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Council Minutes of 03-01-2016 • Also today, the City of North Olmsted, with the assistance of the Law Dept., executed an administrative warrant entry into a property located at 5261 Berkshire (former Oster house). This has been a property maintenance nuisance for years. The owner, a registered sex offender, passed away last year and the city has been attempting to get it cleaned up. The entry was to determine the structural integrity of the premises, among other things. • Tonight there are two pieces of legislation that the Law Dept. and Planning and Development Director Wenger worked on: tent sales & special events and food trucks. There is some opinion in the community that this is a crackdown on food trucks. The reality of the situation is that food trucks are not permitted under the City Code, and this is an attempt to permit them with reasonable regulations rather than outlaw them. • Finally, in property maintenance, the city was successful in prosecuting Mr. Sulzman for his property at 24017 Frank Street. With the cooperation of the County, that long-running problem has been concluded via a tax foreclosure. He was fined $1,107. Councilman Barker asked Director Gareau if an inspection has been done on the Frank Street property. Gareau said he couldn't recall, but he thinks there was an inspection awhile ago. Director of Finance Copfer: • She announced the birth of her first grandchild, Gabriella Olivia, on February 16, 2016. • The state auditors are currently testing cash basis and should be done by the end of March. They will then start to monitor GAAP financial statements. • As part of the Wellness Program, Weight Watchers has started thanks to Donna Eccleston and the Human Resources Dept. The first meeting was last week. • The Mayor, Directors and Council were E-mailed the January month end summary and detail report. Please contact her with any questions. • The Cleveland Division of Water notified the city that they will be switching from quarterly to monthly billings effective in the year 2017. They have requested the city's rates for next year. There will be a rate study this summer. • Preliminary results from RITA's subpoena program show that it has been successful thus far. The cost of this program was $22,936.00. Total liability including interest is $537,902. The total collected so far is $195,057.00. Councilman Barker said he received an E-mail from an audit committee which was supposed to include a questionnaire, but he never received the questionnaire. Director Copfer said she will make a note to request that a questionnaire be sent to Councilman Barker. Councilman Barker asked if there is a time frame to fill this out, and Director Copfer said within the next couple of weeks. Councilman Kearney, Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney and Barker; Council members Brossard and Hemann; Safety& Service Director Glauner and guests. 2