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Council Minutes of 9/2/2008 • A discussion on the engineering analysis and the year-to-date financial details was presented by the Director of Finance. A detailed statement of that discussion will be made at the next Council meeting. Councilman Barker continued the story of the tree on his street which has been losing limbs. Limb #3 fell across the street last Tuesday. Calls to the city departments were made, and within 20 minutes the street and aprons of residents were being cleared. Thanks to the Service Dept. for a job well done. Council Member Dailey Jones reported that the Fair Housing Review Board, along with the Housing Research and Advocacy Center, held a landlord training focusing on fair housing laws and tenant selection for landlords. Although it was a small turnout, there were a few people from North Olmsted and some people from Ashtabula. It was a good night and those in the audience who were landlords or thinking about becoming landlords learned quite a bit. One topic discussed was that, under the Fair Housing Law, people with disabilities have the right to have reasonable modifications made to their living unit per their request. This would be something like changing the interior of the unit to assist them such as widening doorways or adding grab bars. However, the landlords were informed that, although those reasonable modifications would obviously have to come as a request from a tenant, that it is the tenant's responsibility to pay for those types of modifications. The Board looks forward to having the same training session next year and continues to work toward spreading fair housing information to our residents. In addition, the Housing Research and Advocacy Center is having a New Strategies in Fair Housing Conference on Friday, November 14, in downtown Cleveland. If anyone is interested in attending that, please see contact her or go on to the website. Councilman Mahoney, member of the Recreation Commission, noted that the regularly scheduled meeting of August 4 was canceled due to a lack of a quorum. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, September 8. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2008-104 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its second reading. An ordinance amending the organizational chart of the Wastewater Treatment section of the Division of Public Works in the Department of Public Service in order to deliver services from the said division in a more efficient and economical manner, and declaring an emergency, as amended. Ordinance No. 2008-107 introduced by Mayor O'Grady was given its second reading. An ordinance authorizing the Director of Human Resources to solicit proposals for the personal services of a third party administrator (TPA) to process health insurance claims and including the purchase of excess insurance coverage for the city health care & hospitalization plans for 2009, and further authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, to enter into a contract for said services and insurance, and declaring an emergency. Councilman Gareau moved for suspension of the rule requiring three readings, noting it had been reviewed in committee. The motion was seconded by 8 - ,~