Council
Meeting Minutes
August
9, 2007
Meeting called to order at 7:35 pm by Mayor
Mary Barber. Pledge of Allegiance was
recited.
Roll call: Robert
Ortman – Present
Warren Simpson –
Present
Ed Vanek – Present
Vickie Carroll -
Present
Laura Clark –
Present
Detria Hiles –
Present
Mary Barber –
Present
Aaron Reedy –
Present
Mary asked if any visitors wished to
speak. No one did.
Vickie made a motion to approve the July 2007
meeting minutes. Ed second. All yea,
Detria abstaining.
Detria made a motion to approve the July 26
2007 special meeting minutes. Ed second.
All yea,
Robert made a motion to approve the July 2007
financial statement. Vickie second. All yea.
Bill Arnett, Economic Development Director
for
He said no two JEDD agreements are alike,
they are always negotiated, and can be created for a limited number of
years. He said having a JEDD would not
change the borders of our municipality.
He said we should establish what we want to accomplish and then decide
what vehicle to use to get there. He
suggested contracting the Ohio Municipal League for more JEDD information.
Mary asked if there was a motion to waive pay
for council for the July 26 2007 special meeting. There was none.
Robert made a motion to waive the
three-reading rule and declare an emergency for Ordinance 2007-14, An Ordinance
to amend the 2007 appropriations ordinance and the declaration of an
emergency. This is to appropriate more
money to pay the solicitor’s fees for the period of January 1, 2007 to July 31,
2007. Vickie second. Laura, Ed & Detria abstained.
Aaron asked for a motion to waive the
three-reading rule and declare an emergency for Ordinance 2007-13, An Ordinance
to reappoint a Village Solicitor for the Village of Thurston, OH, to fix the
compensation to be paid, and the declaration of an emergency. No one responded. Aaron pointed out we have no Solicitor as of
August 11.
Report
from Fire Chief – Jim Hite was present and submitted
the report. Jim announced the department
received a $6,500 State EMS Grant to pay for the extended version of the
Firehouse program, and to reimburse us for training.
Jim wanted to know what Council wanted to do
about the tanker that went out for bid without the Walnut Township Trustee’s
permission, and had to be returned.
Council said we won’t know until Tuesday of next week when the Township
Trustees meet to see if they will allow putting it up for bid.
Michelle Shumaker, Village Administrator,
asked how Council wanted the titles for the fire vehicles to be labeled. Everyone agreed “Thurston-Walnut Township
Fire Department.”
Report
from the Service Committee: Robert said they met Wednesday, August
5th. Present were Laura Clark, Vickie
Carroll, Michelle Shumaker, Ernie Harter and Robert Ortman. Ernie spoke about the condition of the cemetery. He said a couple plants will be hard to
remove, but Jamie Carroll will help out with machinery. The rest of the discussion was regarding
sourcing water for the Village.
Report
from the Safety Committee: Ed said they met on Monday, August 6th at
the firehouse. Present were Mary Barber,
Robert Ortman, Jim Hite, and Vickie Carroll. Ed Vanek was not present. The fire department picked up the tanker
from Doug Hite on Friday, August 3rd. They hope to put it back up for bid.
They discussed applying for the rest of the
Homeland Security Grant, the purchase of a new washer for uniforms and gear,
the NIMS class at the firehouse that coming Wednesday, securing the house on
High Street that burned, and the nuisance letter regarding the moving of a
vehicle on Second. St.
They decided they would combine their Safety
Committee meeting in September with the Service Committee on September 5 due to
the holiday.
Report
from the Finance Committee: Didn’t meet
Report
from the Rules Committee: Didn’t meet.
Report
from the Regional Planning Representative: Robert said James Mako, Senior Planner, went
over how block grants work.
Report
from the Village Administrator: Michelle said that Bob Black put a temporary
cover on the hole on the merry-go-round.
It was pretty bad. Waiting on
some return calls from folks who might be able to fix it. She has a call in to the Window Man to repair
a piece of soffit that came off the municipal building. She said Michael Betts from GGC called. He just wants to know what we want him to do
next.
She has been shopping around for options for
the historic railroad signs. What she
found on the internet was too expensive.
Looking now at a company from
Michelle met with the EMA and South Central
regarding our new siren. They agreed the
corner of our lot, next to Saturn Lawn Care is the best location. A pole can be installed there and try to
connect to a current electric service.
$306 is still due for the last bit of parts.
Old
Business – Vickie asked where we are with the water sourcing. She said we need to meet more often. Detria asked what we want – what are our
goals?
Vickie asked what we were going to do with
the JEDD information. Alan Dupler was
present and asked Mary about her canvassing outside of town to the west – what
did she find? She didn’t have time to
talk to everyone, but knows Mike (Fast Max) wants to be part of Thurston. He gave a few names of people to Mary who own
property along that corridor who wish to be a part of Thurston. Alan said the procedure for creating a JEDD
is complex. If we could get 100%
cooperation, we should do an expedited annexation. Alan also said it was his opinion that we
should enact a 1% income tax in the Village.
Vickie & Ed both said we need to ask the
people along that corridor how they feel.
Council continued discussing possible annexation options, boundaries,
and processes.
New
Business –
Detria announced there are 400 kids coming to the
Aaron asked Council about the Solicitors
invoice. We need to appropriate money if
we are going to pay this. The services
have already been done.
Robert made a motion to waive the
three-reading rule and declare an emergency for Ordinance 2007-14, An Ordinance
to amend the 2007 appropriations ordinance and the declaration of an
emergency. Laura second. All yea.
Vickie made a motion to adopt Ordinance
2007-14, An Ordinance to amend the 2007 appropriations ordinance and the
declaration of an emergency. Laura
second. All yea, with
Aaron asked if Council would consider going
into Executive Session to discuss water contract with
At 10:47 p.m., Robert made a motion to come
out of Executive Session. Ed
second. All yea.
Michelle said
Council decided to have a Service Committee
meeting at 7:30 p.m. on August 15th at the
Detria made a motion to adjourn. Laura second.
All yea. The time is 10:50 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
_______________________________
Aaron L. Reedy, Clerk