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Council Minutes of 8/19/2008 4) On August 13, he attended a meeting of the Records Commission. The Commission approved City Council's retention schedule. The Commission had a discussion regarding the relationship between Records Commission and formulating retention schedules and approving destruction of records and the Landmarks Commission's role as the archivist for the city. They are working on that issue which came his way from Councilman Orlowski as well as the Landmarks Commission itself. 1'he Commission is going to try to more fully flesh out the relationship between Landmarks and Records Commission so that Landmarks Commission can have a real role in determining what historical documents should be archived and saved rather than destroyed in the usual process once they've met their retention schedule deadline. 5) Regarding the RTA issue, some issues had come up at the last Council meeting as to whether or not the city has legal avenues available to it on the basis of old litigation-the transition agreement we entered into a couple of years ago and/or state statute ORC Chapter 306. He has done some considerable work on those issues, some of which go back about 28 years. As a law clerk for the city in 1978 and 1979, he recalls doing research and helping Law Director Michael Gareau to put together that complaint and file it in court. He has done a lot of work on this issue and will provide his results and information to Council in writing because it would involve potential litigation and strategies. It is better for those things to be done in writing or in executive session rather than in open meetings. 6) Assistant Law Director O'Malley reports that there was apre-hearing conference in the Eighth District Court of Appeals regarding the city's case with the IAFF Local 1267, the appeal of the arbitration management rights arbitration awards. The case was not settled and will go forward. The briefing deadline is August 29. In the Finance Director's absence, the Clerk read her report: "Council Report August 19, 2008. I attended the annual Tax Incentive Review Council and Housing Council meetings on August 7, 2008. One CRA is completed this year. Two of the larger ones will be over in collection year 2010. On August 8, 2008 I participated in mediation with AFSCME Service unit to an agreement, which the Mayor reported was ratified by the unit. This leaves Dispatch as the final negotiations from the last bargaining cycle. Chaired the Records Commission meeting on August 13, 2008 where Council, and Youth Services Division and Division of Aging retention schedules were reviewed. Council's was approved. We are holding the other two divisions pending further research by the Law Department regarding client case files. The Assistant Finance Director and I attended an annual update for governments and not for profits at Youngstown State University which counted toward our required 40 hours annually of continuing professional education. I have amended the certificate of resources as we discussed in committee for the increase in fuel reimbursement received from the school district by $60,000; Estate taxes 4