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Council Minutes of 11/21/2006 ,~.. management issues within the city. Actions such as these are divisive and damaging to the process of good government. With the invitation of non- management people, a number of distortions were presented. Those distortions have been corrected by memo. Highlighting facts of Central Dispatch Center: First, response time has improved for all cities that joined the CDC by about 40 seconds. Two, training and technology at the Westcom CDC is at least as good as the training and technology in North Olmsted. Three, cost per dispatcher is significantly reduced, which is one of the values of regionalism. We currently pay for one dispatcher around the clock and, most of the time, two dispatchers in North Olmsted, on the order of $620,000 annually. Cost for two dispatchers around the clock and often three at CDC is $200,000 if we choose to stay involved in 2008. Council is aware that we have been offered by the other CDC mayors the opportunity to join the Central Dispatch at no cost for 2007 to ensure that we see value in it and we get value from it. In effect, we're adding two or three dispatchers around the clock at no cast to our city for the next year. A collective goal as city elected representatives should be to provide the highest quality of services at the least expense to our taxpayers. As stated repeatedly by his administration, when there is a life threatening situation or one that appears to be life threatening, when a resident needs EMS support, CDC will send the closest unit to provide the quickest and most efficient response. We need to be part of that system. • Ordinance 2006-196. This is a Juvenile Accountability Block Grant in the amount of $10,000. Thanks to Council for stating they will suspend the legislation. Asks Council's support of this issue to bring these dollars to North Olmsted for our Community Diversion Program. Councilman Gareau noted that the sign at the construction site of the Fire Station is being obstructed by piles of dirt. Mayor O'Grady said the Service Director would look into this and perhaps find a new location far the sign. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Civil litigation: • The city brought a small claims lawsuit in Rocky River Court against an individual who failed to pay a debt to the Rec Center by writing a bad check. The matter was settled in court. The city was fully compensated the amount of the check plus NSF charges, court costs and interest. • In the matter of the city fire fighters against the City of North Olmsted, the court has ordered briefs to be filed on the motion to show cause. against the city. Briefs are due on December 15. Also, with respect to the latest motion to vacate an arbitrator award filed by the city, the union has moved to consolidate that with the other motions the city has filed. The city is in the process of opposing that motion for the same reasons as we opposed the other motions filed by the union. • In the grievance involving discipline against a police officer, the arbitrator has set a briefing schedule. The city's brief is due on January 5, 2007. 2) Following the election results on November 7, by request of the administration, he has conducted legal research on the applicability of issues 3 and 5 to city government. The 3