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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF .NORTH OLMSTED OCTOBER 22, 1986 Present: President Janet Saringer, Councilmen Lackey, McKay, O'Grady, Rademaker, Tallon, Wilamosky. (Councilman Lackey present at 8:55 P.M.) Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigac, Law Director Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council .Florence Campbell. Special Council Meeting was .called to order by President Saringer at 8:30 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes of the Council Meeting of October 7, 1986, were approved. Mayor Petrigac reported: 1) Members of .the administration attended a "kick-off" meeting with the other Project Team Members from Maple-Heights, RTA and Pete, Marwick, Mitchell and Company. This begins .the twenty-six week audit process. 2) Letter was received .from East Ohio Gas Company announcing a 25.3 per 1,000 cubic feet reduction, beginning Nouember 10th through January, 1987. 3) Gity is in the process of arranging traffic counts at the intersection of Columbia Road and Butternut Ridge Road to determine if the existing signal is warranted. This will determine whether there is a need for the stop sign. 4) City is cosponsoring a Halloween. Party at Horizons on October 31st, from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. Would remind .everyone that the hours for Halloween are from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. 5) North Olmsted city employees contributed the highest amount collected for the United Way this year since records started being kept in 1982; congratulations to Tom Fabek who chaired the drive. 6) Would like to publicly thank Service Director Rick Noble who won a pavement breaker valued at $760 and. donated. it to the City of North Olmsted, 7) Budget and Management Director Cunningham reported $83,046 collected by RITA from October 13th through the 21st. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Had reported at ,the last Council Meeting that the Romp Trial would begin last Tuesday. .This was postponed, .placed on hold and Law Director has been patiently waiting; there is a possibility that it may go tomorrow. One of the difficulties is that he has two expert witnesses waiting to testify. Hopefully, this trial will take place within the next week or so. 2) Just today, finished the first draft of the Gooper Brief which is due next month. Has worked with some of the law firms which are now working with the city and therefore are ahead of schedule on this.