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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -158- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Canton City Council. Before we begin this evening’s meeting, I’d like to recognize some people in the audience. First we have a group of students from Jackson High School, welcome, thank you for being here. We also have a young man who is a sophomore at Central Catholic, Adam Pasockia. Adam, where are you? There you are in the back. Adam is here attempting to become an Eagle Scout, so we wish you the best of luck in that endeavor. And welcome to the rest of you, I know we have a jam packed evening as far as Public speaks. And speaking of Public Speaks, a gentleman came up and indicated that he always had trouble from 7:15 to....7:00 to 7:15 to sign up for Public Speaks. For the benefit of anyone in the audience, you can sign up anytime, all you have to do is come to the Clerk’s Office and see either our Clerk of Council, Cindy Timberlake or our great staff and you can sign up for the next week’s meeting. So you don’t have to be here at a particular time. And also, when you do sign up for Public Speaks, we would ask that you put your address on the Public Speaks form, some of the speakers did not do that tonight and I’m going to exercise my prerogative and allow them to speak anyway but if anyone does sign up, I’d appreciate it. We also have a group of students from Hartford Middle School, would you stand up and ....the future of our City. Thank you all for being here, we appreciate it. And with a quorum being present, the Chair calls this meeting of Canton City Council to order. Roll call vote please Madame Clerk. ROLL CALL TAKEN BY CLERK TIMBERLAKE: 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: (DAVID DOUGHERTY, TERRY PRATER, MARY CIRELLI, JOE COLE, BILL SMUCKLER, GREG HAWK, THOMAS WEST, JAMES GRIFFIN, CHRIS SMITH, PATRICK BARTON, MARK BUTTERWORTH & BRIAN HORNER) TWELVE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: All present, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. Tonight our invocation will be given by our Ward 7 Council Member Patrick Barton. Would you all please stand and remain standing for our Pledge of Allegiance. The regular meeting of Canton City Council was held on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:30 P.M. in the Canton City Council Chamber. The roll call was taken (see above) by Clerk of Council Cynthia Timberlake. The invocation was given by Ward 7 Council Member, Patrick Barton. The Pledge of Allegiance led by President Allen Schulman. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And I know some of the students were told they had to stay the whole meeting, you really don’t have to stay the whole meeting if you don’t want to. AGENDA CORRECTIONS & CHANGES PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under agenda corrections and changes. And Members of Council you’re going to be asked to suspend Rule 22A to add the 2nd Reading of Ordinances 5, 7, 8 and 9. Ordinances 4 and 6 will be retained in committee. Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Yes, Mr. President I move we suspend Rule 22A to add 2nd Reading Ordinances 5, 7, 8 and 9 with 4 and 6 retained in committee. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -159- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to suspend Rule 22A. Are there any remarks? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The motion carries. Rule 22A is suspended and those Ordinances are a legal part of your agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Public Hearings. We have no Public Hearings this evening. PUBLIC SPEAKS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Public Speaks, we have an enormous number of Public Speakers and I’m sure that I have it in front of me. Our first speaker is Mr. William Dawkins. Mr. Dawkins, if you’d come forward and give us your name and address please. Good evening sir. WILLIAM DAWKINS: Good evening, thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you for coming. WILLIAM DAWKINS: Thank you. I have a concern.... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I’m sorry, could you...I apologize just for our record, we need your name and your residential address. WILLIAM DAWKINS: 6430 Corrine Drive NW. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you sir. Go ahead, I’m sorry. WILLIAM DAWKINS: Okay, I’m a contractor, I happen to be a minority and I’m from the City of Canton, been here forty some years. And my concern is about what goes on, they goals in the City of Canton saying 10% participation for us minorities on the contracts and 5% for women owned business and then they have a percentage of work that should be carried out by the neighborhood. And we have bided Hercules, The Federal Building, The Y, Metropolitan Housing, we put..the last bid we put together for Metropolitan Houses...2.7 million with $16,000.00 different in the low bidder. We didn’t get no preference and so I thought the City of Canton should give us preference but that’s up to the City to do that I guess. And I talked to Ms. Smith, I talked to Mr. West, I talked to...it’s another West and I talked to Mr. Robert upstairs, I talked to him and I had about three or four calls into the Mayor, I wanted to talk to him. My concern that, what happens in the City such as Akron, the jobs that goes on in Akron, they’re saying we must have 50% workforce in the City of Akron, Cleveland is worse, they say they want 50 to 55%. So, why can’t Canton give up something, you know, I’m saying that we got a major project going over on Lippert Road. Dominant black neighborhood and they say...we gonna have some black workers. All you have to do is go over there and look, I mean, all the peoples coming from the other Cities to our City and ain’t nothing being done about it. You know, and I’m saying I’m...I don’t COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -160- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 know, you know, what does this here 10% mean? What does this here 5% mean? Does it mean anything? Why is it in the specifications, you know if it don’t mean anything, throw it out. You know, that’s the way I look at it, you know. And I been doing this here a long time, very long time and, you know, ain’t no teeth in it. Ain’t nobody saying hey, we gonna do anything about it, nobody but me. I complain but, you know, I complain, maybe I can help the younger kids. Maybe these here younger kids here do something, you know. Maybe they see the opportunity available at...hey someone like you and the rest of you guys say, hey we gonna do something to support this here neighborhood. You know, and that’s what I’m complaining about. You know, and I’m hoping that something come out of this. You know, we put into the Y, we’ll put a proposal into the Y, City of Canton, I mean you name it, we’re there, you know. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We appreciate your remarks, but we only allow three minutes.... WILLIAM DAWKINS: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: ...But wait, wait, I let you go over and I appreciate those remarks. We’ve discussed that previously and at the end of Council, Members of Council have a right to speak. It’s called Miscellaneous Business and they may address some of your concerns as I hope they will. In addition, the Mayor and his Administration is here and I hope they address that. Finally, after the meeting is over, I’d like you to stick around and talk to some of the people that you’ve been trying to communicate with. I hear ya and I agree with you. So, thank you Mr. Dawkins very much for coming. WILLIAM DAWKINS: Thank you...thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Really appreciate it. Our next speaker and I apologize if I’m not getting these names right because I have trouble reading. Jasmine Jeter, Ms. Jeter, good evening. And what I’d like you to do if you would is to give us your name and your residential address please. And welcome to City Council. And Jasmine, would you pull that down so we can hear ya (Referring to the microphone). Great, thank you. JASMINE JETER: My name is Jasmine Jeter and I live at 2029 4th Street SE. Okay and I want to speak about having the water park built on the southeast side of town. On the southeast side of town, there’s really nothing we have to do over there. Everything is in risk of being shut down or closed and it’s really not as fun as it used to be. And if we have something good over there, I mean, we’d have places to go, we’d have friends to see, people to talk to...it’d just be another one of those hang out spots that we could call, you know, another place. And just speaking by myself personally, I like to have because, you know, we walk around, hot days, that will be somewhere we could go cool off, talk to friends, all that sorts of things. But now, today since we don’t have really anything to go to over in the southeast side of town, we go all the way out there to Jackson to go skating or to the northeast to go skating or to the northeast to go bowling. And this is something that would be essential for us to have and something for, you know, for us children to have. When my dad was growing up, he had the water park and he would share with me the memories that he would have and that’s something I’d like to pass on to my children. And that’s it. