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Council Minutes of 12-01-2009 6) There have been three new cases referred to the Law Department since the last report: 26883 Driscoll for a junk car violation, 23906 Lorain for a gravel lot issue, and 25675 Lorain for a gravel lot violation. Finance Director Copfer: 1) October revenue and expenditure detail and summaries were distributed today. As of December 1, 2009 the city paid $6,849,680.01 for a principle and interest payment. That includes $5,660,000 of principle and the remaining is a half year's interest. 2) In October, the city received an advance of 2010 property tax receipts of $224,000; $108,000 in the general fund. 3) The Board of Elections sent notice that the estimated election costs for this past year will be withheld from next year's property tax collections. That number as an estimate is $82,875. Councilman Gareau asked Copfer if they broke down how that cost is arrived at because he's curious if an increase in cost is in relation to the absentee process. Copfer was not sure and she said she would ask the Board of Elections. Councilwoman Jones said she knows that the Board of Elections has decreased the size of the voting locations. They have taken away precincts not only from North Olmsted but throughout Cuyahoga County. So, one would think that the cost would be reduced somewhat because of those reduced number of precincts. Copfer said she will ask for a break down. Council President Kennedy reported that the Committee of the Whole met today December 1, 2009 at 7:05 p.m. to discuss the filling of the vacancy that will be created by the new Law Director-elect moving on from his at-Large position. Present were Council Members Kearney, Barker, Orlowski, Jones and Kennedy. They discussed the timeline, and Council will be accepting resumes until December 15, 2009. They will interview applicants in December and possibly have a new at-Large Council person by the first meeting of Council on January 5, 2010. Councilman Gazeau, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met on December 1, 2009 at 7:20 p.m. 1) The Clerk of Council had brought to the attention of Council the opportunity to take the Codified Ordinances with Walter Drane and make them available for viewing online as opposed to the hard copy format that the city currently has. There is a one-time cost of $2,950 with a $30 per month maintenance fee. Benefits would include that it would be accessible to the community to see the Codified Ordinances at their leisure, and they could be updated four times a year instead of once a year. There were questions about maintaining hard copies, so a survey will be done to see who still needs hard copies. Council's general consensus was that they should move forwazd. There is some money available in one of Council's line items that will be there at the end of the year. So, there's funding available to take care of that. The Clerk will get back to Finance Committee regarding the cost estimates for hard copies. 2) 2009-135 is an Ordinance to make and transfer appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2009. This piece of legislation contains a number of different transfers. More time was needed 3