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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -304- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Canton City Council. It’s nice to see a good turnout tonight. I know we have some, as we always do, serious issues in Public Speaks. I can tell that a number of the community is probably out for that. With a quorum being present, the Chair does call this meeting of City Council to order. Roll call vote please Madame Clerk. ROLL CALL TAKEN BY CLERK TIMBERLAKE: 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: (DAVID DOUGHERTY, PATRICK BARTON, JAMES BABCOCK, MARY CIRELLI, JOE COLE, GREG HAWK, THOMAS WEST, JAMES GRIFFIN, CHRIS SMITH, KEVIN FISHER, EDMOND MACK & FRANK MORRIS) TWELVE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: All present Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. They said it would be a cold day when we have our invocation given by Council Member-at-Large James Babcock. Would you all please stand and remain standing for our Pledge of Allegiance. The regular meeting of Canton City Council was held on April 23, 2012 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 Council-at-Large Member, James Babcock. The Pledge of Allegiance led by President Schulman. AGENDA CORRECTIONS & CHANGES PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Member Babcock. We’re now under Agenda Corrections and Changes. Leader. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we suspend Rule 22A to add 2nd Reading Ordinances 6 through 10. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded to Suspend Rule 22A to add Ordinances 6 through 10 to this evening’s agenda. 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, thank you Madame Clerk and Rule 22A is suspended and the Ordinances are a legal part of your agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Turning to Public Hearings. We have none this evening. OLD BUSINESS COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -305- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We’re now under Old Business. I’ll turn this over to the Mayor’s Chief of Staff, Director Price. SERVICE DIRECTOR PRICE: Thank you Mr. President. We had a number of speakers last week. We had a couple of calls or complaints that were Police related which Director Ream passed along. The Police Department is looking into. The other one we did hear from Richard Drake regarding our aquifers and how drilling might impact those, you know and again I’d just remind Council that while we’re certainly concerned about that and we will be with ODNR, the state on any drilling that we think would impact any of our aquifers. You know, the state has largely preempted the local communities ability to regulate that area but, I mean we continue to watch, you know, our plant Superintendent Tyler Converse is literally checking the permits to make sure that if anything’s too close to one of our plants for comfort you know, that we would immediately contact the state and do anything in our power to stop that from happening near our aquifer, our plants. And I think that was really the only follow up that I had from Public Speaks last week. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Great. Thank you Director. That concludes Old Business. PUBLIC SPEAKS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Turning now to Public Speaks. We have eight speakers signed up this evening. Our first speaker for those who don’t recall is Craig Massey who used to be a former Member of our City Council. Mr. Massey, good evening. Welcome. I want you to know before you begin, on behalf of Council and I know the administration, our hearts and prayers go out to you and your family. I’m sorry you’re here tonight but welcome. CRAIG MASSEY: Thank you. My name’s Craig Massey. I live at 11609 West Grant Street, Avondale, Arizona, West Phoenix. The purpose for me being here today is to talk a little bit about my grandson who was murdered last Sunday and was laid to rest this past Friday. I’m asking that Council act as if this was your child to continue to work on this case, not just sweep it under the rug. I met with the Mayor and Mr. Ream for about an hour we did, to answer some of my daughter’s questions. I think she was satisfied in knowing that you guys are going to continue to work this case. The situation is really, really bad. I’m really hurt. Not only am I hurt, the whole community is hurt. This is very tragic. Again I just want you guys to treat this case as if it was one of yours so we can have some closure and get these people put away. Now I understand that there’s a bounty gun buy back program that has not started. I think that would a good thing. Mr. Hawk can speak on that but just keep the family in prayer. I’d really appreciate it. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much Mr. Massey. (APPLAUSE) Our next speaker is Jim Parker. Mr. Parker good evening. If you’ll, you’re no stranger. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address. JIM PARKER: Jim Parker, 630 Penny Street SE, city of North Canton, Ohio. My sympathies to the Massey family. I’ve have co-workers named Massey. Everybody knows one of the finest families in Canton and to see that happen is just a shame. I’d like to add quickly that about 6 years ago I asked the AJ, Mr. Albacete, people like Robb Hankins, have a Peace Summit. Bring a Swami here. I was acquainted with a Swami that was to the Beatles, that addressed Woodstock, satchidananda. He has a town called Yogaville. I’ve been in the Virgin Islands where he filled up auditoriums twice on the Keys to Peace. It doesn’t have to be a religion thing, there are many paths in one truth. Peace is the truth and the only answer and to encourage that in form COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -306- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 of a Peace Summit and to model it after Komono was something that I was mocked about but I hope is now taken a little more seriously. This to our City Council, best wishes towards a successful promotional marketing campaign. My hopes are that the context sensitivity issues can be enhanced to include an avantgarde sports art partnership, one that I believe Councilman Morris may have meant that the mock up of only one logo was a concern, that variety of items including football related ones, however not competitive with NFL or Hall of Fame licensing rights. You see, prior to 1920 there were no NFL. There’s no licensing rights. 