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Terrific job, thank you. That was really well done. Thank you. Our next speaker is Kashari Dove, did I get that name right? FROM THE AUDIENCE: Perfect. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -161- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Wow, thank you. Thank you very much. Would you step forward Kashari and give us your name and your residential address please. And good evening. KASHARI DOVE: My name is Kashari Dove and I live at 1516 Gateway Blvd SE. Okay, I’m just gonna read this. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: That’s okay. KASHARI DOVE: Hi everyone, my name is Kashari Dove and I’m a 14 year old in the 8th grade, I go to Hartford Middle School. I would like to start off by saying that us kids, we’re bored, right. We have absolutely nothing to do to keep us busy, especially in the summertime. I think that people should build new parks, swimming pools, arcades and etcetera. If you were to build a swimming pool or a water park in the 4th Ward, it would be a great thing to us kids. We would have something to do in the summertime instead of just getting into trouble all the time. Kids getting shot by other kids, gang violence, drug dealers, these are all the kinds of things that are going on in the southeast and these are the type of things that kids are getting into now and people sit around and wonder why these thing... these things happen but we have else better to do anyways. There’s nothing...there’s nothing on this part of town that young people can go to and just hang out at. Yeah, there’s the North Canton Skating Rink, yeah there’s the Natatorium up at McKinley but what about this part of town. Maybe parents can’t take their children all the way out there, maybe we have no gas, maybe they have no money to put gas in the car, maybe they just don’t have a car. So that’s why I say that we should have something that’s for the youth. If a swimming pool was built, I believe that there would be less trouble on this part of town, more kids staying out of trouble and there would be lots of smiles on our faces. So thank you for your time and have a good evening. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. As good as I was with Kashari, and great job by the way, I give up with the...I’m sorry.... FROM THE AUDIENCE: Just give it a try. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I’m going to, quit yelling at me. (Laughter) Daqueathea (Laughter) is that close? D-E-A-....Streeter. How do you pronounce your name? (INAUDIBLE) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: What is it? DEONTAICI STREETER: Deontaici. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Deontaici, okay, well. Come on up, give us your name and I’m sorry I mispronounced your first name. What is...how do you pronounce it again? DEONTAICIA STREETER: Deontaici. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s a beautiful name. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -162- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 DEONTAICIA STREETER: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And would you give us your name and...again, and your residential address please. DEONTAICIA STREETER: 1633 Gateway Blvd SE. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And welcome. DEONTAICIA STREETER: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Your welcome. DEONTAICIA STREETER: “Why We Need a Pool in the Southeast Community .” By Deontaicia Streeter. Hello, my name is Deontaicia Streeter and I’m and 8th grade student at Hartford Middle School. I live in the southeast end and when it becomes summertime, there is nothing for us to do. Why should there be a swimming pool or a water park in the southeast? Why shouldn’t there be one? As a matter of fact, I’m going to give you three reasons why we should have a swimming pool or water park in our community. First, we have nothing to do in our community. When it hits summertime and when we want to go swimming, we have to go all the way to the Natatorium or go all out to North Canton or Jackson Township. Who wants to go all the way out there knowing the price of gas? Second, when we have nothing to do, we tend to get in more trouble and kids get into stuff that they aren’t supposed to get into, such as gangs, fights etcetera. Last but not least, if the other communities can have a swimming pool or a water park, why can’t the southeast end have one? We just like the rest of the communities, nothings different, we’re all the same. We did had a Jackson Pool but they end up closing that down as soon as you know it, people was trying to close or shut everything down in our community, such as the library at the Southeast Community Center. Even the Southeast Community Center. When they shut the library down, I was shocked because that’s where some of the people go to do they homework, even me. They also shut down the YMCA...the YMCA in the downtown Canton area, where that’s where basically everybody went to go swimming, play pool, everybody had fun there. But I just think that we should all...that he southeast end should have a water park or a swimming pool because there’s really nothing else for us to do. I mean, if we want to go skating, we gotta go all the way out to Jackson Township and North Canton and this and Akron and Youngstown. I think that we should just stay in our area, have fun and just be ourselves. And that’s all I have to say. So, I hope you took my short report into consideration. Build us a swimming pool or a water park, hopefully to enjoy. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Thank you very much. Good job. Our next speaker is Sharon LaMotla. Good evening. SHARON LAMOTLA: Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: If you’ll give us your name and your residential address. SHARON LAMOTLA: Sharon LaMotla, 8286 Sapphire Avenue, NE. And I am here tonight also about the water park. I am an employee of Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority and the Resident Manager of Jackson Sherrick Homes in southeast Canton. And as a Resident Manager I manage 340 apartments in that area. A lot with little COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -163- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 children who have nothing to do but be out in the street and we definitely need some kind of activity. Our role today is talking about exercise and keeping our kids healthy, we need to get these kids out of the homes, we need them to have water exercise and reasons and places for them to safely play, and I believe the addition of a water park in our area would be very beneficial to that and hopefully it would start reinvesting in the family image and bringing families together for picnics and activities together at the park. Thank you for your time and your consideration. