set for Thursday, December 8. That case is being handled by John Latchney of Tomino & Latchney. • Nancy Kovacic v. City of North Olmsted, the State court action was dismissed by Miss Kovacic. It has been re-filed in federal court as primarily a Section 1983 action. Numerous legal issues are involved with that re-filing. It was filed in federal court on December 1 with the same city defendants except former 3