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Council Minutes of 6/19/2007 Responding to a request from President Kennedy, Law Director Dubelko explained the procedure for reconsideration of legislation vetoed by the Mayor. The Charter provides that it must be reconsidered at the next meeting of Council. There is no discretion to not reconsider; the vote is a formality. After the vote to reconsider, the President puts the question to Council whether or not to sustain the Mayor's veto. Councilman Gareau made a motion to reconsider Ordinance 2007-50 which was vetoed by the Mayor. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Barker, yes; Jones, yes; Orlowski, yes; Ryan, asked for clarification on the vote and voted no. Roll call continued: Tallon, no. The motion passed with four yes votes and two no votes. President Kennedy presented the question to Council: Should Ordinance 2007-50 be adopted notwithstanding the veto of the Mayor? Roll call: Barker, no; Gareau, no; Jones, no; Orlowski, yes; Ryan, no, with comment. If the administration feels that strongly about it that they are going to use their veto power, which has only been used once, at this time it is not important for Council to override a veto the administration feels that strongly about. Roll call continued: Tallon, yes. The veto was sustained with four no votes and two yes votes. Ordinance No. 2007-50 is not adopted. Law Director Dubelko: 1) On May 23, Assistant Law Director Heyward made a real property maintenance presentation to the administration and to some members of Council. She has reviewed the contract for the new economic development consultant, which has been approved and executed. She is continuing to work on a real property maintenance initiative which will hopefully be presented to the administration for its review by fall. Ms. Heyward is working with the Building Commissioner on the new rental registration ordinance that became effective on June 1. The expectation is that this year we will simply get the knowledge out to the community that there is an obligation to register if you are the owner of a single family home in North Olmsted and are renting it. Next year, the city will begin to charge the annual fee for that registration. 2) The Law Dept. drew down the third year of the HUD capacity building grant, $117,000. In the last three years, we have drawn down $354,000 in grants which should go a long way to spreading the message of fair housing throughout the city. 3) Assistant Law Director O'Malley's litigation report: Szarka trustees v. the Board of Zoning Appeals, there has been a case management conference and a briefing schedule has been established by agreement between the parties and then ordered by the court. 4) In the case of North Olmsted v. IAFF Local 1267, the court ruled on several ancillary motions but has not yet ruled on the motion to vacate. 5) Arbitration of a fire fighter grievance is scheduled for Monday, June 25. 6) Prosecutor's report for May: A total of 290 cases, no cases tried in May. There were 116 pleas, 12 sentences, 128 pending, 38 cases were dismissals and 2 bind-overs. In May, 2006 there were 183 traffic and 88 general offense charges. In 2007, there were 191 traffic and 99 general offense. 7) The Suburban Collision Center retest was done last week. Our consultant was there to look over the shoulder of the collision center's consultant, and a representative of the nearby neighborhood was there also. 3