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Our next speaker is Frederick Meacham. Mr. Meacham good evening. If you’d give us your name and your residential address please and welcome. FREDERICK MEACHAM: My name is Frederick Meacham. I live at 342 Henrietta Ave NE and I was born and raised in Canton and at the same address and proud the section which is called “Corn Center.” I agree with the Members of Council who have used their intelligence in opposing the city water park project. To Councilman West, Compliance Director Smith and community proponents of the park projects, I have seen the project expenses and projected expenses and projected annual income in the Repository. The projected income of $18,000.00 from the $3.00 admission leaves a question. The children in the area who you claim need their activities the most, are the same children who can’t afford the $3.00 admission fee. Can’t the 18,000 be sustained each year for 15 years? I don’t think so. Can the city afford the expenses of supplies, wages, etc. in this time of penny pinching. I thought that the Council Committee, Committees were to deliberate on subject matters and projects report to the Council for the Council to legislate. Committees cannot legislate law and am I wrong, Council Butterworth? Council Griffin and others have stated to the public that is it, that it is a budget problem for Canton and any intelligent citizen understands that fact. The city of Canton is working hard on projects and ways and means to bring jobs and save jobs and homes that are more important to benefit the needs and wishes of Canton citizens than the water park project. And again Councilman Griffin and others, from what I had seen in the Repository don’t be intimidated by those proponents who always seem to bring and play the race card to get your vote. I rely on the intelligence of the Council as I said before, if they had been thinking of the entire citizen population and the most important needs of the jobs and their homes, saving their homes. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Meacham. I believe the, and I apologize again, Jackie McClellan, would that be right? I’m sorry? (Inaudible from audience) Boy, I’m sorry. Would you give us your name and your residential address and I apologize. JAQUE MCCLELLAN: My name is Jaque McClellan and I live at 1505 4th St NE. My I begin. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sure. Please. Thank you. JAQUE MCCLELLAN: OK, as a resident of Canton, Ohio, I’ve been living in the city of Canton for 15 years and like for the first part of my life, I grew up swimming up at the Jackson swimming pool and I enjoyed it but now days, I have to go across town far away, like I have to go to the movies all the way in North Canton. I have to go skating in North Canton and I have no like, sometimes I may not have rides and then I used to prefer to walk to, like I prefer to walk to places but when I have no rides like or I don’t have the money to catch the bus, I just have to sit at home or I have to go around and then sometimes I have friends I might want to walk around with. And then they may stare at trouble and that’s when like gang, like gangs have evolved, fights have occur and I really want to stay out of trouble in the city of Canton, so here in Canton, like if we were to open a swimming COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -164- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 pool it’d be nice for, it’d be nice for the kids and it may open the job opportunity for grown people and then like instead of just taking away from like beneficial wise of Canton like is giving money out to like North Canton, Jackson, like they’re earning all of our money when we could just keep a local and people like young children, young children and grown people won’t have to waste their money going just because yea, because of the economic problems and the money problems. Like some people don’t have jobs and then they don’t have jobs so they won’t be able to support like buying swimming pools, squirt guns, like high water bills cause they wanna have water fights out in the front yard. Well, OK, then when I was growing up in the city of Canton, we used to have the Canton Center Mall like they used to be full of stuff, like it had a movie theaters, arcade but now there’s none of that. It’s just like a little complex like little shopping area. Like I prefer going there when I was young cause I just stick it and kick it around, kick it and have fun but now like, now on the southeast side and the northeast side and every part of town, they’re losing stuff like, Canton’s like, it basically likes it’s dying away and it’s losing all like all the important activities, like all the activities we used to have as young children and the people growing up today and but like I said, like they say, the YMCA, like now the YMCA the downtown YMCA has closed. We have no swimming pool there. We have no swimming pool over at Jackson and the Center is like, like there is nothing to do there. And there’s less activities going around in Canton so by opening the Jackson, like changing to Jackson swimming pool, I mean the old Jackson swimming pool into a water park would be great for young children and their family. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) Our next speaker is Mark Chance. Mr. Chance. Good evening, if you’ll give us your name and your residential address please. MARK CHANCE: Good evening. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Good evening. MARK CHANCE: My name is Mark Chance, 2611 Coventry Blvd NE and pretty much all these young people touched, made some very good points here and I would like to say I have four daughters who loved to swim. I stay over, I don’t know if anybody is familiar with CHIPS and Sahara and I’ve spent a lot of time around there and you know I see the kids having water fights. I see the kids you know, water balloons and everything like that. And it’s a shame that the Northeast closed down because I know a lot of those kids that used to go to the Northeast cause I used to chaperon them myself personally and you know, take them and take the time out and take the kids to the water park. I mean I feel like it was a lot of parents who would do that today cause I mean my Mother and Father they used to take their time out and you know, we had a station wagon and pile everybody in the car and we’d go swimming. Made our day on a hot day, so I think it would be a great idea to have that there because there’s like they said, there’s nothing for them to do around here and you know I don’t want my kids out in the street doing who know what with who knows who so, I mean, let’s give these kids a water park, that’s all I can say. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much sir. (APPLAUSE) Our next speaker is Jim Hall. Mr. Hall, good evening. JOHN HALL: Good evening. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I saw you outside. JOHN HALL: Yes sir. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -165- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s good to have you inside. JOHN HALL: Yes sir. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Can you give us your name and your residential address please. JOHN HALL: Yes sir, my name is John Hall. I stay at 634 Alan Page Drive and I’m also speaking in behalf of the water park issue. I want to share with you guys that this thing is more than just about getting a water park. It, it’s to help the future for these, the generation coming it’s, that water park as a blessing to those kids in such a way where we’re helping to prevent things from happening that, we know that we was looking not us, but people had been looking for that center to be shut down. This is a way of having that water park there would help the future of that center to be there. It will compliment the things that are already going. Right now it’s $20.00 a year for a person to be able to have the business of the center being there provided. But I want to share with you, we all know when it comes to businesses, $20.00 a year isn’t much for a center to be read. I mean to be tooken care of when it concerns lights and things of that sort. But if we look at the benefits where it’s gonna help kids and the future in such a way where it may, if that center ends up being shut down and it’s, if we don’t compliment and get that reason, give a reason for that center to be there. If it ends up being shut down, God forbid, it’s going, teen pregnancies may rise up, drugs sales may rise up, kids involved in crime may rise up because it’s around the vicinity of projects so I’m just sharing with you, that, that center being there is like the heartbeat for that neighborhood to keep the neighborhood alive and vibrant. And I just wanted to share with you, I wish and I pray that you guys would come together and to allow this thing to come forth in such a way where it’s, it may bring more businesses. You, we have not only black, mostly black folks around there but we got some white folks around there as well. I just wanted to share that if we could do, like the Pledge of Allegiance says, “One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice of all” taken our blinders off and seeing what really matters. I understand we got roads to take of. I understand that there’s a big water bill that’s been needing to be paid but I’m sharing we can find other ways to handle that. We talking about the future of Canton, Ohio and we’re talking about maybe this might be the thing to help us to be obliged to have the future of our Mayor being here once again. But we need to all work together for this thing to happen. One goal in mind and that’s for our, Canton to be whole lot of a better place. