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Council Minutes of 5/4/2Q05 complaint that the union had violated ORC 4717.11 (b) (3) by attempting to bypass the city's representative and deal directly with its legislative body. The case has been referred to mediation. In a related ULP, the city's outside counsel Gary Johnson attended apre-trial in the matter of the unfair labor practice chazge that had been filed by the union against the city claiming that the city had committed an unfair labor practice by initiating new management policies without first affering the union an opportunity to bargain the effects of those policies. 3) City Prosecutor report: In the month of April, Mike Gordillo handled a total of 208 cases in Rocky River Court, 165 of which were traffic cases. The remaining 35 were General Offenses cases. He took 118 guilty pleas, tried 2 cases and had 2 convictions. Defendants didn't show and capias were issued in 38 cases, 2 cases were bound over to the grand jury and 48 remain pending at month's end. 4) On April 21, attended a meeting of the Fair Housing Review Boazd which is making good progress. 5) April 22, at the request of the Director of Personnel & Administrative Services, he provided a formal legal opinion, No. 2045-02, to the Civil Service Commission regarding the subject of classifying assistant directors and assistant division heads. 6) April 25, researched and provided written legal advice to the Fire Chief regarding a public records request made by the president of IAFF Local 1267. 7) The Mayor previously reported on the labor-management meeting with the fire fighters. These efforts are being assisted by a very qualified individual, Tim Viskocil who is an FMCS mediator. 8) April 27, provided written legal advice to the Fire Chief on the subject of the city granting compensation to IAFF Local 1267 employees who attend unfair labor practice and other related types of hearings. 9) Attended the Citizen of the Year banquet put on by Community Council, and it was a very nice, well-run dinner this year. 10) May 2, Cleveland State University executed the work/study agreement Council had previously approved for the grants for the city's law clerks. Both law clerks have since qualified for grants for the next year. 11) May 3, provided legal advice to the Service Director regarding the posting of political signs on city property. Those postings violate the city's no posting ordinances, 541.08 and 947.01 (h). The latter ordinance refers to posting on parks and recreational property. Such no posting laws have been uniformly upheld by the United States Supreme Court as constitutional. It's important that the city continue to uniformly enforce these laws in a content-neutral fashion. There is a risk of having local laws invalidated if they are not uniformly enforced and if decisions are based on the content of the sign. 12) Attended a meeting with the AFSCME Clerical Technical representatives regarding implementation of a memorandum of understanding that the city entered into last year regarding beginning to include certain part-time employees within that bargaining unit. That meeting has been rescheduled for matters to be further discussed. Finance Director Copfer: 1) On May 1, the Finance Dept. began entering cash receipts on the new system manually. City Hall employees were cooperative by adding the new account numbers on their forms in a very quick fashion. Eventually we will go on to an automated receiving system and also decentralized in some areas. 3