Council
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order at
Roll call: Robert
Ortman – Present
Nona
Buskirk – Present
Roger
Aubery – Present
Warren Simpson – Present
JT Hilliard – Present
Josh Prather – Present
JoAnn Hite – Present
Aaron Reedy – Present
Rochelle Hanson was present requesting gravel for the alley
next to her house. Roger said we need to
get someone who will do it for us; citing problems with carriers in the
past. Josh suggested Powers
Equipment. He said 10 tons would be
around $300. JoAnn said other alleys
needed gravel, too. Josh will have
Powers Equipment contact
Roger made a motion to get gravel for alley’s, accepting the
lowest of three bids. Josh second. All yeah.
Terry & Tammy Prather were present. JoAnn told them the Village filed for a grant
for the work on Long Street. She said it
looked good, but she hasn’t heard anything official yet.
Tammy said they’ve talked to an attorney. The attorney didn’t understand how Owen
Keller could have sold off lots without the Village accepting the Long Street
extension. She wanted to know how
private property could be in the middle of public property. Josh asked if the issue ever went to Regional
Planning. Robert said no.
Tammy she didn’t understand why the Village Council didn’t
just take the “below-land” ground for drainage along Long Street extension
(eminent domain). She said her attorney
estimated it would cost about $3,000 for that to happen, and doesn’t affect
property above the ground. JT said he
knows the cheapest way to drain Long Street will just be to tap in to what Owen
Keller has there. JoAnn said she wants
to get drains up there on Long Street.
Tammy asked that since the land is part of Long Street, who
is responsible for the water and sewer lines, in case of upgrade or
repair? JoAnn said it is Owen Keller’s
responsibility; he ran those lines from the Village lines.
Tammy said that Owen Keller had to change the name of the
street since it wasn’t donated to the Village.
She complained that the addresses there are “Long Street”. She also complained that Mr. Keller has that
1-foot strip of land along the extension to keep people from building in the
field.
Terry Prather said the
Terry said that since the time Long Street has been paved,
there’s a big crack in it by
Tammy said that the trucks and backhoes that have been
driving on the newly-paved section of Long Street for building and
basement-pouring, the gravel she paid to put in has been messed up. She also said the pavement is starting to
crumble.
Tammy said the Trailer Park is only supposed to have one
main entrance. She asked if they are
allowed a maintenance entrance. No one
knew. JoAnn said she knows they have to
have a way in and a way out.
JT asked if there had been any laws passed restricting
trailers in the Village. Roger said yes,
depending on its size. Roger said a
single is a motor home, not a trailer.
JoAnn said Glen Roy Schneider’s double-wide is legal.
JT made a motion to approve the June 2003 minutes. Roger second.
All yea.
Nona said there should be something done about the kids
riding in the fire trucks. JT said it
was the Junior Firefighters, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Robert asked if there was a minimum age. JT said he didn’t think there was a set
age. Nona said they could get hurt. JT sarcastically said you can’t regulate Mike
Jackson, because he’s the fire chief.
JT made a motion to approve the June 2003 financial
statement. Robert second. All yea.
Roger made a motion to waive the 3-reading rule and declare
an emergency for Ordinance # 2003-15. Josh
second. All yea.
Josh asked where Chief Mike Jackson was.
Aaron said he called earlier and said he would be absent due to an
emergency at work. Mike said he would
have the 2003 pool water information to us by this weekend. Nona asked about last year’s
information. Aaron said Mike Jackson
told him that Mike King was responsible for that, and he didn’t keep good
records, and couldn’t get anything together.
JT said Mike King did keep records, because JT did all the records for
last year. JoAnn asked JT where they
were. He said he gave them to Mike
King. JoAnn said she had called Mike
King, and she’ll call him again.
JT made a motion to adopt Resolution # 2003-15, A Resolution
Authorizing the Transfer of Funds and the Declaration of an Emergency. Roger second.
All yeah.
JoAnn said she got a letter from somebody about the pool
water, and she put ten dollars in with it.
She said somebody took a hose to her house to fill it, so JoAnn accepted
the ten dollars and put it in the water fund.
JoAnn said somebody took a hose down to Stoneburner and left it
there. JoAnn collected the water for
that. She said if there was anybody else
that didn’t pay, she didn’t know about it.
Roger made a motion to adopt Resolution # 2003-16, A
Resolution Authorizing the Release of Mortgage on Myrtle I. Guisinger Home
Located at
Nona made a motion to accept the Fiscal Year 2004 budget
figures. Roger second. All yeah.
JoAnn said on 6/13, they picked up 2 new fire extinguishers
from Lowe’s.