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great. JOHN HALL: And that’s just from me. (APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And our last speaker is Patricia Kirk and I know that Miss Kirk will not be addressing the water park. Thank you for coming down. MAYOR HEALY: Mr. Healy. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Mayor. MAYOR HEALY: May I make a comment before these young folks leave. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sure. MEMBER SMITH: OK, can ya all hold it a minute? COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -166- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Folks, can you hold on one second? MAYOR HEALY: Thank you Mr. President. I just wanted to first of all thank all of you for coming down here and speaking your minds and with your heart and telling us what your feelings are on this particular issue. Certainly always happy to have the youth involved in the governmental process and not only are you stating your mind but hopefully you learn a few things as well. But I also want to kinda touch on this water park issue. A quick summary, this water park issue is something that started prior administrations with prior Councils. They had put together bond money to do something in the city and they were trying to figure out what the best thing was and there were a lot of different versions of this whether it was going to be a pool or a park with slides or some grand event in one location or a couple smaller things and the Council committees have been meeting for a long time trying to figure out, you know what the best option is. And when I was, before I was Mayor, I was leaving the Ohio legislature and had an opportunity to put in a request for funding from the State of Ohio and ask for additional dollars from the state to help us with this cause of bringing some sort of water facility to Canton. And we were able, fortunate to bring in half a million dollars of state money to put into this program. The city had about $1,000,000.00 set aside and that’s kinda where we were as we were coming into this year. Now we all understand the financial situation, the economy and the problems that not just the city faces but households and families and you know, we looked at the cities bond money and we made a recommendation that you know what, maybe this isn’t the right time to use that bond money for a big water facility right now. And unfortunately we know it’s important but that was something and that’s in front of Council right now. However, we do have $500,000.00 sitting there that was committed to us by the State of Ohio and in this process I’ve been watching and staying, you know somewhat neutral as I’ve watched Council do this because again, it was a Council created process and I wanted to be respectful of Council in trying to come to the right conclusion on this and the right location and whatever their going to do. But as I’ve watched this thing evolve and clock is ticking on the state money, we have a risk of losing $500,000.00 that’s handed to us by the state if we don’t take action quickly on this issue, and it’s not quick because it’s been going on for several years, but we risk the time running out on that money and you know, I think it’s very difficult for this Council and this administration to address spending money on recreation or youth or other areas when we have to ask questions about gee can we afford policemen and firemen and you know we have a lot of financial concerns. On the other hand, this is about priorities. It’s about priorities that we have today. It’s about priorities that we make for the long term of our city. And part of those priorities have to focus in on not just the safety of the police and fire but also the effects we have on streets and sewers and those types of things and we cannot leave out our youth in this process. And we can’t leave out recreation and that’s a very important part of a strong vibrant community. So when I hear these young folks come in and talk about how important it is to them and you know the phrase that I heard that really resonated with me is that this is more than a water park. This is more than a water park. This is important not just to that neighborhood but to the community and the entire city. These are the types of things that make our neighborhoods worth living in. Good schools, safe communities, recreation, things for our youth. These are all things that we need in our community and quite frankly we haven’t had the resources to really do a whole lot in these categories lately and particularly on the Southeast side of town, you know we’ve lost a lot of em but we haven’t done anything to resurrect many. So, I’m looking at this and I’m going to tell all you folks right now and to tell Council, that I am stating my position right now in favor of putting a water facility down there but wait, this facility is going to be a smaller scale because we only have the $500,000.00. We can’t put the big thing that we wanted to do but the $500,000.00 that we have available from the State of Ohio, we absolutely should make a commitment to use that money and put it down at the Southeast Center and get some sort of recreational facility. It may not be as big as we want but it’s something and it’s a commitment. And we need to be committed to our youth. We need to be committed to this section of town. We need to be committed to the neglected areas of the city that have been cut off and only lost things year after year. So I’m asking Council to take a strong look COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -167- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 at this. If we don’t take action soon, we risk losing the state’s money. This would be an investment of the state’s money and I’ll tell ya, the questions that Council has come up with in reference to operating this, we do know there’s going to be an operational cost. Hopefully it can be offset but if not, what do we have, $20,000.00, $30,000.00 worth of cost on an annual basis? I think this is about priorities and if the Council and administration make youth a priority that we can come up with $20,000.00 or $30,000.00 we can find a way to make this work. I also think that it’s important that we look at this for the long run. We are considering a long term project. Something that’s going to be there for 10, 20, 30 years or longer, a long term project on short term economic situation. We know that we’re in a recession right now and money is tight, but you know what, we all know that this is going to turn around and we’re going to have better years. And so to make a decision now when we have $500,000.00 available to us, we ought to think about the long term and what that means to that neighborhood and the fact that this is more than a water park. So I stand with you. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) MEMBER WEST: Mr. President. Let me also address the kids if you will. May I PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I’m sorry to interrupt Member West MEMBER WEST: I just real quick..... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I have to say that I think some of these remarks are out of order. Can you just save your, I’ll tell you what, if you’ll just a minute, is that enough? Pardon, OK. I think we do have an availability of Miscellaneous Business and I don’t like to cut people off but I think that’s the more appropriate time to do that but thank you Mayor for your remarks. INFORMAL RESOLUTIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Alright we now under Informal Resolutions. Oh, I’m sorry. You know, how could I forget you. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Come on Pat. Come on up Pat. