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~~ ~ MltitTTBS OF TttB MEt3TING OF TtE COUNCIL OF TSE CITY OF I~Ttt O~.MBTF.D JULY 5, 1978 Present: President Dewey Li~ert, Councilmen Beaty, Boeh~er, Logan, Petri;ac, Saringer, Sharpe, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Robert 9r-letyniasn3ci, Law Director Micluel Garesu, t~~tasece Director 'Bobert Sracisa~, 8a#a~y Af.araatur Petra, Service Director Joseph Corrigan, City Rngineer Ronald Zurarski, Cler~tc of Council Dora Rill. Meeting was called to order by Pxeaideet Limpert at 8:(~ P.M. President Lim~rt stated the first portio~e of this meeting is a Public Rearing on the estimsted budget for 1979 and asiESd far any cos~ee-ts. Mr. Wt.Iasnsky S a detnid>s- 'of true e~rtimated b t. There being no other cots Preside~tt Lmpert decl~~d that portion of the Ming adjourned proceeded into Council Meeting. Minutes of Council Meeting of June 20, i973, were approved as read. Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of June 27, I97~, ears approved as read. President Limpert announced that Ord. No. 78-~99'#~ae been. added o the Agenda which pertains to adoption of an official city seal. Gity Bngit-eer 2urawski read tt'ue~ tollowfng article t1u~t- appeared in a publication of the Institute of Traffic engineers, June 1978 issue: "'~eaffic contrnl dews which are missing, damaged or do not confora to the. State~Maneal on Uni#ora Traffic Control Devices for streets and hi ys can be the cause of orator vehicle ct311isions. Improper installation, failure to repair or replace damaged or missing traffic control devices, or failure to cosiply with the Msf'u~l may lead to liability on the part of responsible goveretme~at officials. A city in' northern Ohio recatntly had some enlightenaent on the subject. On January 2©, 1963,,. that city was fou~td in court to have violated Sections 4511.49 and 4511.11 of the :Ohio Revised Cade. Ttut is to say they illegally installed stop signs at six different intersections. Their purpose for installing the signs, it was found, was speed Control. Aa a result of titslse findings city officials wars nat only ordered, by:,~ay of a pest ~.njuncticae, to remove tree illegal signs, but also to gap true plaintiff, a citiaen, $50(3. for estimated court fees. Tree cona~queneea is this case were not extreseely critical. But what if the findings had centered around lfsbility in conjunctiocetrth a severe traffic accident Y" The article recosmeaded that- government officials take heed. Law Director Gateau reported: 1) The Warchol case is finally settled and the case has been dismissed; 2) Councilmen Beaty has requested the Law Director to file a lawsuit against the general contractor, I~arspaugh & Bans, for the defective workmsnshig, ~-ttrial and design with respect to the roof a~t the '~sc Center. Law Director assiasa that Council as a iihole x.11 concur with that reque8t. Once the Law Director toes the necessary information ~ wili proceed to litigate the case, 3afetyr Director Petra reported: 1) the Nf?SO International Soccer Tournaamnt was t~ ancceas, and would like to ex~rresa thanks to the tournamentt officials, plus a host of other people who wort~aad hard on various coaatf.ttsss; 2) tree Rec.. Colex report for t'l~e,~ six me~nths indicates that ae have an income of $263,090. versus $241,576. for the sixz eoe~th period in 1977;