1805 Canton’s formed. A hundred years later, 1905 Ohio’s inaugurals season, the Canton Bulldogs joined the Ohio League, their inaugural season, so we have the birth of professional football here in Canton, the cradle years as coincidently 100 years later. I would like to thank Law Director Martuccio for speaking on, or for looking into the playground safety issue including these arts and ducks and fish and giraffe that are made by Patrick Bucker, who if you talk to will tell you, they’re originally made as a children’s playground intentions to be in there. Their very nature in structure are a natural appeal to children. This to me is prima fasha evidence of their lurking potential for danger. The average dangerous intersection takes three deaths to get a new traffic light installed. Let’s not wait. Malfeasance is worse than nonfeasance. To place them on to concrete brick asphalt creates a defacto, unsafe playground parking area and I’d like to thank you for any attention you bring to that. Concerning a football heritage corridor, it’s shaping up nicely in principle oral agreements as to it’s validity, public perception and impact on Stark County’s football related tourism industry by many of Stark County’s lynchpin organizations. These include the Lincoln Highway, present Jim Cassler, Canton-Massillon Municipal Administrators, I’d like to thank you for your serious consideration and many state, county, city engineers among many others. As this nears towards the matriculation process through the Ohio Statehouse with the hopeful help of republican, or Representative rather, Stephen Slesnick who’s a democrat, let me make that clear, I will be asking your support to enhance the city of Canton by connecting it together. The Football Heritage Corridor, let me make this clear, to connect it together with Justice Alan Page Avenue NE. There’s some talk as to it’s location and so on. If you have any questions, thank you. It’s a lot of details, details and they’re to be announced. Thank you for listening. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Mr. Parker. JIM PARKER: Any questions? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Mr. Parker very much. JIM PARKER: My pleasure. No questions? I’ll sit down. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: OK, thanks. Our next speaker is Mr. Pete DiGiacomo. Mr. DiGiacomo good evening again. Welcome to Canton City Council. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address please. PETE DIGIACOMO: My name is Pete DiGiacomo. I live at 600 Dent Place SW, city of Canton. Anthony Moore. I never met the young man. I never met the family. No person needs to be murdered, period. It’s not the way to be done. You just don’t murder somebody. I don’t know that much about the entire case, things like that. What I do know is, City Council passed an Ordinance about 2 months ago allocating money for funds to get weapons from felons off the streets of Canton. If I’m wrong, tell me I’m wrong. What I been told is new Chief of Police Lawver doesn’t really look into this, doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal or that it’s not important. He doesn’t have the manpower or anything like that. I will guarantee you, if the person that was COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -307- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 murdered last name was Healy, last name anybody sitting up there, there would be more money and there would be manpower to get the program off it’s feet and running. Like I said, City Council went ahead and did, they took the step, they did it. Now it’s sitting in the Police Department, it’s in the administration’s hands. Get it off your hands, get somebody down there, one or two officers and get it working. That’s all I got to say. (APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Mr. DiGiacomo. Thank you sir. Our next speaker is Samuel Muhammed. Mr. Muhammed good evening. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address please and welcome to Canton City Council. SAMUEL MUHAMMED: Good afternoon citizens of Canton, City Council, Mayor. I’m Samuel Muhammed. I’m at 502 Belden Avenue NE, Canton, Ohio. The very first thing that I want to say is that last year I represent a group called P.E.E.P.S. Pursuing Enlightenment and Educated People with Solutions and we’re here withstanding with Kim Massey and Anthony Moore and Craig Massey and the family of Anthony Moore. I represent this group. Last year during May, we lost one of our students at Timken Senior High also I’m a teacher at Timken Senior High School, who’s name was Diane Singleton. At this point, our Vice President of our organization made a call for a change for a peace movement in our city. Since then we have had maybe about 4 or 5 other organizations step up. We desire, we desire the corrections. We desire the Police. We desire to see those who are committing murder on our streets being removed from our streets. There’s a lot of talk about who did it and we’re kinda confused and concerned about how come we know who did it, or we have an idea of who did it but it’s not being addressed. In fact there was a shooting last night down on Belden Avenue, OK. So, what we want is this. We want the real type of relationship, we want the real type of interaction. We want a type of relationship that would produce this, OK. We have young people in our community. Young people have needs. The very first needs are physical needs, food, clothing, shelter and safety. Our young people need to have safety. Our neighborhoods are being militarized by young people right now and so although we appreciate the notion of a gun buy back program, there’s another set of needs that would maybe eliminate the need for a gun buy back program and that is emotional needs, affection, attention, acceptance and accomplishment. Can City Council come down out of your Chambers and give our young people those things. Absolutely not, but their coming from a place where these needs aren’t being met and community groups are rising up. There was a 400, 500+ people, our movement, Rob Milan who I believe is here, right. They called it and they called several other community groups to work with them and people flocked to the streets and why, because of the death but not the one death of Anthony Moore but the repeated death. The death where we see our students leaving high schools, like I said, I teach at the high school, and they wind up in the street. We have programs that are set up to meet those needs after emotional needs, then you have mental needs, knowledge, willpower, faith. We’re trying to address these needs but if young people aren’t cultivated and they’re very specific problems that effect the African American community. Let’s not be afraid to talk about black. We cannot be so disconnected and disjointed from the reality that various cultures are effected inproportionately by cultures of violence, being effected disproportionately by self hatred