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I apologize. Come on up, thank you. I really thought I was ready for a motion to adjourn, but go ahead, I apologize. Can we have your name and your residential address. PATRICIA KIRK: I am very sorry the youth left. No this is not about the water park but it is about the future of Canton. There are a lot of cities that have taken advantage of this, it’s called the Tree Commission Academy and I am speaking to you tonight as the President of Shake-a-Leaf. The Tree Commission Academy is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Urban Forestry. It is a course with four classes. Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior and at the end of the Sophomore class you get an Associates Degree. At the end of the Senior class and you’ve successfully completed all the courses you get a Bachelor’s Certificate. Each class is two days. The one left is being hosted by Alliance. It’s Thursday and Friday, 9:00 to 3:30 daily, May 20th and 21. Each class is two days. Now Lola told me the registration deadline is April the 1st, here it says May 6th. I’m willing to take April the 1st. The registration fee is $35.00. Now you can’t tell me that’s too expensive. Here are the prerequisites for admission. If you’re a current member of the Tree Commission, Tree Board or other advisory board. If you’re a resident of a community that is being considered for an appointment. If you are a Mayor, if you are a Council Member, if you are a Trustee, or other elected official of a community in the State of Ohio. Current Mayor’s are COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -168- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 invited to participate as our guests. No fee is required. This offer is for Mayors only and it is non- transferable or if you are a manager, administrator, service director or other administrative employee or where I would fit in, an individual receiving special dispensation from their regional urban forester and I must demonstrate this but I have here. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: You only have about 15 seconds left. PATRICIA KIRK: I have here an application and I have here information about it and on April the 25th at 6:30 there’s going to be a Shake-a-Leaf meeting and I understand that you have questions about the Tree Ordinance. We will go over those plus the display on the environmental display for this time. I’m probably out of time but here is the application and information for anyone interested. Please let me know tonight. Thank you very much. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. (APPLAUSE) And sorry to have forgotten you, I apologize. Now we’re under Informal Resolutions. Madame Clerk would you please read Resolution 20 by title. #20. COUNCIL-AS-A-WHOLE: SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED HOSTING OF THE OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT FAWCETT STADIUM. - ADOPTED PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Resolution 20. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Resolution 20. Any remarks? Hearing none by voice vote, all those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Those opposed no. NO REMARKS RESOLUTION #20 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The motion carries. Resolution 21 please Madame Clerk. #21. COUNCIL MEMBERS: THOMAS WEST, CHRIS SMITH, JIM GRIFFIN, & BILL SMUCKLER: THANKING CARMEN WEST FOR HER HARD WORK & DEDICATION. - ADOPTED PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Resolution 21. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Resolution 21. Are there any remarks under this Resolution? COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -169- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 MEMBER WEST: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member West. MEMBER WEST: Could we have that read please. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, thank you. Madame Clerk. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Whereas: As Deputy Director of the Community Development Department, Carmen West has worked in collaboration with several agencies and businesses to focus on the interest of the public to result in a stable and balanced city; and Whereas: Carmen has assisted the Community Development Department by directing several programs to help the citizen’s with mortgage issues, home restoration, home remodeling and down payment assistance; and Whereas: Carmen maintains cohesion with Canton’s Neighborhood Associations of which there are currently over 50 and provides these organizations with information regarding city programs; and Whereas: In Miss West’s two years with the City of Canton, she has provided over 4,000 food vouchers, partnered with grass roots organizations to identify and address homelessness needs, worked with faith based organizations to provide services to the livelihood of the constituents, and secured over $5,000,000.00 through her grant writing skills; and Whereas: Carmen serves on numerous boards and commissions such as The Stark County Family Council, Special Improvement District Housing Committee, Housing Task Force Board, Advisory Board for Urban Hope as has received a state appointment by Governor Strickland to the Ohio Minority Business Advisory Council. Now Therefore be it Resolved: that we, Members West, Smith, Griffin and Smuckler do hereby go on record commending Deputy Director Carmen West for her hard work and dedication to the citizens of Canton, Ohio. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Leader you’ve moved and seconded, we need a vote. All those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Those opposed no. NO REMARKS RESOLUTION #21 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The ayes have it. The motion carries. I think Carmen, you’re back there aren’t you? (APPLAUSE) MEMBER WEST: Hey Council, we the Bible tells us that to give honor where honors due and I believe that a young lady with Carmen’s talents, a Masters Degree and all that you just heard. She has done a significant job in two years. And I appreciate when she first came to Council she caused a lot of controversy because her last name is West. (LAUGHTER) Everybody thought she was my wife, my cousin, my sister, daughter. (LAUGHTER) She’s older than me, I’m sorry. But I will say that I would be proud to have her as a sister and I was hoping that these young people were still here because this is what we need to show our young people. In this community we talk a lot about the brain drain and we talk a little bit about the brain game. This is one of those brains that we would have liked to keep here. And we like to show her and we do appreciate all that your, you’ve done for the citizens of Canton. The grass roots organizations and we thank you. (APPLAUSE) CARMEN WEST: I’ll make this brief. I just wanted to say thank you. When I came here two years ago, I believed in a vision. I didn’t do it for the money. I didn’t do it for the job. I left a six figure income to fulfill someone’s vision in making this city a better place to live, work and play. And I think in my two years, I’ve done just that. This is a city of opportunity. I came here committed and I’m going to stay here committed. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -170- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 In my new opportunity, I’ll be right here making this city what it was meant to be. So thank you Mayor for giving me the opportunity and we’ll see ya next time. Thanks. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. (APPLAUSE) MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Smith. MEMBER SMITH: I’d just like to say to Carmen, I mean I’m sorry, Miss West. I would like to also thank you personally for all of the things that you did for the city and especially for the community of the 4th Ward. From day one when we rolled around and you asked me to show you the 4th Ward, you saw a vision then and you stuck to everything that you said that you would do for that community as the 4th Ward. I thank you so very much and if there’s anything that I could ever do for you, you know I’m just those three phone calls away. Call me. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. (APPLAUSE) And we are now ready for Informal Resolution 22 please Madame Clerk. #22. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE: AUTHORIZE APPT OF DONALD SINGER TO THE INCOME TAX REVIEW BD FROM 3/1/10 - 2/28/14. - ADOPTED PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Resolution 22. