Council
Meeting Minutes
November 10,
2005
Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm by Mayor Mary Barber. Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Roll call: Robert
Ortman – Present
Warren Simpson – Present
Ed Vanek - Present
Kevin Ety – Present
Rita Leiendecker - Present
Mary Barber – Present
Aaron Reedy – Present
Mary asked if any visitors wanted to speak. No one did.
Rita made a motion to approve the October 2005 minutes.
Roger made a motion to approve the November 3, 2005 special
meeting minutes. Robert second. All yea.
Rita made a motion to approve the October 2005 financial
statement. Kevin second. All yea.
Robert made a motion to waive the three-reading rule and
declare an emergency for Resolution #2005-23 – A Resolution declaring the lack
of need for maintaining the policy department levy, the repealing of such levy,
and the declaration of an emergency. Kevin
second. All yea.
Ordinance 2005-24 – An Ordinance amending ordinance 9-24-89
by increasing tapping fees for water service and the declaration of an
emergency was brought up. Kevin made a
motion to table the Ordinance for further discussion. Roger second.
All yea.
Second reading for Ordinance #2005-22, An Ordinance
Declaring the Salary Disbursement Schedule for the Position of Village
Secretary.
Report
from Fire Chief – Chief Mike King passed out his report
(attached). Mike said the new Rules
& Regulations were passed out last night and they will followed to a
“T”. He said everyone got copies of the
SOG’s. Mike said that Thursday night
during the tornado warning, the sirens went off and 10 to 15 residents came to
the firehouse for shelter. He said the
firehouse is not a shelter, and normally no one would be there. They would normally split the trucks up if a
tornado would actually be coming. Rita
said a shelter area needed to be designated in case of an emergency. Mary said the
Mike said there is a volunteer on the department who paid
$5300 of his own money for paramedic class.
Mike would like to reimburse him $2,000.
Ed asked how long he’d been on the department. Mike said about two and a half years. He spends a lot of time at the station and
goes on a lot of runs. He runs with
Millersport very little, and is getting no reimbursement from them. Mike said he’s very valuable to the
department. Council discussed the
matter.
Kevin made a motion to reimburse John Layton $2,000 for
paramedic training pending his signature on a form stating that he will state
with the department. Roger second. All yea.
Mike said he has an application for a grant to reimburse the
department for any training for the prior year.
Mike also said he would have the department certification list to Mary
by Wednesday.
Report
from the Service Committee:
Robert said they met on November second and Mary, Ed, Kevin and Terry
Prather was present. Terry and Josh
Prather would like the Village to abandon the alley property behind their
homes. Josh wants to install a jungle
gym. Robert said they would have to
consider access for services. That
closure would affect everyone along that alley.
Council discussed. Most council
members were negative about the request and would want to look into it more.
Report
from the Safety Committee:
Rita wasn’t present, but the others met at the fire house (Ed, Kevin,
Mary and Bob). They sat through the air
monitor safety program. The four also
got several opinions from the volunteers who were present about the current
state of the department.
Ed made a motion to go into Executive Session to discuss
fire department personnel issues. Kevin
second. All yea. Council just wants Mike King in the
chambers. Time is 8:07 p.m.
At 8:18 p.m., Ed made a motion to come out of Executive
Session. Kevin second. All yea.
Mary announced that Mike King has turned in his resignation
as Fire Chief and wishes to go back to his previous position as Assistant
Chief. Ed made a motion to accept Mike
King’s resignation and position change.
Rita second. Roll call vote:
Roger – No
Ed – Yes
Kevin – Yes
Rita – Yes
Warren – No
Robert –
Yes
Report
from the Finance Committee: Didn’t meet. Aaron said they must meet on December 12th
@ 7:30 to discuss some issues.
Report
from the Rules Committee:
Didn’t meet.
Report
from the Regional Planning Representative: Robert said there was nothing that concerned
the Village.
Old
Business – Robert asked if Congrove was still going to do the
roofing work on the
New Business - Jamie Carroll asked if he could
trim the tree right next to the sidewalk.
Everyone agreed it was okay.
Council reviewed the ice/snow removal contract from Walnut
Township Trustees. Robert made a motion
to accept the contract for $1,500 from the Walnut Township Trustees for
Ice/Snow Removal. Roger second. All yea.
Council discussed the open position for the Walnut Creek
Sewer District board that we be open when JoAnn Hite’s term expires on December
31, 2005. The position will be posted at
the Post Office and Village office.
Interested persons should attend the December meeting of Council.
Roger said we need to get a wheelchair ramp into the
municipal building. Council
discussed. Several people will look into
getting quotes/ideas.
Mary congratulated the four council members who were
recently voted back on the Council; Ed Vanek, Rita Leiendecker, Roger Aubery
and Warren Simpson.
Michelle Shumaker said that David White services was out to
check the furnace in the village office and lasered the exhaust. It isn’t venting properly. He said we need a liner for the chimney, and
it’s not safe without one. He won’t
service the furnace without a liner.
Michelle said they will provide a quote.
Bob Black said he also would get a quote.
Jamie asked if Council was going to take applications for
the Chief’s position. Mary said the
position has just become vacant and nothing has been discussed yet.
Roger made a motion to adjourn. Ed second.
All yea. The time is 8:37 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Aaron L. Reedy, Clerk