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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AUGUST 7, 2018 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kearney, Limpert, Schumann & Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning & Development Lieber and Clerk of Council Massarolo Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. The Special Council meeting minutes of July 31, 2018 were approved as written. No legislation will be considered under suspension of the rules this evening. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • Homecoming is August 23 through 26 at North Olmsted Park. • This year the Mayor's Race and the Homecoming Race are being combined into the Fat Head's Race. In the past, both races would each have about 125 people. Right now we have over 300 people signed up. It should be a lot of fun. It's going to be around City Hall and up to Fat Head's. Director of Law Gareau: • In State ex rel. James Connell et al. v. City of North Olmsted et al., the flooding class action from 2014 and earlier, the City is continuing mediation. There are positive movements from both the Plaintiff's Counsel and our Insurance Defense Counsel. This is an insured claim, so it is up to the insurance carrier to call the shots on seeking resolution, if there is going to be one. There has been good dialogue, I'm optimistic the case will come to a conclusion soon, but we will have to see. • Zayed v. Ventura, an excessive use of force claim against our police officers has been settled and dismissed. • The City of North Olmsted v. Christopher Fox. In this case, former Officer Fox filed an unemployment claim. I reported a while ago the City did not prevail at the Unemployment Hearing, which is not surprising as the employer almost never prevails at this hearing. Upon review the Court of Common Pleas affirmed it. I said before if the City did not prevail the City would go to the Court of Appeals which is where we are now. • Kate Montgomery has been hired as our new Law Clerk. She will be assisting the Law Department, she will be overlapping with Kaitlyn Kilbane.