that we cannot tailor programs that are specific to very specific communities. Now, these people came together to speak and to plea to our community. What we want from City Council at this point is, is this, we want the property type of relationship that would afford respect where as when we come up with our programs to address the needs that there’s an audience, that there’s participation, that’s there’s funding. Now I’m not asking you to fund what were talking about, we been in working for a year and everything we’ve done so far haven’t required any funding from anybody in any city agency. It requires faith, knowledge and willpower in COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -308- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 order to address the issues in our community but what were saying is that, you know, we want the concern there. We want this issue dealt with. I don’t know what you discussed with Kim but before we talked, before you all met today, we had a, me and Kim had questions. We was like, well we know X,Y and Z was going on. We know such and such and so and so person is doing such and such and so and so thing, you know what I mean. Why isn’t this being addressed and we want to know so now, I need to go back with Kim and see what you’ve discussed. We’re here. There’s a different energy in your community and I want to you know this as public servants. They’re people who care. People who are willing to give their time and listen to me very carefully, people are willing to give their lives to stop this. We’re taken men, not through no street past the killers, we taken men to their homes. I want you to know this, not to play vigilante as in (inaudible) but to produce a conversation that will produce a relationship, that will produce a healing and bring the people to the places that they need to be brought to in order to be cultivated. But you need to understand this, the indifference won’t be accepted. Let’s not have that posture. I’m not accusing everybody of having that but let’s not have that posture and as these groups continue to rise up, we don’t want to see any revisits of history where groups that rise up, who represent the voice of the people are alienated, vulcanized and ostracized. We want the proper type of relationship. I’m finished. We want justice for Anthony Moore but just as important, we want justice for every member of this community. What that means to us is this, justice is predicated on rights. Rights are predicated upon needs and if you have gunshots firing off on shore, you got this place through this leaving the education system going into the street, there’s a need on many, many, many levels. We’ll be working to address those needs and we want the proper type of relationship that will produce the healing in the community that we won’t have to buy back guns because the participants with guns won’t be so willing to use them because they’ll be highly cultivated and highly developed, so, thank you for your time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Mr. Muhammed. (APPLAUSE) Thanks, Member Morris. Thank you Mr. Muhammed. Our next speaker is Robert Milan. Mr. Milan good evening. If you’ll give us your name and your residential address please. ROBERT MILAN: How you doing City Council? My name is Rob L. Milan III. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Sorry I mispronounced your name. I apologize. ROBERT MILAN: That’s OK. My address is 2217 Indiana Way NE. I didn’t come here today to bash the city officials or to insult the city Police Department but what I did come here for is to a voice for the concerned citizens of the community. The violence hasn’t gotten out of control overnight. It’s been this way for awhile. Regardless if it’s on record or going unreported but nevertheless, it’s not going unnoticed by the community. If murders like that a 17 year old, Anthony Moore, the murder of Dale Settle who was murdered while attending Bible study, or Roger Copeland who was murdered in front of his wife and children while sitting at a red light. These friends, these families need closure. I understand that it’s hard to get people to cooperate these days but I feel that if we can repair the relationship between the community and the Police Department we can begin to see change in the way that citizens interact with the Police. When I was a kid, you had cops like Bill Irwin and Greg Boudreaux and others who stopped and got out their cars and actually held conversations with the youth or their parents. The community knew these officers by first name. In closing I want to offer not only my help but the help of every community group that I’m collaborating with and affiliated with to once and for all put an end to street violence and all we are asking is that the city of Canton help us take a stand and support us as we take back our community. Thank you. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -309- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you sir very much. (APPLAUSE) Our next speaker is Richard Drake. Mr. Drake, good evening. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address. RICHARD DRAKE: Good evening. My name is Richard Drake. I live at 3020 Sycamore Avenue SE, Canton. What I have today to talk about is trees and most first is American Electric Power and their.... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Dick I hate to interrupt but we’re getting a feedback here. I’m not sure... RICHARD DRAKE: Is that better? (Microphone badly vibrating) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Point it down. RICHARD DRAKE: How about now? PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Good. We’ll give you some more time. I apologize. RICHARD DRAKE: First I have some pictures of American Electric Power line clearance where they have an emergency and they go in and they clear the trees, the debris and stuff. They leave it on the ground and move on. They say they don’t have to clean it up cause it’s an emergency. So the first picture here is a whole, a whole street line of trees say a half a block and all the brush laying on the roadway so I talked to the guys on the line clearance crew and they said no we don’t have to clean it up. Well the next picture here is a fire hydrant they buried it under the brush so when I made some calls to the right people in American Electric Power Company, guess what, they went back and they cleaned it up. They cleaned it all up after my second call. Now if there would have been a fire and all that debris laying there and they couldn’t get to that fire hydrant, there’d been some helious lawsuits. I have another picture here. These are all in numerical order incidently so you can’t loose place. Another tree