JoAnn said on 6/25, they renewed the General Fund and Water
Fund CD’s.
JoAnn said we sent a letter to
JoAnn asked if anyone else got pricing on exterminator
services. No one had. We received three bids for services:
Orkin $2,400
Wells $1,800
R. Homes $1,287
She said all three companies told her we have an
infestation. Josh said that R. Homes
should have been spraying more often for mosquitoes.
JT said we should call Orkin and give them our lowest bid
price. He was sure he would match. Aaron warned that it wouldn’t be
ethical. JoAnn said we didn’t have time
to mess around. JT said R. Homes doesn’t
show up when he’s supposed to, why expect him to do this project right? Why should Council give him another chance
for the money?
Roger made a motion to accept the bid from Orkin. Josh second.
Roger –
Yeah
Robert –
Yeah
Josh – Yeah
Warren – No
JT – No
Nona – No
JT made a motion to accept the bid from Wells. There was no second. Motion dropped.
Roger – No
Robert – No
Josh – No
JT – No
Nona – Yeah
It was decided that the Mayor should have broken the tie on
the first motion. Everyone agreed. Back to the original motion:
Roger made a motion to accept the bid from Orkin. Josh second.
Roger –
Yeah
Robert –
Yeah
Josh – Yeah
Warren – No
JT – No
Nona – No
JoAnn broke the tie by voting Yeah, we will go with
Orkin. JT said he will be here if they
schedule a time. JoAnn said they she had
been told that Powder Beetles were eating through our wood.
JoAnn said we got a check for $37,711.50 from the Walnut
Township Trustees for the first half of the fire contract on
JoAnn said that the PAW program had been here the previous
week, and they did a good job. They got
lots of good comments. Playground
equipment and fire hydrants look good.
Lowell and JT are still working on barriers for the parking lot. JT said there was a problem with the slide on
the playground. It needs a “diamond
plate” installed to make it stronger.
Right now it is just stainless steel.
Tammy Prather said to check Howards Metal. JT said he would call about it.
JoAnn brought up that there was an issue with the fence
installed in front of Joshua Prather’s house.
Josh said it’s in the easement.
Joann said Village Solicitor Jeff Feyko suggested asking Josh to move
the fence back. If he doesn’t, bring in
ME Companies to see if he’s in the road.
Josh said it’s only there to keep people from driving in his
yard. If Council ever wants to broaden
the street, or do other improvements, he will move it. He said this is only happening because Owen
Keller wants it out. Josh wanted to know
why the fence is such a problem. He said
it’s not in the road, it’s in the easement; there’s no reason to move it.
JoAnn asked if it got hit, who were they going to sue. She said the Village. Josh said they can’t sue over something in
the easement. Tammy asked where the
public sides are. She said it’s the
property owner’s responsibility, not the Village’s. Josh said this was a petty issue, and we
shouldn’t be wasting our time on it.
JoAnn said she’d call the insurance woman and see what she says.
Aaron read the letter from Ray Klingbeil from the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, regarding the Floodplain Management
program. He extended the time for the
Village to submit their processes, forms, and ordinance until
JoAnn asked if there was any new business. JoAnn had Aaron read a letter from the
District 17 Integrating Committee. It
said we could apply for 2 (Issue 2) projects.
Applications have to be in by
JoAnn said she got a letter from Nextel in her name. Aaron said the last bill came in his
name. JT said he doesn’t want Mike to
have the Nextel phone, but he can use the one in the fire truck. He said it should be out of the Village’s
name. Josh said Mike should be able to
keep the Nextel phone, and that he can understand why he should have one. JT said Mike just wants somebody to pay his
bill, and that he doesn’t need it.
Discussion ensued.
Nona made a motion to cancel the Nextel phone as of the next
billing date, and Aaron give Mike notice.
JT second. Josh voted Nay, all
others voted yeah.
JoAnn asked if anybody wanted to talk about anything. JT said the street building is a mess. He asked if all the stuff up there is Village
property. JoAnn said some of it belongs
to her and Lowell. JT would like to fix
the building up. He said we should start
using it as a street building. JT said he
would like to have a cleaning committee.
JT made a motion to create a public cleaning committee for
the Village. Robert second.
Robert – Yeah
Nona – No
Josh – Yeah
Roger –
Yeah
Warren – No
JT – Yeah
JT wants to put out a notice that says whoever is interested
in being a part of the committee, call the Village office. Aaron will do that.
Nona asked when the Safety Committee could meet with Mike
Jackson.
Josh made a motion to pay bills and adjourn. JT second.
All yea. The time is
Respectfully Submitted,
_______________________________
Aaron L. Reedy, Clerk