Minutes of Regular Council Meeting

April 16, 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. 

McDonald moved to approve the minutes of April 2 with a correction. Poggemeyer Design Group's original
cost estimate for the Downtown Revitalization utilities and roadway was $520,000. Haver seconded. Foster and
Haase abstained. Pocratsky, Haver, Jones & McDonald voted yes. 

Jones moved to approve the bills. Pocratsky seconded. All voted yes. 

Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals: There was not a report. Mayor Meyer
recommended appointing Clark Poth as the Building Inspector. There will be a six month probationary
period. Foster moved to approve. Haver seconded. All voted yes. 

Rick Weaver was present to discuss downtown signage for the Downtown Revitalization project. He presented
blue prints with proposed placement and elimination of signs. Four additional poles for signage will be added to the
41 proposed poles for lighting in the downtown area. The lights will be 75 watts. 

Weaver also brought up a proposed CDBG grant application. It was suggested we use the Perry Street project
since engineering began on the project last year. At that time council had decided to postpone the project until we
could apply for a grant for the project. The estimated cost of the project is $47,000. Foster moved to authorize the
Mayor to apply for CDBG funds for the Perry Street project. Pocratsky seconded. All voted yes. 

Police/Fire Committee: Pocratsky stated the committee will get together to discuss the requested fire
truck. 

Insurance Committee: Jones did not have a report.

Finance/Audit Committee: Jones did not have a report. 

Street/Light/Property: Haase will call his committee together to go over several issues. A couple of
which are skateboarders and the building at 110 N. Main Street. Osmun would like to know if council
intends to keep the 110 N. Main Street building or demolish it. The Street/light/Building committee will
review. 

Personnel Committee:. There was no report. 

Water & Sewer Committee: McDonald called a meeting for April 5 to discuss the WWTP expansion.
They met with resident Bob Cook to discuss the Clemmer Road property behind Cook's home.
Cook informed the committee of the history of the junk yard and that nothing is buried there. Cook did
note that the present owner of the property brought in several barrels of which the contents were
unknown. Council was told that Cook advised the present owner to get rid of the barrels. Mark Lehnert
was present to answer any questions about the report he put together for council. 

Ordinance Committee: Haver did not have anything to report. 

Cable TV Committee: Minutes from the April 14 meeting were passed out a council. Foster informed
council about the recent information received about the Trinity and upgrades; and an idea of starting
some sort of a club. 

Cemetery Committee:. Haase did not have a report. 

Park Board: There was no report. 

Administrator's Report: Hal Osmun reported the following: 

A pavement resurfacing request form has been completed and sent to the Ohio Dept. of Transportation. Requested for 2002 is State Route 2, from the East corporation limit to the West corp. limit (i.e. all of High St.). Requested for 2003 is State Route 18, from High Street to the NW corp. limit (i.e. North Main St.), as well as from E. High St. to the East corp. limit (i.e. Defiance Avenue). Requested for 2004 is State Route 49, from West High St. to the South corp. limit (Antwerp Drive).

Tree trimming and removal is taking place throughout the village. Budget restraints call for dead or hazardous trees being removed as the priority, with general trimming being done as funding allows. Residents may contact the Administrators office with "village" tree concerns which will be considered on a case by case scenario.

Several calls have been received concerning the "erratic" mode of operation with the stop light at the Maple & High Street intersection. To update our citizens: The wiring has been inspected and maintained by Scott Electric, and several old internal components have been replaced with new, however, the problem still exists. "L & S", a lighting and traffic signal contractor from Fort Wayne, In. has recently been hired to determine what gremlins still exist with the unit.

A reminder that appliances will be received throughout the month of April at the recycling lot for village residents.
This is a free service offered by the Defiance County Environmental Services and Omnisource of Defiance.

The Village Water Dept. has completed it's quarterly meter readings.

The scheduled "Spring" leaf pickup was completed on April 12th & 13th. Every street was checked, however,
several piles were left because of debris being mixed-in with the leaves that could damage the machinery.

Osmun informed council of his intent to return to his previous Water Supervisor's position as his
probationary period is up. He thanked council and the community for the opportunity he had to serve as Village
Administrator. He will remain in the position until a replacement is chosen. 

Miscellaneous: Yoder did not have anything to report. 

Chief of Police: Patrolman Schohl did not have anything to report. 

EMS Report: Greg Zimmerman was not present.

Fire Chief: Chief Stotler stated the firemen voted to approve two new firemen. Mayor Meyer
recommended hiring Chris Vanderhorst and Jeff Wann pending good physicals and drug test. Haase
moved to approve the hiring. Foster seconded. All voted yes. Stotler is also working with a man to apply
for a grant for a new fire truck. 

Clerk's Report: Collins placed the YTD/MTD Financial Report in the packets. A quarterly
rescue run collection report was passed out. Collins received a call from a person requesting to purchase
sliding glass doors out of the Smith Street house we recently purchased. The request was turned over to
the Street/light/Building to decide. 

Mayor's Report: Mayor Meyer made an announcement for the commissioners. The Gordon
Creek meeting set up for Tuesday, April 17, 2001 is postponed and will be rescheduled. Mayor Meyer
also reported that Alternate C for U.S. Route 24 has been accepted. 

McDonald moved to adjourn.

MAYOR CLERK