that they’ve left a log in the air. Left a hazard so the guy was so irate he left a sign for people to read. Another picture here American Electric Power when they took some beautiful full grown trees and mutilated them. Hack and wack em to death. Most of these pictures you guys have seen them or are aware of them. That’s Market and 30th Street Plaza. Here’s one of 50th Street off of Cleveland on the east side. Some elderly gentleman had his trees cut by Ohio Power and he didn’t like em. A limb fell and hit the house so he had a tree trimmer come in. This is why you need registered tree trimmers, know what their doing. He left stubs all around this man’s property for trees and charged him. Now I’m getting away from American Electric Power and we’re going to go to the trees planted in town. I’ve said before to different people here, the Federal Trade Building, the Ralph D. Regula Building, I have the pictures of the trees that have been planted and there balled and burlapped tied tightly together and they planted them that way so they’re not going to be long lived. And then we’ve got ticking time bombs all over town. A lot of city’s trees biologically they really look good. They’re all green in leaf but, they’re botanically and structurally weak. Here’s one that fell in the park and there’s tons of them ready to fall in there. Then getting to our planting of trees. The city hires all these nurseries. You have a lot confidence in them well, I’m sorry but they’re not planting the trees correctly. Most of them’s all balled and burlapped, they don’t live long and then we have neighborhood groups, bless them all, they try to plant the trees and they’re not making the goal. They’re improperly planted. There’s one that’s got the stake right beside the tree and another stake out from it. It’s falling out of the ground. It’s got a girdling root sticking out of the ground. It wasn’t planted correctly plus it was for nursery stock. When you buy trees you got to look for the healthier stock or you’re going to have a problem when you get those so, what I’m saying is we’re going have to, you guys gonna have to come together and you’re going have to really have an arborist, someone that oversees it all or someone that really COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -310- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 knows what’s going on to go to, to help out on these projects because you invest a lot of money here. I mean trees we need. Well I don’t want to take no more of your time but I think.....(APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much Mr. Drake. Our next speaker is Dene Humphries. Miss Humphries good evening. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address and welcome to Canton City Council. DENE HUMPHRIES: Thank you very much. Protocol has been established and my condolence go out to the Massey and the Moore family as well. I stand here with questions and concern. I’m not real familiar about the Shorb block but I’m always hearing negative things about.... PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: May I ask you to do us one favor. I’m sorry. Just so we have a record, would you give us your name and your residential address. DENE HUMPHRIES: Sure. My name is Dene Humphries and my address is 1536 Robin Court SE. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. I’m very sorry to interrupt you but thanks. DENE HUMPHRIES: That’s OK. And my concern brings me back to the Shorb block. They say we can’t walk down that street or we can’t drive down that street but who’s street is it. It’s our street. We can’t let just one group of teenagers or citizens try to stop us from taking back the streets. We are standing today because we are going out into the community and we are taking back our streets. We don’t want to see another death in this city. It’s not even hot yet, let alone warm and they’re taking our children. What can we do and what must I do to stop that from happening. Not only on the Shorb block but also on Belden, also southeast and the northeast side of town. My biggest question is, are the Police being paid to not patrol the areas or eliminate the crimes in that area. Is there any negative connection with the Police and how can we get the Police to stand on our side of those that want to see things done right in the community. Thank you for your time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) Our last speaker is Donna Shaffer. Miss Shaffer good evening. If you’ll step forward and give us your name and your residential address. And again, I think you’re going to have to turn the microphone just a little bit down. Thank you very much. DONNA SHAFFER: OK, my name’s Donna Shaffer. My address is 1820 Midway Avenue NE. First I’d like to say I’m here in support of the group that I belong to. It’s called Our Movement. It’s headed by Rob Milan, the man that just spoke here recently. I want to give out, I guess some props to Samuel Mohammed for being here from P.E.E.P.S. I see John Perdue from Ohio Gents is here also. Ida Ross-Freeman who is not only a Board Member for the education but also does Project ELSIE. Many people for the Amp Movements. My condolences of course, to Kimberly and her family through that. Several local of our bike organizations are here also tonight. I’ll give a special shout out to them. Destiny’s Movement, I’m not sure if anybody’s here from Destiny’s Movement but they’re keeping the heat on the organizations downtown, the Police, the Mayor, people like that, so I want to give a special shout out to them too and any other organization that I’m missing, I’m sorry that was my main reason for being here. But, since I’m here, the place that I live at has a three way stop. The three way stop, I’m not sure who my Councilman is that works for me but, my three way stop has turned into a drag race strip. There’s a three way stop that nobody pays attention to. Cars go through it 30 mph, blasts through it, don’t stop at the stop signs. I have three children who play there. My fear is that one day there’s going to be an accident there. They’re going to come into our yard. They’re going to hurt me, my COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -311- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 kids, somebody else. Madge Youtz is straight across the street from me. Hundreds of kids go over there and play through the course of the weekend, running back and forth across the streets and one of these times, either a child or somebody else is going to get extremely hurt. That’s what I wanted to come here for tonight so, thank you for your time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) That concludes our Public Speaks. I want to thank all our speakers this