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Council Minutes of 10/7/2008 referred to our insurer for defense. An appearance has been made in the case by our insurance defense counsel. 2) The Fair Housing Review Board is continuing to investigate an allegation of housing discrimination in the city made by a married couple with disabilities who are residents of a condominium located in the city. The complaint was initially received by HUD and referred to the city under our grant agreement for investigation. 3) The Fair Housing Review Board in conjunction with the Housing Research and Advocacy Center is sponsoring a free continuing legal education class on fair housing for local real estate agents. Real estate agents in Ohio are required to take 30 hours of continuing education every three years and three of those hours must focus on fair housing and civil rights. The class will be taught by Assistant Law Director Carole Heyward as well as by staff from the housing center. The class will be held on October 22, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the North Olmsted Library. All are welcome. RSVP's should be made to Vicki Flash in the Law Dept. 4) Prosecutor's report: total of 193 cases prosecuted in Rocky River Municipal Court during the month of September; 101 were Traffic cases; 92 were General Offense cases; no trials. In the absence of Finance Director Copfer, Acting Clerk Donna Murphy read her report: 1) The annual information filing was submitted to the required agencies on September 25. This is required by our bond covenants to provide continued disclosure to the bond holders via certain agencies. 2) On September 25, the August monthly financial reports were sent to the Mayor, Council and Directors via paper and/or email. 3) The audit for 2007 has finally been officially released by the Auditor of State and is available on their website as of September 30. It is on our city website under departments and then under the Finance tab. 4) She participated in the disaster training exercise the Safety Department coordinated. It was ahands-on exercise in responding to a disaster that included every aspect of government, even the finances angle how we would account for time, mutual aid deployment, supplies, etc. It was an informative afternoon. 5) As required by contract, she attended the Fire Division Safe Staffing meeting on October 2. After 45 minutes of discussion, there was a unanimous vote to cease having meetings until the outcome of the Westshore communities study operating as a fire district is complete. 6) Along with Nicole Dailey Jones, she represented the city well as two of the speakers at the first North Olmsted High School Women in Leadership forum yesterday. With the elections being high on their priority list, they decided to start with women in politics. It is an amazing group of young ladies who are all seniors this year and have great goals for themselves as they start looking ahead to the world of college and career. Their parents should be proud. It was her privilege to speak with them. 4