Neighborhood Planning Council 9 - Rural Southwest

Rural Southwest Neighborhood Planning Council (South Side Bible Church (Corner of S. Minges & Beckley Rd.) Minutes of February 11, 2014 Meeting Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Chair Linda Morris. Members and Citizens Present: Harry Zimmerman, Linda (Morris) Zimmerman), Kingery Clingenpeel, Laura Clingenpeel, Robert Snyder, Cindy Snyder, and Durward McCleary. City Officials: Chris Hilton, Planning Supervisor; Officer Andrew Winer, BCPD. Minutes of previous meetings, November, 2013 and January 14, 2014 were not approved because we lacked a quorum of members present. George & Sally Wytko and Rex & Shelby Winslow had excused absences for vacations and/or illness. Follow up telephone calls will be made to members not attending to make sure that they are receiving notices of meeting. Crime Mapping Report: Officer Winer handed out the Crime Search Report and advised that several police agencies believe that the individuals behind the numerous B & E crimes have been found and arrested. Multiple city/county officers and State Police officers have an ongoing investigation to tie together the crimes, retrieve stolen property and bring charges against the perpetrators. Officer Winer thanked the members for their rapid dissemination of information that contributed to the apprehension of the suspects. Officer Winer told us he will be able to attend our March meeting, but that he is being transferred to first shift and may not be assigned to future meetings. Members expressed their appreciation to Officer Winer for his service. NPC Service Report: Chris Hilton distributed the NPC report and also had copies of the email from Todd Gerber explaining the City’s snow removal activities (for those members without email addresses). Chris summarized the procedures that are taking place to regulate the collection/charitable contribution kiosks under the City’s recently enacted ordinance. Licensing of the kiosks is scheduled to commence April 1. Chris reported that the Memory Unit on Helmer Road is seeking an additional 10 beds for their facility. Kingery Clingenpeel asked Chris about the City Income Tax electronic filing process which last year did not recognize their electronic return prepared by their CPA. Chris will check and report next month about whether or not the Income Tax Division will be able to process tax returns from software used to report Federal & State income taxes.. Old Business: Durward McCleary requested that we continue to find a way to establish a Neighborhood Watch program. New Business: None due to lack of quorum. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 PM. Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 6:30 PM at South Side Bible Church.