evening and again, to the Massey, Moore’s family again, our heartfelt deepest condolences to you on the loss. We do hear what you’re saying, unfortunately we live in very violent times. We’re trying to do the best we can. I can assure you the Mayor is, the administration, the Police Department. There’s a real lack of resources unfortunately in our country. We seem to believe that we can rebuild nations thousands of miles from here and spend billions of dollars a year but our local urban areas don’t deserve the same consideration so, we do hear you. We hope you come back, by the way. You’ve made some very good points. Sometimes it takes a lot of attention, press attention, public attention to get a response and I see a lot of faces frankly that I have never seen here. So we welcome you. We hope you come here. This is your Chamber. This is your Chamber and we are interesting in hearing what you have to say and we’re interested in hearing also what your ideas are to change the communities in which we all live. You know a death anywhere in Canton is a death to the entire city. It’s not just black. It’s not just white. It’s not just religious. We don’t want to see this happen on our streets so I want to thank you again for coming and I extend on behalf of Council and I know the administration, our heartfelt recommendation that you come back and keep us informed. And we’ll be out there if you, if you schedule us we’ll be there and we’ll come wherever you want us to be but, thank you again for your words. INFORMAL RESOLUTIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Moving now to Informal Resolutions. We’re now under Informal Resolutions. Madame Clerk would you please read Resolution 34 by title. #34. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE: REQ CONFIRMATION OF APPT OF KYLE QUILLEN TO SYSTEMS PLANNING BD RETRO FROM 4/1/12 - 3/31/14. - ADOPTED PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Resolution 34. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you vote on Resolution 34. Any remarks? Hearing none by voice vote, all those in favor signify by saying aye, those opposed no. NO REMARKS RESOLUTION #34 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: The ayes have it. The motion carries. The Resolution is adopted. COMMUNICATIONS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Let the journal show that all the Communications are received as read. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -312- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 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 APRIL 23, 2012. 179. COLE, J, CNCL-AT-LG & MACK, E, WARD 8 CNLMBR: REQ DRAFT OF LEGISLATION THAT IMPOSES A 180 DAY MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW INTERNET SWEEPSTAKES CAFES & SKILL GAME ARCADES WITHIN CITY. - JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 180. MAYOR HEALY: REQ APPRVL OF APPT OF JOHN STRAUSS TO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BD TO FILL VACANT SEAT THAT WILL EXPIRE 12/31/14. - PERSONNEL COMMITTEE 181. MAYOR HEALY: REQ APPRVL OF APPT OF KEVIN KENNARD TO STARK COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION RETRO 4/1/12 - 3/31/15. - PERSONNEL COMMITTEE 182. MAYOR HEALY: ADVISING OF APPT OF KEVIN KENNARD TO CANTON CITY PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENCING 4/1/12 - 3/31/17. - REVISED & FILED 183. OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: RECEIPT OF RPT & REVIEW OF STARK COUNTY APPLICATION FOR PROPOSED WATER LINE EXTENSION FOR LEXINGTON FARMS. - RECEIVED & FILED ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR FIRST READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: We are 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 please read the First Reading Ordinance by title.. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK TIMBERLAKE TO READ ORDINANCES #1 THROUGH #5 FOR THEIR FIRST READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #1. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH TAYLOR CHEVROLET FOR THE PURCHASE OF 12 2012 CHEVROLET POLICE CRUISERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $387,756.00, TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH TAYLOR CHEVROLET FOR THE PURCHASE OF 4 2012 CHEVROLET DETECTIVE VEHICLES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $119,868.00, TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH GERMAIN FORD FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2012 FORD E350 CARGO VAN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,199.00, AND TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THESE VEHICLES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $48,000.00 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Public Property Capital Improvement Committee #2. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO: FILE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2011 AND 2012 CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLANS FOR THE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -313- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 CITY OF CANTON’S HOMELESS EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (HESG) PROGRAM FKA EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT PROGRAM; TO REVISE AND/OR AMEND THE 2011 AND 2012 CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLANS AND HESG BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 PHASE II AND FISCAL YEAR 2012; TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH SUCCESSFUL NON-PROFIT AGENCIES WHO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND MEET THE STRICT HESG REQUIREMENTS; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Community & Economic Development Committee PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And by the way ladies and gentleman, just so you know, you’re not going to offend us. We’re going through the rest of the business. If you would like to stay, at the end of the meeting all the Council Members may address your issues, so you’re welcome to stay. You’re not going to insult us if you have things to do at home or in your community so, you don’t have to stay. I just want you know that. If you just leave quietly that’s all we ask. So we’re on Ordinance 3. #3. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND/OR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO; ESTABLISH A HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM UTILIZING HOME PROGRAM FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $240,000.00, ADOPT THE HOME PROGRAM POLICY MANUAL AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION STANDARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) FOR CANTON’S HOME PROGRAMS, TO REVISE AND/OR AMEND CANTONS’ HOME PROGRAM TO CONFORM TO ANY CHANGES ADOPTED BY HUD IN THE FUTURE; TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH LOW AND MODERATE INCOME APPLICANTS WHO APPLY FOR REHAB ASSISTANCE AND MEET THE STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOME PROGRAM; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Community & Economic Development Committee #4. