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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED OCTOBER 16, 1984 Present: President James Boehmer, Councilmen Bierman, O'Grady, Petrigac, Saringer, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Robert Swietyniowski, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk. of Council Florence Campbell. Absent: Councilman Rademaker. Meeting was called to order by President Boehmer at 8:05 P.t'[. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. President Boehmer announced that because Clerk of Council, Florence Campbell, has been verifying petition signatures at the Board of Elections, the October 2, 1984, Minutes of Council will be approved at the November 7th Council Meeting. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) The lawsuit filed a year ago, Great Northern Partner- ship versus the City of North Olmsted, was voluntarily dismissed last week. 2) tJith respect to some confusion relative to the petitions presented to the Clerk at the last Council Meeting, there was some indication by the Board of Elections that the total number of signatures needed constituted 10% of the registered voters of the City. This is not true. Law Director had researched and had occasion to look at this in the past. Any time the Charter of a City is amended, by petition, or people circulate a petition to seep: to amend the Charter, it is done by virtue of the procedure established in the Constitution of the State of Ohio. Article 18, Section 14, of the Constitution, provides that the total number of signatures on any petition. required under Article 18 is 10% of those who voted in the previous municipal election. There is no question that this is the law which has been established since 1912. Mrs. Campbell has looked at the petitions and has determined that there are sufficient signatures. It now goes to Council for the purpose of choosing a date for the special election. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Directors Logan and Boyle attended the Budget Commission Hearings on Monday and certified the budget. City will be receiving approxi- mately $2,370,000 into the General Fund, based on a valuation of $326,915,000. This is not the final valuation; there was a change after this was printed, especially in personal property tax. There will be another change due to the Great Northern lawsuit and the building around Great Northern should increase. Director Boyle anticipates 9.8 million; 9.6 or 326 million was certified.. 2) Tonight is the last meeting before closing the $5,315,000 sewer note which is going to be rolled aver. Because of fluctuations in the market, negotiations have not been closed. Will report closing figures at next Council Meeting. 3) City entered advanced personal property tax collection program, which is the first time the County has offered it through the County Treasurer and County Auditor. This has resulted in an income of $110,000 in September which the City would normally have received in December. City is approximately 26.12% above last year's income tax collection; looking at about $2,800,000 4) Subpoena Program started yesterday; $10,000 collected on rTonday, $15,000 today; program will end next Monday.