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Council Minutes of 11/1/2005 3) Due to a number of inquiries regarding the 10 Charter amendments which are on the ballot November 8, an informational memorandum was prepared and distributed to the media. 4) October 25 and November 1, attended Board of Control and directors' meetings. 5) Litigation report: All cases remain status quo except for C & C Realty v. the City of North Olmsted. This is the 2506 appeal from a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals. A transcript is due in the case on November 18, and briefs are scheduled for January 10, 2006 and February 1, 2006. The Prosecutor handled a total of 302 cases in October-236 were traffic; 66 were general offenses. There was one trial and one conviction. Finance Director Copfer: 1) September financial reports have been distributed to Council today. She has not had a chance to review it in its entirety, and she will get back to Council with a quarterly report. To save on paper costs, she would like to distribute these reports by a-mail. 2) She received the county's Schedule A which shows the estimated assessed valuation and amount of taxes levied when applying the millage to that assessed valuation. Because of general tangible personal property tax being reduced by $12 million, the assessed valuation, due to the change of the laws at the state level, went down by about $4.5 million, which is .5% in total. The total dollars that will be levied and collected in 2005 went down by about $16,000 to $11,448,000. As the listing of delinquent property taxes was in the newspaper, Councilman Miller inquired whether the number was higher than normal. Finance Director Copfer said the county tracks that information, and North Olmsted is estimated to collect 99.5%. This has been pretty consistent except for two years ago when it was down to 98%. Regarding short-term retail establishments, such as Halloween stores, Councilman Gareau said he had asked Mrs. Copfer to check into whether there was a tracking method in place to make sure they are paying all appropriate taxes. The Regional Income Tax Agency does have a method for tracking these establishments. Councilman Nashar, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met on October 25. Present were committee members Orlowski and Nashar; Council members Ryan, Miller, Gareau, Barker and President Kennedy; Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Planning Director Wenger; representatives from the Plain Dealer and Chamber of Commerce. Agenda items: • Ordinance 2005-60, which creates new Chapter of 906 of Streets, Utilities, and Public Services Code, entitled "Newsrack Regulations," in order to set standards and regulate the location of newsracks in the public right-of--way and elsewhere within the City of North Olmsted as amended. There was a lengthy discussion. The Planning Director made recommendations of colors, with the brown and bronze color best fitting in with the streetscape plan. Newsrack boxes should meet the following qualifications: height uniform of 48 to 49 inches and consistent in a uniform shape; width may slightly vary to accommodate different sizes of material. A recommended change to reduce the permit fee from $50 to $25 per year was discussed. The Law Director recommended the legislation be 4