Board of Control

BOARD OF CONTROL Meeting Minutes A Board of Control meeting was held Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 9:00 AM in the Mayor’s Conference Room. Board President, Mayor Bernabei called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM. Director of Public Safety Andrea Perry was present. Director of Public Service John Highman was excused. Board Secretary Katie Wise was also present. There were no visitors present. The following items were for review/approval by the Board of Control: 9/8/2020 - Minutes 1. Ordinance 87/2020 Ordinance 87/2020 Enter into contract with Economic & Community Development Institute, Inc. in the amount of $30,000 in CDBG-CV funds to provide technical assistance and process payments for businesses that have received CARES Act funding. Discussion: Mayor Bernabei asked to which program the funds would be applied. Renee Biggums and Director Rollin Seward from the Community Development were connected via conference call for clarification. Director Seward explained that the $30,000 for this contract with ECDI was all administration fees for the small business grant that was completed previously. The program was put together so quickly that they forgot to apply any funding for administrative fees in the first round of $150,000 funding. This contract is considered the second round of funding to ECDI. Motion: Mayor Bernabei made a motion to approve the above referenced contract. Director Perry seconded. Vote: 2 yeas 0 nays Motion carried. 2. Ordinance 87/2020 Ordinance 87/2020 Enter into contract with Stark Housing Network, Inc. utilizing ESG-CV funds in the amount of $52,125.00 pursuant to the CARES Act to assist with the administration of all rounds of ESG-CV funding used to support the salaries, wages and related costs of staff engaged in the ESG-CV programming. Discussion: Per Director Seward via conference call, the original total grant amount for this program was $800,000 in ESG funding. This contract will help to administer the funds for the homeless program. The entire $52,125.00 is for administrative fees. Motion: Mayor Bernabei made a motion to approve the above referenced contract. Director Perry seconded. Vote: 2 yeas 0 nays Motion carried. 3. Ordinances 4/2020 & 153/2020 Ordinances 4/2020 & 153/2020 Enter into Change Order No. 2 & Final with Wenger Excavating, Inc. in the amount of $41,410.66 for the Aultman Cancer Center Utilities Relocation Project, GP1324 due to sanitary sewer replacement and water main installation, resulting in a new contract amount of $971,534.32. Discussion: No discussion. Motion: Mayor Bernabei made a motion to approve the above referenced change order. Director Perry seconded.  Enter into Change Order No. 2 & Final with Wenger Excavating, Inc. in the amount of $41,410.66 for the Aultman Cancer Center Utilities Relocation Project, GP1324 due to sanitary sewer replacement and water main installation, resulting in a new contract amount of $971,534.32. Discussion: No discussion. Motion: Mayor Bernabei made a motion to approve the above referenced change order. Director Perry seconded. Vote: 2 yeas 0 nays Motion carried. Adjournment: Mayor Bernabei made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Director Perry seconded. Vote: 2 yeas 0 nays Meeting adjourned: 9:04 AM