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Council Minutes of 10-06-2009 negotiating team. Thank you to those teams, and the city will hopefully have speedy resolution of the other bargaining units soon. Law Director Dubelko: 1) There is a litigation update on the case of The City of North Olmsted vs. Suburban Collision, a nuisance odor violations case pending in Rocky River Court. The Court has ordered an extension of the diversion program until June 3, 2010. This will make that diversion program's length to coincide with the expiration of the conditional use permit that Council granted a year and a half ago. All those items will come up for consideration and hopefully find a resolution in June of 2010. 2) In the probate case of Michael Stinn, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth T. Corneliusen vs Astrid Try, et al., there was a question of whether or not the descendant had any heirs, and the city was joined as a party because funds would escheat to the city if there were no heirs. The heirs have been located. It's a fairly good-sized estate and the city received a substantial amount of estate tax. 3) The city has had two new real property cases referred to the Law Department since September 1. A third case has been reviewed and it is awaiting filing and service. There was one conviction in the month of September for trash and paint violation for presentence investigation. Two cases were resolved in the month of September. One was for paint and fence in Ward 3. There was a fine of five hundred dollars for each of five counts for a total of a twenty five hundred dollar fine plus a suspended jail sentence. The second was a trash and debris case, he believes, in Ward 4 on Columbia Road. There was a fine of one hundred fifty dollars and a suspended jail sentence. The Building Department and Law Department continue to do their best to enforce the property maintenance codes in the city. 4) Regarding fair housing, Carole Heyward reports that HUD has completed and advised the city of its performance assessment conducted at the end of July. The city received notice on September 28 that it passed on the performance assessment. The city was either evaluated or not evaluated because of non-applicability in all categories. The city passed when evaluated, so it was a very good report from HUD. The program continues to do very well as result of the efforts of Assistant Law Director Carole Heyward as the Fair Housing Administrator and Chairperson Nicole Dailey Jones of the Fair Housing Review Board. 5) City Prosecutor Mike Gordillo prosecuted a total of two hundred forty-two cases in the month of September. One hundred of those were general offense cases. One hundred forty-two were traffic. There were no trials and, therefore, no convictions. Finance Director Copfer: 1) She attended various mediation and negotiation sessions with the police, IAFF, and Clerical/Tech bargaining units. She attended the first meeting of the Healthcare Committee as configured in the labor contracts on September 24 where she participated as an advisor. 2) The August financial statements were E-mailed yesterday. She reviewed them and noted that nothing is different. She didn't change any projections. As always, if there are any specific questions or general questions, please don't hesitate to call ar E-mail her. Councilman Gareau, Chairman of the Finance Committee: 1) Finance Committee met in the caucus room on September 22, 2009 at 7:05 pm until 7:37 pm. Present that evening