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Resolution 22. Are there any remarks under this Resolution? Hearing none by voice vote, all those in favor signify by saying aye, those opposed no. NO REMARKS RESOLUTION #22 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The ayes have it. The motion carries. COMMUNICATIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Communications. Let the journal show that all communications are received as read. NOTE: ALL COMMUNICATIONS WHICH FOLLOW, LISTED BY AGENDA TITLE, ARE ON FILE IN THEIR ENTIRETY IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS FILE DATED MARCH 15, 2010. 128. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TORRES: AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO SUBMIT APPLICATION TO OHIO DEPT OF DEV UNDER THE JOB READY SITE PROG; EXECUTE AGMT W/OH DEPT COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -171- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 OF DEV & ACCEPT FUNDS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN $3 MILLION TO $3.5 MILLION IF AWARDED; AUTHORIZE CITY AUDITOR TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE FUND FOR RECEIPT & DISBURSEMENT OF THE JOB READY SITE FUNDS & DRAW HIS WARRANTS UPON RECEIPT OF VOUCHERS DULY APPROVED BY THE PROPER DEPT AUTHORITY. - COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 129. HEALTH BENEFITS ADMIN MCBRIDE: FEB 2010 MONTHLY COMPARATIVE RPT - INS CLAIMS & JAN - DEC 2010 TOTAL PAID CLAIMS ACTIVITY. - RECEIVED & FILED 130. LIQUOR CONTROL DIVISION (OHIO): REQ TRANSFER OF D5 LIQ PERMIT FROM SUSAN ANN BURTON DBA CONESTOGA EXCLDS RESTROOMS TO BURTON VINAS CO LLC DBA CONESTOGA EXCLDS RESTROOMS SUITE 104 ONLY @ 217 2ND ST NW. - RECEIVED & FILED 131. PLANNING COMMISSION: RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE @ 305 WERTZ AVE NW FROM OS (OPEN SPACE) TO PB-4 (PLANNED SPECIAL BUSINESS) TO ALLOW FOR AN ELECTRIC MESSAGE CENTER, REPLACING THE EXISTING MANUAL READER BOARD (STARK COUNTY FAIR BOARD) WARD 3. - JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 132. PLANNING COMMISSION: RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED VACATION OF A PORTION OF LLOYD CT NE , RUNNING 85' SOUTH FROM SANDAL PL NE & PROPOSED REPLAT OF PART OF LOTS 2699 - 2703 & THE VACATED PORTION OF LLOYD CT NE (HABITAT FOR HUMANITY) WARD 2. - PUBLIC SAFETY & THOROUGHFARES COMMITTEE 133. PLANNING COMMISSION: RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REPLAT OF PART OF LOT 6360 (1203, 1211 & 1217 13TH ST SE - EASTSIDE HOMES LTD) WARD 4. - PUBLIC SAFETY & THOROUGHFARES COMMITTEE 134. PLANNING COMMISSION: RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REPLAT & RENUMBERING OF LOTS 2842 & 2843 & PART OF LOT 2844 (932 & 938 STRUBLE AVE NE - EASTSIDE HOMES LTD) WARD 2. - PUBLIC SAFETY & THOROUGHFARES COMMITTEE 135. PRATER, T, WARD 5 CNCLMBR & SMUCKLER, B, CNCL AT LG: AUTHORIZE SERV DIR TO ADVERTISE, REC BIDS & ENTER INTO CONTRACT TO PROVIDE BOTH WATER & SEWER SVCS TO THE 11TH ST CHURCH OF GOD PURSUANT TO O#18/2003. - FINANCE & ENVIRONMENTAL & PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEES 136. SERVICE DIRECTOR PRICE: RECOMMENDING THE 4 CONSECUTIVE 9.5% INCREASES (2010-2013) TO SEWER RATE. - RECEIVED & FILED 137. SERVICE DIRECTOR PRICE: REQ PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO OBTAIN A SETTLEMENT INVOLVING THE OEPA & COUNTYWIDE LANDFILL IN PIKE TWNP FOR THE SUM OF $10,000,000.00 IN FINE MONEY. - RECEIVED & FILED 138. SERVICE DIRECTOR PRICE: REQ $67,700.00 SUPP APPROP FROM UNAPPROP BAL OF 4510 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -172- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 - 2006 CONSTRUCTION/RECONSTRUCTION BOND FUND TO 4510 - 707001 JUDGES-CITY HALL RENOVATION PROJECT - OTHER FOR CITY HALL EXPANSION PROJ. - PUBLIC PROPERTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE 139. STARK METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY: ADVISING OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED IN OR WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS OF CITY’S POLITICAL JURISDICTION UTILIZING THE MULTIFAMILY FUNDING PROGS OF THE OHFA FOR DEVELOPMENT; ADVISING OF RIGHT TO SUBMIT STATEMENT OF DISAPPROVAL OR OBJECTION SIGNED BY THE MAJORITY OF VOTING MEMBERS BY CERTIFIED MAIL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE. - RECEIVED & FILED 140. TREASURER SCHIRACK: COMPARATIVE RPT OF CASH RECEIPTS AS OF 2/28/10. - RECEIVED & FILED ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR FIRST READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Ordinances and Formal Resolutions for the First Reading. Let the journal show that all Ordinances are being given their reading as required by state law. Madame Clerk will you please read the 1st Reading Ordinances by title. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK TIMBERLAKE TO READ ORDINANCES #1 THROUGH #3 FOR THEIR FIRST TIME BY TITLE & ANNOUNCED THE COMMITTEE REFERRAL, AS FOLLOWS: #1. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT AN AMENDED ACTION PLAN TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Community and Economic Development Committee #2. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY AUDITOR TO PAY A MORAL OBLIGATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,105.00 TO AMERICAN TITLE ASSOCIATES AGENCY, INC.; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Finance and Community & Economic Development Committees #3. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (JUDGES - $67,700.00 RENOVATION PROJ) Referred to Public Property Capital Improvement Committee ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR SECOND READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We are now under Ordinances and Formal Resolution for their Second Reading. Madame Clerk, will you please read Ordinance 5. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK TIMBERLAKE TO READ ORDINANCES #5 AND #7 THROUGH #9 FOR THEIR SECOND TIME BY TITLE AS REQUIRED COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -173- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: (ORDINANCE S #4 AND #6 HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN COMMITTEE) #4. (2ND RDG) RETAINED IN COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE FAIR REUSE VALUE OF ONE PARCEL OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY; AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF SAID PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE CITY’S RESIDENTIAL LAND DISPOSITION PROGRAM; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (PARCEL #02-22031 LAWRENCE RD NE, RICHARD T. MALLETT) #5. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND/OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO: ADVERTISE, RECEIVE BIDS AND ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE FULTON/PARK DRIVE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, G.P. 1077; EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH OMNI PRO SERVICES LLC; RECEIVE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000.00 FOR THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT); RECEIVE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION (OPWC) FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $549,080.00 FOR THIS PROJECT TO FUND THE COST OF BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CONTRACTS; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY #6. (2ND RDG) RETAINED IN COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 164/2001, AS AMENDED, THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND SALARIES FOR ALL MANAGEMENT AND NON-BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (COMM DEV & PLANNING) #7. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 164/2001, AS AMENDED, THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND SALARIES FOR ALL MANAGEMENT AND NON-BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL) # 8. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH THE NORTHEAST OHIO LABOR MANAGEMENT COUNCIL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000.00 TO PROVIDE LABOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION SERVICES; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY #9. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A TWO-YEAR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH KIKO AUCTIONEERS, INC. TO CONDUCT AUCTIONS AT THE CANTON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -174- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 SERVICE CENTER FOR THE SALE OF JUNK AND SCRAP ITEMS AND IMPOUNDED VEHICLES; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD AND FINAL READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. We’re now under Ordinances and Formal Resolutions for their Third and Final Reading and vote. Member Cole. