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Council Minutes of 8-15-2017 the motion to be granted. This was not filed by the City, although the City is a party, it was filed by the property owner. Mr. Saumer has a life estate, but the fee title owner is seeking to get the property back. An agreement has been reached on maintaining the grass, but we really want to see the property cleaned up. • On the fourth of August, the Mayor, Assistant Law Director and Director of Law attended a mediation session with the City of North Olmsted School District which was mediated by Judge Donnelly. Both sides were able to reach an agreement on the purchase of the property. The purchase price was $165,000.00. There needs to be a lot split consolidation. Those documents have been given to the Engineer who will give them to the County for approval. Once this is done, there will be a quit claim or warranty deed to the City and the School District will be paid. This should be taken care of in the next four to six weeks. Director of Finance Copfer: • No Report Councilman Kearney Chairman of the Finance Committee: The Finance Committee met on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Schumann and Rahm; Council members Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Planning & Development Lieber, Assistant Finance Director Sperling and Economic Development Manager Myers. • Discussed first was Resolution 2017-49. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a renewed agreement with Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court in connection with the Community Diversion Program to address juvenile misdemeanor and status offenders in the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency. The City gets $24,000.00 from the County and does not need to match any funds. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council with suspension. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2017-50. An Ordinance to make and transfer appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the year ending December 31, 2017, and declaring an emergency. This is done throughout the year to balance the budget. The Finance Department requested two amendments. The first was to transfer $1900.00 from the Planning Department to Council and to bring $100,000 from the General Fund to the CDBG Fund. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council with suspension and as amended. Councilman Kearney made a motion to amend Ordinance 2017-50 to incorporate the discussed amendments. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2017-50 amended 6-0. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2017-51. An Ordinance amending the rates of compensation for various administrative and legislative personnel for 2017 to adjust the salary range for the Network Administrator (Section 5B) for clarity; and to otherwise restate the compensation rates and descriptions for various administrative and legislative personnel for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, and 2