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE CONSOLIDATION OF LOTS 3052 THRU 3059, 39670, 40166 THRU 40176, 40207 THRU 40211, 6519 THRU 6521 AND PARTS OF OUT LOTS 82 AND 83; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (NW CORNER OF 5TH ST SW & CECIL CT) Referred to Public Safety & Thoroughfares Committee #5. (1ST RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO PERMIT AMERICAN DEMOLITION, INC. TO REMOVE RAIL, TIES AND BALLAST AGGREGATE FROM A RAILROAD SPUR AT THE TREATMENT FACILITY OF THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY AT NO CHARGE TO THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY Referred to Environmental & Public Utilities Committee PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: And that concludes First Reading Ordinances. ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR SECOND READING COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -314- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Turning now to Ordinances for their Second Readings. Madame Clerk will you please begin with Ordinance #6. NOTE: PRESIDENT SCHULMAN CALLED UPON CLERK TIMBERLAKE TO READ ORDINANCES #6 THROUGH #10 FOR THEIR SECOND READING BY TITLE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AS FOLLOWS: #6. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY OF CANTON ECONOMIC GROWTH INITIATIVE; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. Oh, sorry. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: No problem. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Just making sure you’re awake. CLERK TIMBERLAKE: No problem. #7. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 29/2012; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY #8. (2ND RDG) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS INTO A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF COLLECTING OUTSTANDING CITY DEBTS; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY #9. (2ND RDG) TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,600,000.00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO PAY A COURT-APPROVED SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY (PIROLOZZI) #10. (2ND RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 61/2012 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CANTON MERCHANDISING & PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE RETAIL SALE OF MERCHANDISE; AUTHORIZING THE AUDITOR TO ESTABLISH THE 2460 CANTON MERCHANDISING/PROMO FUND; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 220/2011; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Now that I’m awake, Leader. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -315- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we suspend Statutory Rules on Ordinance 10. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you suspend the Statutory Rule for Ordinance #10. Are there any remarks? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 1 NAYS (MEMBER FISHER VOTED NAY) CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Eleven yeas, one nay Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Motion carries. Leader you’ve heard the three readings. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 10. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 10. Any remarks? MEMBER FISHER: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Fisher. MEMBER FISHER: As I said in the Committee, at Committee hearing, you know, this nice product, you know, I don’t have any issues with that but, we’re facing the steep budget cuts from the state, you know, we’ve got short falls in the Police Department and everywhere else. You know, $25,000.00 represents the salary of one cop. One rookie cop comes in at $25,000.00. I just, I can’t support it. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Member Fisher. Any other remarks? Hearing none, Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 11 YEAS, 1 NAYS (MEMBER FISHER VOTED NAY) CLERK TIMBERLAKE: (After going part way through roll call) I’m sorry Babcock, I skipped you. I took a brief nap for a minute. Sorry. (Completes roll call) Eleven yeas, one nay Mr. President. #10 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 61/2012 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -316- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. Ordinance 10 is adopted. ORDINANCES & FORMAL RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD AND FINAL READING PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Moving now to Ordinances and Formal Resolutions for their Third and Final Reading and vote. Can you begin please with Ordinance 11. #11. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 62/2012 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE FAIR MARKET 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 (SHARON BENDER, PARCEL #02-29786 ON LOUISIANA AVENUE NW) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 11. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 11. Any remarks? 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. 62/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. Ordinance 11 is adopted. Ordinance #12. #12. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 63/2012 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE FAIR MARKET 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 (LATONYA WALKER, PARCEL #02-85789 ON OBY PLACE NW) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 12. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -317- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 12. Any remarks? Hearing none.... MEMBER CIRELLI: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member Cirelli. Sorry. MEMBER CIRELLI: We have Mr. Fonda Williams explain if he’s fine with this Ordinance please. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Mr. Williams, do you mind. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILLIAMS: Mr. President, each one of the Ordinances are written into the affirmative. After Council votes on this legislation assuming that you vote in the affirmative to agree to it, we will do the necessary background check before it’s finalized. MEMBER CIRELLI: Thank you sir and thank you Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Member Cirelli. Any other....(microphone vibrating) ...thank you Director. 