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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED FEBRUARY 16, 2021 Present: Council President Jones, Council Members Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly, Limpert Schumann & Williamson Also Present: Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Community Development Lieber and Clerk of Council Massarolo Council President Jones called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. through GoToMeeting. Due to the meeting being a virtual meeting, Council President Jones requested if any member of the public using a computer wished to address Council to notify the Clerk via the chat feature in GoToMeeting and they would be called on later in the meeting. For those dialing in via phone, the lines would be unmuted during the appropriate portion of the meeting. The Council Meeting Minutes of February 2, 2021 were approved as written. The following legislation will be considered for passage under suspension of the rules this evening: Second Reading: Resolution 2021-14; First Reading: Resolution 2021-18. REPORTS Mayor Kennedy: • No Report. Director of Law Gareau: • North Olmsted filed its brief today in the pending action in the Ohio Supreme Court dealing with a statutory right of action for our resident to demand prosecution. The City is hoping it has a fairly strong case and that it will be resolved in our favor. • The City has initiated litigation for the nonpayment of hotel motel tax against Shree Shankar, LLC, that's Paul Patel doing business as La Quinta. It has been unsuccessful in service so far, but the City would like the judgement against him to collect the fees that North Olmsted uses to purchase equipment for police and fire safety forces. These are taxes that he charged guests who have stayed there. He then never paid those tax funds to the City. While times are tough and the hotel/motel industry has taken a hit, he is only going to pay what he actually charged who stayed there. • There is an appeal in McColgan v. City of North Olmsted. This is a worker's comp claim that has been appealed. The applicant was not satisfied with the result he received through the Worker's Compensation process and has now taken his appeal to Court. The City is working it out. • The city is pursuing a nuisance house on Fitch Road. It has been abandoned and the owner has passed away. There have been numerous maintenance reports