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Council Minutes of 5/1/2007 6) Received an arbitration award back involving city dispatchers. Several years ago, there was an initiative from the Safety Dept. to settle a couple of orthodontic grievances that fire fighters and police officers had put forward. We had a good case before arbitration, but it was the desire of the administration to do good and to buy some goodwill with the fire fighters and police officers. The matters were resolved, and a number of police officers and fire fighters were given back payments for orthodontic expenses incurred. Dispatchers found out what police and fire fighters received and filed a grievance, which went to arbitration. The arbitrator decided, based on a me-too clause in their contract, that, if the city gave this benefit and resolved this grievance in this fashion for fire fighters and police officers, it had to do it for the dispatchers. This involves a couple of thousand dollars in some back payments to a couple of dispatchers. He would not make a recommendation to take it into the court system. 7) City Prosecutor report for April: 145 cases, of which 64 were General Offenses, and the balance were traffic matters. No trials. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Fact finding with the fire fighters was held on April 18. Three days in the first week of June have been scheduled for fact finding hearings. 2) The first FOP bargaining session was April 24 where proposals were exchanged. 3) Participated in the interviews of three of the four finalists of the economic development consultant. One more interview is scheduled for this week. 4) The auditors have substantially completed the on-site field work for the 2006 audit. This would not have been possible without the organization and hard work of Assistant Finance Director Leslie Bruxvoort as she prepared all the conversion schedules and work papers in a timely and complete manner. 5) Since there will be no adjustments made on a cash basis, the year end and January through March of 2007 were closed. The first quarterly summaries have been distributed to Council. The March detailed reports were e-mailed today. She has not had an opportunity to review the March operating results but will provide a written summary to the Mayor and Council the first part of next week. 6) On first reading is an ordinance to close out the Sewer Bond Retirement Fund and roll it into the General Obligation Retirement Fund. Bond counsel John Larson prepared the legislation. He asked all the appropriate questions to ensure all debts were paid and that the monies remaining were clearly tax revenues from our residents levied for pre-1987 sewer obligations so that it should be used to pay down the more recent sewer debt that is getting paid for and serviced out of the General Obligation Bond Retirement Fund from sewer revenues. This was discussed during budget hearings, and the legislation formalizes it. Once the legislation is heard in committee, she will do a transfer ordinance so that it will be affected on our ordinance for the appropriations. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The committee met this evening at 7:15 p.m. to discuss Ordinance 2007-38, an ordinance creating new Chapter 913 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code entitled Fats, Oils and Grease-Interceptor Installation and Waste Disposal and amending Section 911.12(c)(3) and repealing Section 911.12(e) of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances. Present were committee members Miller, Tallon and Gareau; President of Council Kennedy; Councilpersons Barker, Orlowski, Dailey Jones; Mayor O'Grady, Service 3