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Council Minutes of 2-6-2018 • I wanted to thank the Mayor for the opportunity to have these fine people sworn in at the Council Meetings. It never gets old for me. • The City of North Olmsted v. Kim Rock was argued in the 8th District Court of Appeals today. This is a property maintenance violation. Ms. Rock was convicted in 2017 for a property maintenance violation. She was previously convicted for having a pig living in her backyard. This is not related to the pig, but a separate property maintenance issue. We should expect a result in the next 60 to 90 days. • Our long-time member of the community, who served this body, Janet Saringer is ill. She is in a situation where her health is not doing well. She is in Florida and served almost 30 years as a Council President, Councilmember of Ward II and Councilmember At -Large. I had the opportunity work with her and she is a great person and has a great family. Her son Bill, is a police officer here in North Olmsted. • I'm here with you tonight, but it is my son William's 14th birthday. Director of Finance Copfer: • The recreation levy documents were filed properly. Other than checking the ballot language when the draft ballot is released, everything is set for May. • The year 2017 is closed and I meant to ask my secretary to send out the financials to you today, but I will ask her to do so tomorrow. • The City upgraded the MUNIS system last week. There are some ongoing printing issues we are still resolving, but the processing time is much quicker with this version so we are excited about it. Council President Jones, Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 7:55 p.m. Present were Council members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Planning & Development Lieber, Building Commissioner Grusenmeyer and guests. • Discussed was the moratorium Council put into place last fall regarding the enforcement of the City's Real Property Maintenance Code. The Administration presented to Council changes being made within the Building Department as far as streamlining the process to request extension of time and also taking into consideration Council and residents' concerns about how the Code is stated. The Administration also presented Council with a new Residential Property Maintenance Abatement Extension Request Form, which will be available to all of Council and our residents. The ongoing discussion with Council will continue. Council has requested a formal update in August to update how the new changes are going with the residents and Building Department. • Also discussed was repealing Ordinance 2017-69, which placed a moratorium on certain property maintenance enforcement for six months. The results of this discussion resulted in an Ordinance being placed on first reading tonight to repeal Ordinance 2017-69. Councilman Kearney Chairman of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 2