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Council Minutes of 10/2/2007 superintendents. Ms. Dubsky fits right in with that group. She gave a really nice speech, and he thinks the schools are in good hands. 2) September 21, he provided advice to Councilman Orlowski regarding a public records request. 3) September 24, he reviewed the Attorney General's new model public records policy for municipal corporations and worked with the Human Resources Dept. to put together a model policy for the City of North Olmsted. The state bill is HB9 which became effective on September 29. City Council should be aware of its provisions as it affects public records that are generated by members of City Council. 4) Also on September 24, completed putting together outside counsel packets to issue RFP's for the outside counsel for the next two years. 5) September 24, conducted a review at request of the Finance Director in changes in HB694, which is the public contractor campaign limits law. He has been working with the Finance Director over the last couple of weeks to make sure that our local processes meet that state law as recently amended by the General Assembly. 6) Provided advice to Councilwoman Nicole Dailey Jones and had correspondence with the City Prosecutor regarding the noise violation issued to Alexander's Restaurant. 7) Reviewed a Civil Service memo that was issued by Asst. Law Director Brian O'Malley regarding appropriate procedure before the Civil Service Commission on layoffs in the administration. 8) September 27, provided a formal memo, under attorney-client privilege, to City Council regarding proposed settlement of the Kovacic case. 9) Issued Legal Opinion 2007-8 which dealt with the subject of written communications becoming part of the Council record. 10) October 1, provided some responses to City Council regarding questions raised at a committee meeting regarding SB 117, the new telecommunications law. 11) Litigation report. In the case of Szarka Trustees v. North Olmsted Board of Zoning Appeals, on September 20, the city filed a brief in opposition to the appellant's brief. The appellant's reply brief is now due on October 20. In the case of Nancy Kovacic, tomorrow is the scheduled mediation in that case and he will be attending on behalf of the city. City of North Olmsted v. Scott Kaberna, engineering violations under Sections 919.03 and 931.12, set for apre-trial on October 2. 12) City prosecution report for the month of September: 193 cases handled by Prosecutor Mike Gordillo, 74 were General Offenses cases, the balance were Traffic Code cases. One trial; one conviction. 13) Asst. Law Director Carole Heyward reports that she has completed her draft of the real property maintenance code initiative, which the Law Dept. intends to present to the administration for its consideration-both from implementing and also from impacting on the city budget for next year. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Participated in the city Record's Commission meeting on September 19`". Many of the divisions, including the Clerk of Council, turned in their drafts of the RC-2 records retention policy for the commission's review. 2) Worked with Springvale on reducing their budget to meet their estimated revenue revisions. At a minimum, we are looking at $50,000. 3