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Council Minutes of 10 -07 -2014 tickets through Kim Wenger or Tricia Granfors in the Planning and Development Department or at Fat Head's Brewery in North Olmsted. • Flyers were sent out to all residents this week for fall and winter services. Leaf Collection for the 2014 fall season will be serviced by Three -Z Incorporated and will start October 20, 2014 and run through December 5, 2014. Director of Law Gareau: • Two additional days of arbitration were scheduled in the matter of former Officer Bielozer's grievance regarding his termination. • The arbitration arising from the termination of former Officer Christopher Fox was completed. This was an action related to an allegation of pattern sick leave abuse. On October 6, 2014, arbitrator Mancini sustained the grievance and ruled that Christopher Fox should be reinstated to the position of Patrolman with the City of North Olmsted. While Fox maintains his seniority, the city was not required to pay back wages and benefits over the ten months since he was initially discharged. • He is requesting that Council meet to discuss the contracting process. He will be giving Council a small presentation with ideas on how to streamline the process. • He stated that Council will be voting this evening to give consent on an amendment to a Declaration of Restrictions filed on December 18, 1990 which prohibits traffic ingress and egress onto Silverdale road from the rear of the property. The amendment would lift this prohibition for this development only and allow access onto Silverdale. Director of Finance Copfer: • Her department has been working on several projects including the salary and benefit projection calculations for the 2015 budget. They are also working with the Mayor and Directors on capital budget needs. • They are back on track to get the inventory module and fleet work order system processed live with a target date of December 1, 2014. They have started the back scanning of invoices which streamlines the payment process and enhances the division's inquiry process. • She's been notified by the Auditor of State that they will be performing the audit this year, as the city has had external auditors for ten years. Ordinance 2014 -71 is still requesting Ciuni & Panichi as the city's GAAP and financial reporting provider for 2014 for reasons of continuity and the fact that they do a great job. • Ass't Finance Director, Jessica Kremser, will be done transitioning the new Ass't Finance Director into his position at the end of October. Copfer thanked Council and the Administration for recognizing the importance of this transition, and she thanked Jessica for training the new Assistant and completing some pending projects. Council President Pro -tem Brossard, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday September 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Brossard, Barker, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy, Safety /Service Director Glauner, Police Chief Gallagher, Geoff Westerfield of the Ohio Division of Wildlife and guests. 2