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......:.:: F:...-.. C ~~,~~ MINUTES OF TH8 METING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CIT'X OF NORTH OLt~TED OCTOBER 4, 1977 Present: President Dewey Lampert, Councilmen Beaty, Boehmer, Fairfield, Sharpe, West, Wilsky. Also present: Mayor Ralph Christman, Law Director Michael Gateau, Fi~aance Director William Gerlach, Safety Director Richard Kohazik, Service Director Remy Caster, City Engineer 3. Howard Childs, Clerk of Council Nora Rill. Absent: Councilman Beringer. Meeting was called to order by President Lampert aC 8:00 P.M. Minutes of Council Meeting of September 20, 1977, were approved as read. Mayor Christman reported: 1) recommend that Council consider favorably the adoption of the resolution for the Gity of North Olmsted to Sala w3:th other suburban communities in the formet3on of a Suburban Regional Water District as per the information mailed to Council on September 30th. There is a meeting at RITA tomorrow night that Council is invited to attend to be brnugbt up to date on same; 2} would like to recommend that Council pass Ordinances 77-165 and 77-167 on suspension of rules; these ordinances pertain to the improve~-t of Claque Road; 3) would like to recoamend that Council act with .e~e,dience on the transfer of the city/school-owned land to the State so that this does not further delay the construction of I-480; 4)received correspondence from Kenneth Shartle, Superintendent of the County Libraries, and he indicated that nsrdificatioas are being made to our local library so that it is fu11y accessible for the physically handicapped; 5) Reality for a senior center appears most feasible through ~ addition to the Community Cabin. Facts behind this reasoning will be mailed to Coux-cil within the next: few days. Would like to suggest that a meeting be called in the near future for Council with the Director of the Department of Human Resources and representatives of the Cuyahoga County Office o€ Coeaaem-ity Development, who are involved in this, so that this proposal may be further discussed, etc. President Lampert referred Item 1 of Mayor's report into Legislation Ccrs~aittee. President Lampert stated far the benefit of audience that Ord. Nos. 77-155 and 77-1b7 were discussed in Caucus and agreed upon that the legislation would be passed on suspension of rules; as well as the legislation pertaining to I-480 which has been in Committee previously and which is numbered 77-171, 77-172 and 77-173. City Engineer Childs reported: 1) had bid opening for the Claque Road Culvert on September 30, 1977: received three bids - the low bidder was Northern Ohio Sewer Company with a bid of $66,742. That bid is almost on the button with the estimate we made for the fob which was $65,350. While happy with the price that was bid, unfortunately the low bidder did not submit what could be considered a reepossve bid. By an oversight he neglected to fill out some of the fornsat that ware included in the contract pertaining to equal employment opportunity. Since federal mosey is involved here they are very e~cactisg about the way that program is implemented and the fact that he did not fill the forms out really leaves us so recourse: we cannot at this point accept that bid. The next bid was higher by $12,Oa4. so we ,~