Council
Meeting Minutes
May 13,
2004
Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Mayor Barber. Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Roll call: Robert
Ortman – Present
Roger
Aubery – Present
Warren Simpson – Present
Ed Vanek - Present
Kevin Ety – Present
Mary Barber – Present
Aaron Reedy – Present
1 open Council seat
Mary announced that Nona Buskirk submitted her resignation
due to moving out of the Village last month.
Mary asked if there was anyone present for the open seat. Rita Leindecker said she was interested. She shared that she served on Council in the
past and that she was interested in getting back on.
Roger made a motion to open nominations for the open Council
seat. Robert second. All yea.
Mary asked if any visitors would like to address
Council. Terry Prather asked about the
status of the updated survey for Long St.
Mary said it was still with the Village Solicitor. She will check with him on the status.
Keith Doll and Diana Derringer were present from ME
Companies. He said the Third St. Storm
Sewer Project was approved, and knows the funding for Long St/Wilson Ave.
project was soon going through the selection process. He said he hoped ME would be chosen as the
engineering firm for that project.
Dianna will the Project Engineer for the Village.
Keith said they will be surveying soon, followed by design,
and then bidding by mid-July.
Construction should start in September.
The project should only take 30-45 days.
Keith asked if Council was interested in Park money, he can assist us
with grants from the State. Council said
yes.
Council asked Keith to take a look at the hole at Maple
& Second St. next to the storm sewer and give suggestions as to what to do
about it. He said he’d take a look.
Mary presented Donna Michelle Shumaker to the Council as the
candidate chosen by herself and Aaron for the position of Village
Secretary. Roger made a motion to hire
Donna Shumaker as the Village Secretary with a 6-month probationary period, and
pending the positive results of the drug test and background check. Kevin second.
All yea. Council agreed with
Michelle that the office hours of 9am – 1pm were acceptable.
Ed made a motion to approve the April 22, 2004 special
meeting minutes. Robert second. All yea.
Rita abstained.
Kevin made a motion to approve the April 26, 2004 special
meeting minutes. Ed second. All yea.
Rita abstained.
Roger made a motion to approve the March 2004 financial statement. Ed second.
All yea. Rita abstained.
Aaron read the final reading of Ordinance # 2004-4, An
Ordinance to Increase the Salary for the Position of Clerk-Treasurer.
Ed made a motion to adopt Ordinance # 2004-4, An Ordinance
to Increase the Salary for the Position of Clerk-Treasurer. Roger second.
All yea, except
Council had 1st Reading of Ordinance # 2004-10, An Ordinance to increase the fee for returned checks due to insufficient funds. This will increase the fee to $35.00 per check.
Council had the 1st Reading of Ordinance # 2004-11, An Ordinance amending Ordinance 9-24-89 and Ordinance 12-20-90 by increasing the rate charged for reconnecting service for non-payment of monthly charges. This raises the water reconnect fee from $30 to $50.
Council had the 1st Reading of Ordinance # 2004-12, An Ordinance rescinding Ordinance 12-14-00-1 and 12-14-00-2 relating to the applications of interest on checking and/or savings accounts and certificates of deposit and to apply said funds to the “General Fund”. This moves all interest earned to the General Fund, except where prohibited by State law.
Council had the 1st Reading of Ordinance # 2004-13, An Ordinance to increase the salaries of members of Council and Board of Public Affairs. This increases Council pay to $50.00 per meeting and BOPA pay to $30.00 per meeting.
Roger made a motion to waive the 3-reading rule and declare
an emergency for Ordinance # 2004-14. Ed
second. All yea.
Kevin made a motion to waive the 3-reading rule and declare
an emergency for Ordinance # 2004-15.
Roger second. All yea.
Report
from Fire Chief - Mike Jackson was present. He brought up the new conceal carry law. He said it was illegal to carry in any
government office, but Council needs to adopt the proper wording, and post
sign. Aaron said he just got the wording
from the insurance company.
Mike said there has been a problem with disconnecting from
the internet at the fire station. Folks
log on, but forget to log off, which is causing higher-than-normal phone
bills. He said a couple of his officers are
doing this, but they don’t mean to do it.
Mike discussed a possible high-speed cable solution. He and Aaron will check in the options.
Mike said the bunk rooms are progressing nicely. Carpet has just been donated. He asked about mowing at the firehouse. Kent Lietnaker submitted a proposal for $110
per month. Mike said he’s already been
mowing for a month. Roger made a motion
to allow
Mike said the Sheriff’s office is dragging their feet on a
bid for the squad. Mike reminded
everyone that open burning is legal in the Village ONLY if it is being used to
cook food.
Report
from the Service Committee:
Robert said he’s very happy with his committee. He discussed with Lowell Hite at their
committee meeting that a company is coming in to re-line 3200 feet of sewer
line. Work will start on May 24th
and hope to be done by July 14th.
He said there were lots of leaks in the current lines.
Robert said Bob Black was also at the committee
meeting. He’s going to begin refinishing
the double doors in the hall to the back entranceway of the building. He’s also going to begin work in the
bathroom. The committee gave their
permission for him to proceed.
Robert said the committee would like to get a 20-yard
roll-off trailer from Waste Management so clean-up can begin upstairs in the
Robert said that Ron Clouse was given permission to take the
old jungle gym, so he’s going to take it.
Some of the big kids in the neighborhood are putting smaller kids in the
pope out back and setting it up on end, trapping the kids. We need to move the pipe. The committee also did some clean-up out
behind the
Report
from the Safety Committee:
Did not meet.
Report
from the Finance Committee: Did not meet.
Report
from the Rules Committee:
Did not meet.
Report
from Board of Public Affairs President: Lowell Hite wasn’t present.
Report
from the Walnut Creek Sewer District Board appointees: Lowell Hite, JoAnn Hite were not
present. Bryan Shook was present. Kristi said they haven’t heard anything yet
from FHA about allowing the park. She
said there was nothing much more going on.
The next Walnut Creek Sewer District meeting is on Thursday, May 20th
at 6:00 p.m. Kristi said they had to do
emergency repair work at the booster station because the chlorine delivery
system wasn’t working. Parts were
ordered and installed, and everything is working okay now. Aaron told Kristi that the BOPA members
complained that the tops to the meters weren’t being put back in place properly
when the meters were read. People have
been complaining. Kristi said she will
pass the information on to Dustin.
Report
from the Regional Planning Representative: Robert said Brooks Davis wants to be on the
June meeting agenda to discuss zoning.
New Business
Aaron asked Council if they wanted to renew the subscription
to the Grant newsletter. It’s $200 for a
year, and he didn’t think it was really getting any use. We can always re-subscribe at any time. Council decided not to re-subscribe.
Aaron went over a bill from Walnut Creek Sewer District for
the new computer and software purchased back in 2002. We are responsible for paying for a third of
it. We’ll have to amend appropriations
to allow for it. Aaron will prepare the
paperwork.
Ed made a motion to appoint Robert to the Walnut Township
Fire & EMS Steering Committee as discussed at the April 26 special
meeting. Roger second. All yea.
Aaron urged Council members to review the draft of the
Water/Sewer Billing Procedures for future legislation.
Mary said MPW blew out the storm sewer problem on
Roger said we need to get potholes filled in the roads. Kevin suggested calling the Walnut Twp folks and
seeing what they would charge us to do this.
Aaron & Michelle will call on Monday.
Ed made a motion to adjourn.
Kevin second. All yea.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Aaron L. Reedy, Clerk