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. #12 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 63/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance #12 is adopted. Ordinance #13 please. #13. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 64/2012 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGE OF THE DEMOLITION LIEN, ASSESSMENT, PENALTY AND INTEREST ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 712 HOOVER PLACE N.W.; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (PARCEL #02-24742) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 13. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 13. Any remarks under this Ordinance? Hearing none Madame Clerk roll call vote please. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -318- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas Mr. President. #13 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 64/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance #13 is adopted. Ordinance #14 please. #14. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 65/2012 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND CONSENTING TO THE REPAIRING AND UPGRADING OF LIGHT TOWERS, UNDERPASS LIGHTING AND CONTROL CENTER ON I-77 UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE OF OHIO; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 14. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 14. Any remarks? 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. 65/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance 14 is adopted. Ordinance 15 please. #15. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 66/2012 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AGREEMENT WITH BURGESS & NIPLE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $171,700.00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPARING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR A CITY OF CANTON WATER, SEWER AND STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON 37TH STREET N.W.; AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 220/2011; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 15. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -319- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 15. Any remarks? 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. 66/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. Ordinance 15 is adopted. Ordinance 16 please. #16. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 67/2012 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NO. 100/2011, AS AMENDED, THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND SALARIES FOR MANAGEMENT AND NON-BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF CANTON; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (POSITION GROUP 20WT, ADMIN ASST III - WATER DEPT) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 16. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that you adopt Ordinance 16. Any remarks? Hearing none Madame Clerk roll call vote please. NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 9 YEAS, 3 NAYS (MEMBERS CIRELLI, HAWK AND MORRIS VOTED NAY) CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Nine yeas, three nays Mr. President. #16 ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 67/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. Motion carries. Ordinance 16 is adopted. Ordinance #17 please. #17. (3RD RDG) ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE NO. 68/2012 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 220/2011; AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY (AUDITOR - ADMINISTRATION - PERSONNEL $100,000.00) COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -320- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adopt Ordinance 17. MEMBER BARTON: 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. 68/2012 PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Ordinance #17 is adopted. ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Moving now to Announcement of Committee meetings. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Leader. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Public Property Capital Improvement will meet April 30th at 6:30. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. MEMBER BARTON: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Barton. MEMBER BARTON: Personnel Committee will meet same time, same place. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Member Smith. MEMBER BABCOCK: Mr. President. MEMBER SMITH: Community Development same time, same place. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. MEMBER BABCOCK: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Babcock. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -321- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 MEMBER BABCOCK: Environmental and Public Utilities will meet the same time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Any other announcements? Yes, Member Cirelli. MEMBER CIRELLI: Public Safety and Thoroughfare will meet at the same time. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much. Anything else? MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Turning now to Miscellaneous Business. Is there any? MEMBER WEST: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member West. MEMBER WEST: Yes, I’d like to thank several departments for their participation in B-Earth Day this Saturday. As everybody knows, it was raining, very, very cold but we got down there at Nimisilla Park and planted a lot of flowers. We had about 20 volunteers and, but the Street Department helped out by giving us some equipment. Park Department bought us the paint. Project ReBuild dropped off equipment, hammers and nails. CTCC sent out a crew of their men and the Community Services helped us out a lot so we appreciate all the people that were involved in that movement. And then on Tuesday, next Tuesday will be continuing to paint that fence so if there’s anybody interested in getting a little paint on their hands, come on out at Nimisilla Park on Tuesday. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Mr. West. SAFETY DIRECTOR REAM: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Member Cirelli. I’m sorry, Director Ream. SAFETY DIRECTOR REAM: I would like to take a moment to ensure this Council and also citizens in the audience and in our community that for several years now, the number one priority in our Police Department has been the reduction of violence. It tears at the fabric of our community. We recognize it. We realize it and we commit as many resources as possible with the reduction of violence in this community. We will continue to do that. Are there obstacles that we’re faced with that we must overcome, absolutely. I would like to personally thank the Massey family and Moore family for coming to the administration prior to this Council meeting and the dialog that we were able to have and the understandings and information that we shared back and forth. I think it’s healthy that we were able to do that and communicate in that fashion and I can assure you that Chief Lawver is fully behind me when I say that we will continue down this road to keep this community as safe as possible. We don’t condone the violence and we’ll do everything in our efforts to minimize it wherever and whenever we can. Thank you. