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Council Minutes of 3/15/2005 4. The Mayor was asked whether he has provided funding in hies budget for the city's defense costs related to his lawsuit against the city regarding public records. He stated that he had not provided such funding, but that he did not believe his appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court would be costly for the city to defend. The Law Director, however, stated that this defense could cost approximately $10,000 to $20,000. The Law Director has budgeted only $8,000 for outside legal fees anticipating that the Mayor's suit had been settled. Upon hearing that in fact the Mayor was appealing his case against the city to the Ohio Supreme Court, the Law Director asked that the appropriations be left at $8,000 for now until some discussions with regard to this appeal take place. The final budget meeting on Wednesday will address once again the WWTP, Recreation, funding sources for seasonal employees in the Service Department, health care costs and appropriations, details on the costs related to computers throughout the city, capital borrowing, final budget information for the Finance Dept. and any remaining issues. She expressed her thanks and appreciation to Mr. Limpert who chaired some of the budget meetings. Councilman Limpert, member of the Finance Committee: 1) A Finance Committee budget meeting was held on March 2. Present were committee members Limpert and Gareau; Council members Dailey, McKay, Nashar and Miller; the Mayor, Service Director, Finance Director, Law Director, Personnel Director, Human Resources Director, Planning Director, NOMBL General Mgr. Terbrack, Tim Conway from Fleet Maintenance and a number of residents, many of them from North Park Estates. The following issues were discussed: • Capital improvements for streets. The Service Director laid out a draft of a 5-year plan. In 2005, it calls for $500,000 of slab repair in the developments of Sandy Ridge and North Park Estates, Lorain Road ADA ramps for $7,700, an asphalt resurfacing on Byron Drive for $130,000, and asphalt recycling for North Park Estates, Lucille, and Florence for $336,000. There is some concern as the pace of $250,000 per year for each of the two developments will take the repairs through 2008. There have been subsequent discussions on that issue and the time has been reduced a year to 2007. The committee also discussed the plan of ODOT to rework Route 252 from the city limit north to Al Moen Drive. The city's cost for this project is going to be $68,697.43. The major problem is it was an experimental pavement, which is very, very noisy. We are trying to get the State to expand that project all the way down past the interstate where the pavement is falling apart. • The Service Director also laid out afive-year plan for fleet. In the late eighties, our fleet became very aged and we had a major push to try to upgrade that fleet in the early nineties. Now that fleet is starting to deteriorate. He would like to purchase one 1-%i ton dump truck to replace a 1991 truck. That truck will be sent down to the Rec Department for their use. The new truck will be diesel and afour-wheel drive. During the heavy snow we had this winter, the 1 % ton two-wheel drive gas-powered 8