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•- MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 1~RTH OLMSTED MARCH 2, 1976 Present: President Dewey Limpert, Councilmen Beaty, Boehmer, Goggin, Saringer, Sharpe, West, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Ralph Christman, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director William Gerlach, Safety Director $ayiwnd Carnahan, Service Director Henry Caster, Asst. City Engineer David McDermott, Clerk of Council Nora Hill. Meeting was called to order by President Lampert at 8:00 P.M. Minutes of Council Meeting of February 17, were approved as read. Mayor Christman reported: 1) there is legislation on agenda this evening resulting from an action of the Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Assn. to join in litigation against the City of Cleveland in an effort to regioaalize water, which he would like to introduce. Have several pieces going thru the legislation process - one objecting to rates and one urging regionalization; and since that time the announcetesnt that the City of Cleveland was going to raise water rates brought it all to a head and feels that now is the time to join together with other cities; 2) City has been picking up, which is the second pickup, what is called "white goods" at an approximate cost of $24,000 a year. City has found a mss ~o is willing to undertake this if we can have a pickup once a month instead of weekly. This has been discussed briefly with the Environaeental Control Gp!o~ittee and believes brought favorable response. Would like to recommend Council seriousT consider the avenues necessary to bring this about. It would require that say for the first week of the month would be the only time for such mortal goods and this week would cover all of the routes in the City. This man would come in and pick up this. trash - there is a market for it, he would expect to make money on it. Recomsiende Council give same favorable consideration. Service Director Caster reported: 1) regarding bus bids that were received: Have not had an opportunity yet to review with RTA on the alternates. Either tomorrow or next dap expects to meet with them. I~ anyone is interested will advise when meeting will take place. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) This peat week City was served once again with a Complaint from Margolies vs. the City of North Olmsted - that is the refuse collection lawsuit attacking our ordinance. You ma}c recall that lawsuit was previously filed and at the time it was filed, Law Director Gareau filed a Motion To Dismiss because the plaintiff failed to include as a necessary party the Attorney General. The Court dismissed that lawsuit and the lawsuit was filed again and it is substantially the same as it was before so will be defending that all over again. Safety Director Carnahaa reported: 1) Two pieces of legislation on agenda tonight regarding federal funding to upgrade the signs and street markings to conform to the new Ohio Manual of Unifona Traffic Control Devices: Ord. No. 7b-23 is for the upgrading of all non-standard pavement markings of approximately 18,000 lineal feet. This has been prs-se^ated to the State for their approval. The entire cost is to be pald by federal funds. It is estimated that will cost