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Council Minutes of 9/5/2006 • Arbitration awazd came down from arbitrator Carrie McDonald against the city. This is one of eight management rights grievances/arbitrations from 2004. It involved an attempt by the Fire Chief to deal with staffing issues by changing a policy in the Fire Dept. dealing with the number of fire fighters who could be off on any given day. The arbitrator has agreed with the union that the policy cannot be changed without bargaining. The city has 30 days to decide whether it will appeal into Common Pleas Court. 2) Prosecutor's report for August: 247 cases handled, 60% traffic, 40% general offenses case. There were five trials, four convictions and one acquittal. 3) Attended records commission meeting on August 16. 4) Have reviewed a lot of contracts for Rec, Service, WCOG, WWTP, Police and Safety. 5) New Asst. Law Director Heyward is doing a very good jab getting up-to-date in both fair housing matters and real property maintenance code prosecutions. 6) Provided some research and advice to the administration dealing with guardrails or roadside barriers at certain locations in the city. Councilman Gazeau expressed concern over a lawsuit filed against the Rocky River Court regarding the way fees are charged that, if there is a finding of liability against the court, the judgment will have to be paid by North Olmsted and the other member communities. Law Director Dubelko said he was aware of the situation and is checking into it. Finance Director Copfer: 1) In addition to normal weekly meetings, she has attended meetings regarding the Records Commission, Fire Dept. minimum safe staffing, Rec Trac Software implementation and training, engineering contract negotiations, Recreation master planning and the Tax Incentive Review and Housing Council. 2) Before Council this evening is the city's 2007 county tax budget which needs to be passed after committee review at the next council meeting. The purpose is primarily to determine that debt service requirements are being met and that the city demonstrates need for the county to levy property taxes in an appropriate amount. Updated estimates of property appraisals to determine the amount that will ultimately be levied once the appraisals will be finalized will not be available until November. 3) The Auditor of State's Office officially released the 2005 audit on August 14. Copies have been provided to the Mayor and Council, and it is available on our website as well as the Auditor of State's website. 4) On August 31, the June and July financial statements and summaries were distributed to Council and the administration. On Sept 1, a PDF file of the revenue and expenditure reports were sent to Council. 5) The sewer credit application is on our website under forms/documents/finance/sewer refund. The Mayor's office will place a notation on the front page to draw people's attention to the requirements and the deadline of Sept 30 and to direct them to that section on the website that has the application and requirements. President Kennedy asked far a moment of silence to recognize a local fallen hero, Cleveland Police Officer A. J. Schroeder who died in the line of duty. C 4