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Council Minutes of 1/4/2005 For 2004, it's a tie between "union negotiations" and "public records." This yeaz's report includes additional information on real property maintenance enforcement as Council had expressed an interest in that issue. Also, there is a more extensive listing of civil cases that were resolved in the Law Dept. in 2004 and those that remain pending as of December 31, 2004. He encourages Council to look at the page which talks about recommendations for continuing to improve good government in the city. 5) He and Assistant Law Director O'Malley have conducted second interviews of candidates for the position of City Prosecutor. A decision should be made by week's end. 6) December 23, participated in the employee's holiday breakfast. As usual, there was a great effort put on by members of many city departments. 7) December 27, provided additional legal advice to the Finance Director regarding Mr. Dial's public records request. 8) December 27, provided a memo to City Council explaining in greater detail the November 23 decision of SERB on the unfair labor practice that had been filed by the city against the Firefighters Local 1267. 9) December 27, issued legal opinion 2004-07 on the legality of expenditures out of the Senior Assistance Fund, an issue raised by Councilman Gazeau several months ago. 10) Happy New Yeaz to all, and he looks farwazd to working with everyone this yeaz to do, if not great things, at least good things for the City of North Olmsted. Councilwoman Kasler questioned the Mayor as to whether or not a project labor agreement has been considered or is going to be considered for the fire station project. Mayor Musial answered that it has not been considered as of the present time. He will take a look at it, but at the moment, no decision has been made. Mrs. Kasler noted that some Council members felt it was an appropriate project to consider a project labor agreement and thought the question should first be posed to the Mayor. Mayor Musial commented that a PLA was considered for the library project. Although it was not used, approximately 94% to 96% of the companies used were union. Regarding the construction manager concept, he felt that worked well with the library project as it was a complex structure. The fire station project will cost about $2 million, and he is not sure whether it warrants the additional expense of a construction manger. But this issue will be discussed with Council. Councilwoman Kasler said she agreed with him regarding the construction manager. She believes the PLA should be considered for the fire station project as it will probably span the trades even though it is a smaller project. Councilman Dailey commented that the Mayor frequently speaks of the "big four"-city, schools, local businesses and labor. Thies is a great opportunity for us to bring labor into this equation. It's not a huge project, and it's not one of the biggest projects we're ever going to see. He thinks it would be a great opportunity for the unions to be brought on boazd. Finance Director Copfer: 1) The Finance Dept. is spending many hours finalizing the budget, closing the 2004 year, opening the new year, creating W2 library files, loading the employee master, the general ledger and the accounts payable vendor master into our new system. Also, department members have been attending training sessions. The training room is equipped with a speaker system which saves time and money as the trainers do not to have to travel here. 5