Council
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at
Roll call: Robert
Ortman – Present; Nona Buskirk – Present; Mary Barber – Present; Roger Aubery –
Absent; Warren Simpson – Present; JT Hilliard – Present; Jo-Ann Hite – Present;
Aaron Reedy – Present.
Owen Keller was present.
He wants to dedicate the extension of Long Street to the Village. He has the base down, and has a quote for
pavement for a 12’-wide road, but has learned that the Village is going to
widen the portion of Long Street currently maintained by the Village to
16’. He would like for the village to
get bids to take the pavement all the way down and including his extension of
Long Street. He said he will pay for
paving the new portion that he wants to dedicate. He has 1 house built and it will be reading
for someone to move-in in 2 – 3 weeks.
Mr. Keller said he would give money to the Village as a “deposit” until
the work is actually done, then the Village would pay the paving company for
the total due. Council discussed the
issue.
JT made a motion to tentatively accept the dedication of
Long Street with the understanding that Owen Keller will put a deposit down to
pay for his portion of the street paving after bids are received; this motion
pending final authorization by Resolution on a future date.
Chief Mike Jackson was present to discuss fire department
business. Mike announced that he applied
online for a FEMA grant in the amount of $280,000. This would be used for a new engine/rescue. The
Village/Township would be responsible for 10%, or $28,000. He is expecting to hear something in June or
July.
Mike said that Jimmy Barber applied for money from the State
Division of EMS for CPR mannequins & other
Mike brought a copy of a mowing contract from Kent Leitnaker
for mowing services at the firehouse.
The price has gone up from $65/month to $80/month. Mike feels this is reasonable. JoAnn said Kent does a good job. Nona made a motion to accept the contract,
and pay Kent on the 15th of each month. Mary second.
All yea.
Mike said that Mike King cut his hand at a fire on Leitnaker
Rd. He said to be on the lookout for the
information. He will have Mike fill out
an incident report. Aaron will check
this out with the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation.
Mike asked about the Solicitor’s opinion on weight station
for the firehouse. Aaron told him that
the Solicitor said he couldn’t do it, unless it was specifically provided for
in the budget. Mike said he would plan
it for next year.
Mike announced that he moved out of the Village, and out to
185 Leonard Road.
Mike announced that he got the water meter installed at the
firehouse. He will install an external
reader.
Mike asked if we were planning on having an auction this
year. JoAnn said there’s been no talk
about it. Mike said if we did, he’s got
some stuff at the firehouse that can be auctioned off.
JoAnn announced that somebody called the office about a 911
meeting on April 11 on the 3rd floor of the courthouse. Wanted to know if anyone wanted to
attend. Several pointed out that it was
too late. Warren said he wished he would
have known earlier.
JoAnn announced that Route 256 would be resurfaced starting
in June and going into September.
JoAnn announced that she talked to a man from the
railroad. He said he was going to do
some repairs this summer on the tracks.
Mary made a motion to approve the March 2002 minutes with a
correction. Warren second. All yea.
Warren made a motion to approve the March 2002 financial
statement. Bob second. All yea.
Mary moved to adopt Resolution # 2002-04-11-1, a Resolution
Authorizing the Transfer of Funds and the Declaration of an Emergency. JT second.
All yea.
Aaron went over the letter recently received from the
Solicitor regarding several issues that have been raised over the last few
weeks. Transfers must be done by
Resolution of Council for any transfer done in our books. Aaron worked out the procedures with the
Solicitor. Jeff Feyko said it was all
right for Aaron to copy previous transfer resolutions himself so that they could
be processed in a timely manner.
Jeff also said we need to adopt an Investment Policy. He sent a sample for all Council and
Mayor. Aaron suggested tabling it for
next meeting as it was rather long, and Council should read it at their own
leisure. He also mentioned Council
should adopt Council Rules. He will be
sending a draft for review. He gave his
opinion on the auditor’s results from the 2001 audit.
JoAnn announced that there would be a Regional Planning
meeting regarding State of Ohio Community Development Block Grant on April 19
if anyone wants to go. No one expressed
interest.
JoAnn announced that New Power, our current natural gas
supplier, wants to renew the Village Municipal building & Fire Department
contract. Rates would be $0.4890 per ccf, and will not exceed $0.7990 per ccf
for 12 months. JT made a motion to
remain with New Power. Warren
second. All yea.
JoAnn brought up the invitations to a dinner provided by
M&E on May 2, 2002 in Zanesville at 6:30pm.
She wanted to know if anyone was going.
Nona, Warren, JoAnn & Lowell said they were going. JT said he might. The realized this was during a scheduled
committee meeting.
Council reviewed the paving proposals for repaving Broad St
& High St. collected by Lowell Hite.
Spires wanted $7961, Ken Heiberger wanted
$11,215, and Complete Asphalt wanted $12,650.
Warrant made a motion to accept the paving proposal from Spires. Nona second.
All yea. This will be taken from
the MVLT Fund, #2101.
JoAnn announced that someone was asking about our old
refrigerator. Bob made a motion to
consider the refrigerator and old couch in the hallway surplus inventory, and
whoever wants them can come and get them.
JT second. All yea. Council also discussed old items that should
be put out for bid and junk that needs to be gotten rid of.
Lowell said that since we’ll be getting Long Street, we
should get “No Parking on Pavement” signs to put along Long Street. Council agreed. Lowell will also order what was agreed to at
the last meeting. JT has a sign
regulation book that he is going to review.
JoAnn said she sent off the purchase order for the mosquito
spraying with the contract. He said he
will start spraying the middle of May.
JoAnn announced that we got a letter from Columbia Gas. They’d like to know what resurfacing projects
will be done this year.
Bob said that Terry Prather wants to know when more gravel
will be put down in his alley. It’s
getting holes. Lowell will check around
on gravel prices for the next meeting.
JoAnn brought up the letter from Dun & Bradstreet about
the unclaimed funds that have been found.
There is a fee to collect them.
Council does not want to do anything about it.
Lowell announced that there are five doublewide modular
homes on Moline Drive.
Since there was no other business to address, Nona made a
motion to pay bills and adjourn. JT
second. All yea.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Aaron L. Reedy, Clerk