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Council Minutes of 12 -02 -2014 • The Fleet and Finance Departments had their live fleet inventory /work order training on Nov 19, with the scheduled go live date in Munis this week. • The September detail and summary revenue and expenditure reports along with the quarterly review were emailed to Council on November 20, 2014. While the municipal income tax has done well this year in the withholding area, which bodes well for sustainability, they are still down in general fund revenue from last year due to the loss of estate tax and local government funds and lagging property tax values, which were anticipated. Additionally, the expenditures are closer to the budgeted amounts than in the prior year, primarily from the past winter and storm related costs. Consequently, the general fund unencumbered fund balance is lower than this time last year and will more than likely continue to be so for the end of this year. • The assessed property valuation for 2014 tax year, which is the 2015 collection year, has been finalized and the valuation declined by .4% The TIF revenues are about $127,000, with $47,000 coming from our city real property tax revenues and the remaining coming from the county revenues. • The City of North Olmsted's December 1, 2014 debt payments totaling $6,243,157 were made timely. Excluding the $58.3 million in EPA loans for Phase 1 and 2 of the W WTP and collection system improvements, the outstanding city debt at the end of 2014 is $29,519,722.00. Councilman Barker, Chairman of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: The Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee met on Tuesday November 25, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Barker and Brossard; Council members Hemann, Kearney and Limpert; Mayor Kennedy and Safety /Service Director Glauner. • Discussed was Resolution 2014 -80 which is a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Cuyahoga County General Health District for the year 2015, and declaring an emergency. This is a renewal with the Cuyahoga County Health Department. The city is required by law to have this, and is another example of a regional approach that has been used for a long time. The cost is $3.92 per capita which totals about $64,000. Councilman Barker made a motion to recommend approval to Council. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brossard, and the committee voted 2 -0 to recommend approval of Resolution 2014 -80. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. Councilman Limpert, Chairman of the Environmental Control Committee: The Environmental Control Committee met Tuesday November 25, 2014 at 7:35 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert, Brossard and Hemann; Council members Barker and Kearney; Mayor Kennedy and Safety /Service Director Glauner. • Discussed was Resolution 2014 -82 which is a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding ( "MOU ") Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Soil and Water Conservation District ( "SWCD ") to provide the City of North Olmsted with Minimum Control Measures 1 and 2 in accordance with the requirements of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems ( "NPDES ") Phase II, and declaring an emergency. This is a contract that the city has had in existence since 2007 that's been renewed annually. The cost remains 4