Minutes of Regular Council
Meeting
May 7, 2001 at 7: 30 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Janis
Meyer.
The Pledge of Allegiance was repeated by all
present. Present were: Clerk/Treasurer,
Diane Collins; Council members, Tom
Haase, Ed Foster, Amy Haver, Max McDonald, Mick Pocratsky and Ron Jones;
Administrator, Hal Osmun; and Solicitor, Stan Yoder.
Haase moved
to approve the minutes of April 16. Foster seconded. All voted yes.
Foster moved to approve the bills. Jones
seconded. All voted yes.
Planning
Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals:
Minutes from the April 26 meeting were in the packets. Foster requested the minutes be revised to
give more details.
Annual
Joint Cemetery Meeting: Mayor Meyer called the meeting
to order. In addition to council,
Trustees Ted Durre and Greg Collins were in attendance. Durre nominated Dave Metz to fill the new
three year term to expire 2003. Haase
seconded. All voted yes. Don Brown is now the clerk of the Cemetery
Board. Clerk of Council, Diane Collins,
requested a budget from the Cemetery Board by May 18. Greg Collins noted they would have several requests. Durre moved to adjourn the meeting. Collins seconded. All voted yes.
Police/Fire
Committee: Pocratsky stated the fire dept. applied for
a grant to purchase a new fire truck.
They may know in July if it was approved. Big Red bit the dusk at a fire tonight.
Insurance
Committee: Jones did not have a report.
Finance/Audit
Committee: Jones reported the committee met and
audited the financial records. The
State Auditor’s office will be back any time now to finish the 1999 & 2000
audit. Departmental budgets have been
requested by May 18. Jones moved to
appropriate $10,000 in the Capital Projects Fund to go toward the new
playground at the park providing it is moved to another location away from the
high school baseball field. Haase
seconded. All voted yes. There was a great deal of concern that a
child would be seriously injured by a fly ball.
Street/Light/Property: Haase did not have a report.
Personnel
Committee:. Foster did not have a report.
Water &
Sewer Committee: McDonald and committee decided upon a 30% increase in the fixed
sewer rate. It will be doubled for
users outside the village limits. Yoder
will bring an ordinance to make it legal.
The committee negotiated with Industrial Fluid Management over new
contract rates. The committee agreed
upon a three year contract with a 3 ½% increase each year. Yoder will bring the necessary legislation. Councilmembers requested a copy of the
contract for their review.
Ordinance
Committee: Haver did not have anything to report.
Cable TV
Committee:
Due to several committee members being unable to attend the May 12 meeting, it
was cancelled for May.
Cemetery
Committee:. Haase did not have a report.
Park Board:
There was no report.
Administrator’s
Report: Hal Osmun reported the following:
The
village water department performed a complete flushing of the water system
during the nights of May 2nd & 3rd to prevent
stagnation and bacteriological growth throughout the water system. This
procedure is accomplished during the nighttime hours to aid in settling before
the daytime demands are required. This process will be repeated again next Fall.
Curbing
replacement bids will soon be advertised for the 200 "block" of North Main Street.
Village
employees Bob Meyer, Jimmy Gardner, and Troy Sargent have recently
"passed" a twenty-four week "Water Treatment" training
course, and they, along with employee Mike Scranton will find out how they did
on the EPA certification test sometime in June.
The
"bid opening" date for the Downtown Revitalization project has been
rescheduled for May18th due to necessary alterations with the
"lighting" conduits.
The
Village has accepted a proposal from Lights & Signals Inc. (Fort. Wayne )
for the replacement of faulty wiring and the addition of a "disconnect
Hanger" at the High & Maple Street traffic light. Along with this work
will be the replacement of the 8" lenses at the Flashing light at the
"Smith & Main St." intersection with larger 12" lenses. The
work is scheduled for completion late this week at a cost of $1,812.00.
Now
that Spring has arrived, all village residents are asked to show consideration
for their neighbors by keeping their properties cleared of junk as well as
keeping their yards mowed. Foster noted
he would like follow-up on properties previously notified by the nuisance
board.
Commodities
will be issued on Thursday, May 10th.
Note
that Zoning inspector, Clark Poths office hours will remain at 7:30AM until
10:30 AM, Monday through Friday.
Wiring
for the downtown revitalization project is going to be bid two ways. One with the conduit in the sidewalk and one
with the conduit in the street.
Miscellaneous: Foster moved to authorize
Collins to sign a Membership Application Agreement with Gates McDonald. This is for our workers compensation group
rating program. The cost will be
$1678.00. Haase seconded.
Foster move to subordinate our mortgage with Reg
Hammond as requested by First Federal.
Hammonds would like additional
financing to make improvements to their home.
Pocratsky seconded. All voted
yes.
McDonald moved that we do not request a hearing on
the liquor license transfer for Charlies
Place. Haase seconded. All voted yes.
Chief of
Police: Chief Szabo did not have anything to
report. Reports were on the council
table.
EMS Report: Greg Zimmerman was not present.
Fire Chief: Chief Stotler was not present.
Clerk’s
Report: Collins placed the YTD/MTD Financial Report
& Tax report in the packets. Reports regarding Mediacom, BORMA, The Ohio
Bicentennial Legacy Tree planting Initiative and a legislative update were gone
over. Medicare will begin phasing out the free billing software requirement
effective 2004. We need to begin
looking for other software. Collins
will not be at the next council meeting.
Mayor’s
Report: Mayor Meyer put the April Court report in
the packets. Mayor Meyer will not be at
the next council meeting.
McDonald moved to adjourn.
MAYOR CLERK