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: I’ll read Ordinance 10 first. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Oh, I’m sorry, if you’ll read Ordinance 10 first. #10. (3RD RDG) RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 47/2010 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CREDIT BUREAU OF STARK COUNTY FOR COLLECTION SERVICES REGARDING AMBULANCE BILLING COLLECTIONS AND NON-FIRE RELATED FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Cole. MEMBER COLE: Mr. President, I move we reconsider Ordinance #10 which was defeated on March 8, 2010. MEMBER SMUCKLER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to reconsider Ordinance #10 which was defeated on March 8, 2010. Are there any remarks under the motion to reconsider? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries, Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 10. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to adopt Ordinance 10. Are there any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 9 YEAS, 3 NAYS (MEMBERS DOUGHERTY, PRATER & SMITH VOTED NAY) CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Nine yeas, three nays Mr. President. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -175- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 #10 RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 47/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The motion carries and Ordinance 10 is adopted. We’re now under Ordinance 11. #11. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 48/2010 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ACCEPT AN AID TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,300.00; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (FIRE DEPARTMENT) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 11. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 11. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #11 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 48/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 11 is adopted. Ordinance #12 please. #12. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 49/2010 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS TO FUND PORTIONS OF THE CANTON CONNECTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010, AS AMENDED, BY MAKING THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION HEREIN DESCRIBED; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 12. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 12. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #12 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 49/2010 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -176- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 12 is adopted. Ordinance 13 please. #13. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 50/2010 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A JOB CREATION TAX INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH AMERIDIAL, INC.; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 13. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 13. Any remarks under this Ordinance? MEMBER CIRELLI: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member Cirelli. MEMBER CIRELLI: Being as how this company was told, all Council that they were going to give the citizen’s of Canton some preferential treatment in the jobs, I wanted the people to be aware that in yesterday’s paper, in the Repository, they did in fact have an ad of where they will be taking applications this Wednesday from 9 to 1:00 and so hopefully they can get this out to the citizens of Canton and they can get some positions there that are much needed for this community. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great, thank you for that comment. That’s very important. Any other remarks? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #13 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 50/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 13 is adopted. Ordinance 14 please. #14. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 51/2010 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 17/89, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED CONTRACT WITH THE CANTON COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION TO ADMINISTER ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.00; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 14. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -177- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 14. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #14 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 51/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 14 is adopted. Ordinance 15 please. #15. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 52/2010 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010, AS AMENDED, BY MAKING THE APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, AND INTERFUND TRANSFERS HEREIN DESCRIBED; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (NECESSARY FOR CITY’S CONTINUING OPERATIONS) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 15. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 15. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #15 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 52/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 15 is adopted. Ordinance 16 please. #16. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 53/2010 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEASING OF AVAILABLE SUBFLEETS ON THE CITY’S 800 MEGAHERTZ COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 16. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 16. Are there any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -178- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #16 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 53/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 16 is adopted. Ordinance 17 please. #17. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 54/2010 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 164/2001, AS AMENDED, THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND SALARIES FOR ALL MANAGEMENT AND NON- BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (CRIME LAB - POLICE DEPT) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 17. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 17. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #17 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 54/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 17 is adopted. Ordinance 18 please. #18. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 55/2010 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 1/2010, AS AMENDED, BY MAKING THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION HEREIN DESCRIBED; AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT POTENTIAL GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FOR NORTHEAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 18. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 18. Are there any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -179- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. #18 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 55/2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 18 is adopted. Thank you Madame Clerk. Was a lot of reading tonight. ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Announcement of Committee Meetings. MEMBER SMUCKLER: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Smuckler. MEMBER SMUCKLER: For the record to start with, next Monday night, so there’s no problem with voting here. I won’t be here next Monday night. I’ll be out of town. (LAUGHTER) Covering my base. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: I’m going to get to that in Miscellaneous Business. MEMBER SMUCKLER: But we do have Community and Economic Development Committee meetings and they’ll be a scheduled meeting of 6:45 that I’m sure the Majority Leader or his designee will handle in my absence. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Member Smuckler. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member or Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Public Property Capital Improvement will also meet 3/22, 6:45. