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Council Minutes of 5/15/2007 represents bad government, and he asks that the experts who work with these issues everyday be allowed to decide when and how to mark city vehicles. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Litigation: • We have received notice of appeal to Common Pleas Court by a property owner located near Christman and Lorain. This is an administrative appeal from a decision of the Boazd of Zoning Appeals and Planning & Design Commission denying an application for a minor subdivision. • Received notice from the 8`h District Court of Appeals that the city prevailed in its defense of an appeal by C & C Realty from a denial of a use variance that was appealed to Common Pleas Court. Common Pleas Court affirmed it, and now the 8`h District Court of Appeals has agreed. This involved Halleen Kia. It probably is the end of the litigation. Halleen could seek a further review by the Ohio Supreme Court, but that would be a discretionary appeal and unlikely to be granted. 2) Assistant Law Director Carole Heyward requested he report on the following items: • She is preparing a real property maintenance initiative that she will be presenting to the administration shortly. Some members of Council, the BZD chairperson for example, is trying to take a comprehensive look at all types of real property issues and possible remedies with respect to those. • One complaint is pending before the Fair Housing Boazd involving a condominium association. The association has prepared a proposed plan for parking to address handicap issues at the location. She will present this plan to the Fair Housing Board. • On April 24, she pazticipated in a panel discussion at Cleveland Mazshall College of Law attended by the Mayor and Councilwoman Nicole Dailey Jones on the subject of how municipalities can increase the effectiveness of their fair housing ordinances. 3) The Law Dept. hired two clerks for the summer-Trish Geraghty and Amy Chaho. Last Friday was the last day for Heather Hemerlein who was the law clerk who assisted the City Prosecutor and did a great job. We are sorry to see her go. Finance Director Copfer: 1) She has been busy with FOP negotiations. Also, the team started preparing contracts for AFSCME Service and ClericaUTech. The first session with AFSCME Service was held today. 2) Springvale mini-bond issue-private placement at National City-came in lower than what we had locked in our ceiling at because rates did go down somewhat. The city saves $120 in interest. 3) Attended a meeting of Finance Directors at Rocky River Municipal Court on Thursday, May 10. This yeaz, fines are down compared to last year. They are watching expenses closely so they will not exceed their resources. There were some payments that were required to be made-the exception for people retiring or made in lump sums so it will even out for the rest of the year. She notified the court that for five months of 2007, we are at 33% of our estimates, which we estimated less than what we got last year. If fines were ratably collected, it should be at 42%. Therefore, she made it very clear, since North Olmsted is the largest contributor to that court, they better be looking at ways to 3