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Council Minutes of I 1-17-2009 Law Director Dubelko: 1) He gave a real property maintenance deport update on cases that are in Rocky River Court. On November 10 for the property at 4873 Columbia, the violations involved were AC units and permits required. There was a no contest plea taken and the defendant entered into a diversion program operated by Rocky River Court which involved paying a seven hundred fifty dollar administrative fee and being granted six months to get into compliance including obtaining permit and license. There is another sentencing on November 3 for the property at 5261 Berkshire. Violations involved roof and gutters. A fine was issued and thirty days jail stayed pending eight months probation and relief from same of the fine upon compliance with the roofing requirements. There is a case of conviction pending sentencing on November 3 in court for 6627 Wedgewood for a gutter violation. Several cases that are pending conviction from November 12 in Rocky River Court are Beaumont and Butternut involving roofs and siding. The 25779 Lorain case was withdrawn due to compliance. There is an arraignment scheduled for 5427 Berkshire for November 24. Complaints were authorized and were filed regarding a Clague address and a Stearns address involving junk vehicles. A sign involved at 23420 Lorain Road was abated without prosecution. 2) Mike Gordillo handled only fifty-three cases for the month of October. Twenty-six were general offense and the rest were traffic. There were no trials; no convictions. 3) There has been some discussion about EMS delinquent accounts several times over the last couple of years. Most recently, those accounts were the subject of Ordinance 2009- 89 which Council passed in September, authorizing a new collection method for these accounts where they would first go through the Law Department quickly to attempt to collect some of them and to turn them over to a professional collection agency. In the first week of November, letters were issued through Great Lakes Billing Company. Three hundred eighty-three letters were sent out to delinquent accounts. Once the results are reviewed, the next step pursuant to the legislation that Council passed back in September would be for the city to select a collection agency to be approved by the Board of Control. Councilman Barker thanked Mr. Dubelko, the Safety Department, the Building Department, and the Law Department far taking the property maintenance issues to court. He is very happy to see that the city is getting some resolve in court because it is going to start spreading the word that if you don't take care of your property, the city is going to come and talk to you and sternly now. Finance Director Copfer: 1) She attended and participated in fact finding with the firefighters on Thursday, November S. 2) She participated as an advisor for the Healthcare Committee and learned about self- insurance on November 10. 3) On November 11, she had dispatch negotiations, and she was informed today that dispatch ratified their contract yesterday. 4) The Auditor of State has requested that the city of North Olmsted utilize an IPA - an outside public accountant - as auditors for 2009 through 2013. The are going through the RFP process. The auditor creates the RFP's. They review and they have the pre-bid meeting. The city reviews the proposals that have been returned. The auditor ultimately 3