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. MEMBER HAWK: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Hawk. MEMBER HAWK: Thank you good sir. Finance Committee will meet at 6:45 next Monday evening. Additionally there will be a Finance Committee meeting Thursday March 18th at 5:15 here in City Council. Madame Clerk would you please invite the Treasurer. Mr. Torres you’re also invited please. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Yes sir. MEMBER HAWK: Thank you. PRESIDENT HAWK: Thank you, Member Hawk. Any other announcements? COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -180- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. Can I get with Member Hawk. Is yours going to take on that night, long or are you just with. What are you going to have on that Monday night for Committee. (Inaudible response) I mean do we need to come at 6:30? MEMBER HAWK: At this time folks people are downtown and able to make it right after work which saves them from going home and back out again so that’s why I called for 5:15. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: No I’m talking about Monday night. You also called one for the 22nd. Do you need to be a little earlier cause I only talked to.... MEMBER HAWK: March 22nd we should be fine at 6:30. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Thank you. MEMBER HAWK: This Thursday Finance Committee will meet at 5:15. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great. Thank you Member Hawk. Thank you Leader. Any other announcements of Committee meetings. MEMBER CIRELLI: Mr. Chairman, I mean Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Cirelli. MEMBER CIRELLI: Thank you. On Wednesday, March 17th at 1:00 Environmental & Public Utilities will be having a meeting. This is the television consortium. It was already announced, I’m just reminding everybody and I think Adam Herman’s there. I’ll double check with them all. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: That is St. Patty’s Day is it not? Just want to make sure. What time Member Cirelli? CLERK TIMBERLAKE: What time and where? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: What time and where? MEMBER CIRELLI: 1:00, Caucus room. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Caucus room, very good. Any other announcements? Any other announcements? Going once. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Miscellaneous Business. Is there any Miscellaneous Business? Member West. MEMBER WEST: Yes Mr. President. First I’d like to address Mr. Dawkins. I think he’s still here. Mr. Dawkins I just wanted to let you know. Mr. Dawkins COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -181- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: No he’s right there. Mr. Dawkins, Member West is answering. MEMBER WEST: Right here. WILLIAM DAWKINS: I’m sorry, I have a hearing problem. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: That’s not a problem. Do you want to sit up front there? There you go. Yes sir. MEMBER WEST: Mr. Dawkins, right here. WILLIAM DAWKINS: Yes. MEMBER WEST: I just want to let you know that you are not alone. We did send a letter to Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority along with the company that got the award for the Washington Township Apartments on Whipple Road and asking them to use local people. I see Ron Simmons is back there and Ron, is one that got a contract but we, you’re right, we do need more percentage of local people getting those jobs. It just so happen that City Council had nothing to do with those contracts but we did appeal to them and to SMHA’s board and to the company that got that bid to use our local people so we are out here fighting for those local jobs. Now, in terms of percentages I think Robert Torres and his department and maybe we can do something in the future on that if Cleveland’s able to do that, Akron’s able to do that, then I’m sure, we are able to do something as well. So... WILLIAM DAWKINS: Inaudible from audience. MEMBER WEST: Ok, and then, I want to finish my comments but I want to let you know that other people might want to talk to you afterwards as well. Mr. Meachum, I think he’s still here. Let me say to you, if we go on record in the newspaper about that proposal, you’re right those numbers weren’t the correct numbers. But, I will say this, it is a much needed pool and this Council is committed to looking at the proposal that was put forth. Member Hawk and Member Cirelli and Member Smith and myself met with the YMCA and we met with the architect to look over the draft and make certain that we can make this park an affordable park. And they are working, there’s working committees going on right now and we are all sitting at the table to make this endeavor happen. Now when we come back to the Finance Committee these numbers will be tight and they will be right and they will fit this community so I just want you to know that we are on the right track and we will make certain that this is an intelligent decision and this Council last week was right because the proposal wasn’t, the numbers did not add up for future growth. But this time around, Member Smith is going to hold each of our feet to the fire in making certain that we get this for the Southeast Community Center and we’re going to make certain and Member Hawk, right, Member Hawk over there has the eagle eye on the finances is going to make certain that it’s physically responsible, okay? So I want to let you know that. And then finally, Carmen I want to say good-bye to you and thanks once again for all that you’ve done in Ward 2. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Member West. Member Griffin. MEMBER GRIFFIN: Mr. President, I just like to remind Council and the members of the gallery that the Census reports went out today. I got mine in the mail today, I hope everybody did and it’s very important for the Census Bureau to file the forms out and to send them back in as fast as you can. Very important. Secondly, Wednesday is St. Patrick’s Day and I would like to invite everybody up to St. John’s Church, 6th COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -182- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 and McKinley North at 12:10 mass we’re going to be recognizing the Safety Forces, Patrolman Volpe, Mike Volpe from the Police Department, Captain Mike Richards from the Fire Department and Captain Mike Rutledge from the Sheriff’s Department will be recognized at what we call the “Blue Mass” and we pick St. Patrick’s Day because, there was a time when a lot of the Irish were of the Safety Forces and so anyway, we’d like to invite everybody up there 12:10 mass and we’ll have the bagpiper and the whole Irish tradition. Of course you know, with the people who wear the green you start with mass. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member Smith. MEMBER SMITH: I’d just like for everyone to keep the Fisher family in prayer. Mr. Robert Fisher’s mother was buried on today and you know Viola’s one of our consistent members that come on Monday nights so keep the Fisher family in prayer. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We will do that. Thank you very much. Any other Miscellaneous Business? I will not be here next Monday. And I will be actually on a vacation. So abstain if you want. (LAUGHTER) And you know I’m again kidding you. MEMBER SMITH: Excuse me, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes. MEMBER SMITH: May I ask who’s going to run the meeting since all of you VIP’s are going to be away? MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I’ll make that decision. (LAUGHTER) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Any other Miscellaneous Business? Hearing none, Leader. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President. I move we adjourn. MEMBER PRATER: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to adjourn. Roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL: 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas, Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The meeting is adjourned. (Gavel falls) Thanks ladies and gentlemen. ADJOURNMENT TIME: 8:40 PM ATTEST: APPROVED: COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 98 JOURNAL PAGE -183- MINUTES OF THE MEETING MARCH 15, 2010 CYNTHIA TIMBERLAKE ALLEN SCHULMAN CLERK OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT