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Council Minutes of 8-4-2020 and came right back. Our motion to dismiss will be promptly filed and submitted. The City anticipates this will also be dismissed. • The City of North Olmsted did file a proof of claim in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York. They are one of the opioid defendants in the multistate litigation. They were one of the biggest players in the opioid issue. We did file a proof of claim to ensure we are protected in bankruptcy and if there are any proceeds to be distributed from the bankruptcy we are in line. • The City has filed a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas to enjoin the Westbury Apartments from continuing to violate certain sections of the Code. We have been in some form of litigation since at least 2016 when the City filed criminal charges. There are more rounds of criminal and property maintenance charges. In the not too distant past a piece of the building fell to the ground and fortunately no one was hurt, but it has been an ongoing situation for decades. It is a health and safety concern and the City is going to continue to fight to get this resolved one way or another. Director of Finance Copfer: • The annual audit was completed at the end of July. It was filed with the State and also GFOA. It's a clean opinion. There is only one management letter comment regarding disaster recovery. The City has had this comment before and is in the process of rectifying it through the things we did last year and continue to do this year. The work should be completed by the end of this year so it will no longer be a comment on our report. Councilman Schumann asked for a moment of personal privilege. I just want to thank the Mayor and storm crew for all the work they have been doing in Bretton Ridge and Park Ridge. The Mayor has been having a bunch of meetings, one-on-one meetings with residents to explain what the plans are. The storm crew guys have been out like crazy, not only cleaning out catch basins like they normally do, but jetting out lines. They have also been doing a lot of work helping residents find cleanouts and identify if any of the lateral connections are jammed. I know for a fact they have done a ton of these as I have been handling a lot of the phone calls for them and they have just been on the ball. I just wanted to thank them. Councilwoman Hemann Chairwoman of the Environmental Control Committee: The Environmental Control Committee met on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 7:01 p.m. Present were committee members Hemann, Glassburn and Williamson; Council members Brossard, Kelly, Limpert and Schumann; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning & Development Lieber, City Engineer DiFranco and guests. • The purpose of this meeting was a presentation of storm water mitigation and to discuss work on the MacKenzie culvert project. The Mayor outlined his meetings with residents that were affected by the recent flooding. He said the storm crew is being led by Greg Peters of the sanitary crew for several weeks in order to provide his expertise in storm sewer cleaning and mapping. The Bretton Ridge