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you very much Director. Member Cirelli. MEMBER CIRELLI: Thank you Mr. President. You know it’s that time of the year that everybody’s getting out, fixing up their yards and fixing up to help the neighbors and what have you and the Neighborhood Groups are having groups getting out and cleaning up the neighborhoods. Well not everybody gets the newspaper or the internet but there is a strange phenomenon that some people are finding pleasure out of doing, is they’re taking COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -322- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 plastic bottles and they’re putting certain chemical in there and foil and what have you, then closing the lid and if somebody goes to pick this up and has it in their hand, it actually becomes a bomb. So, I’m just wanting, want to make sure the community is forewarned not, if you see that, please notify the Police is what I’ve been told because it can, you know, injure somebody. It could even cause a death and I’ve, it’s coming this way because I’ve heard of this in the Akron area and things trickle down unfortunately but I think we should be extra cautious. You’ll never be, it’s better safe than sorry so I just wanted to bring that up to everybody that’s, cause I know some of the other Council Members too like Mr. West was working with his group at Nimisilla. We don’t want to see anything bad happen to any of, anybody in this community. I just wanted to apprise of that. Thank you sir. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you. Any other remarks? MEMBER BARTON: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member Barton. MEMBER BARTON: I have a couple of things. First and foremost I want to extend mine and my families condolences to the family and friends of Anthony Moore and just know that you’re in my families prayers. With that being said, second I have with mixed emotions, I respectfully resign my position as Council Member for Ward 7 for the city of Canton effective at midnight tonight as I have accepted the position as the IT Director for the city of Canton. Why I say I have mixed emotions, I will leave on sad, I’m sad to leave Council behind. This has been a big part of my life for the past three terms but I’m also excited as I look forward to the opportunities that lay before me and the IT Department for the city in hopes that we can do some great things for our city. With that being said, I’d like to that the constituents of Ward 7 that have put me in this position for the last three elections. I’m forever humble to them. Second of all I’d like to thank the past and present Members of Council that I’ve had the pleasure of working with in one capacity or another. I especially would like to thank Member Prater who is a former Council Member that talked me into running for this position, as well as Member Babcock who was always there when I had questions. To Member Dougherty who sat with me on the other side and who I’ve always looked to for guidance and I know that under his leadership that this Council will be stronger than ever. Second of all, I’d like to thank the ladies in the office at Council because I know that they’re the ones that make us look good and I know they’ve always made me look good and I appreciate everything they’ve done for me. And last, well I don’t want to say last, next I would like to thank the administration for the opportunity that lays before me. Last I would like to thank my family and in particular my wife, who’s here this evening. As she has stood behind me through many things and she is standing behind me in this next chapter that I plan to undertake and with that being said, I want to say thank you again for the opportunity and while I won’t be in Council, don’t be surprised if don’t see me in the audience every now and again and I will miss everybody. Thank you. (STANDING OVATION) PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: There must be something about Leader Dougherty, I don’t know what it is, but we are, we are clearly going to miss you Member Barton. You’ve been a, an extraordinary public servant to this city and you will continue to be so, I know that. Mayor did you want to say anything? MAYOR HEALY: Sure. Thank you. Thank you Mr. President and I’d like to welcome Pat Barton as a member of our team and to lead our IT Department. We’ve had a vacancy there and we’re very much looking forward to what you can add to the city of Canton. You’ve served us well and we expect you will continue to do so, so thank you and welcome aboard. MEMBER BARTON: Thank you. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -323- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 MAYOR HEALY: To the Massey family and Moore families, I just want to say, and we did get to talk to some of you privately. We do share with you in our concerns of what’s happening on our streets. We give our condolences and as I mentioned, I can’t even begin to, to imagine what it would feel like to lose a child, my family. But we are doing everything in our power to make sure that those responsible will be brought to justice and to do everything we can to stop this from happening again so, thank you for being here tonight and thank you for sharing with us. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Mayor. Leader Dougherty. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Member Barton you will be missed. I’m going to instruct the Clerk to also get a Resolution together for Member Barton and we’ll have him back at a later date so that we can give him his just dues and maybe by then I think of something really good to say about ya. (LAUGHTER) SERVICE DIRECTOR PRICE: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Director. SERVICE DIRECTOR PRICE: I’ve never had the chance to say this to a sitting City Councilman, hey don’t be late tomorrow. (LAUGHTER) MEMBER BARTON: I’ll be there early. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Any other remarks? Again before we adjourn, thank you ladies and gentlemen for coming down. I hope to see, we all do, hope to see you back soon. As I say, this is your Chamber. We want to hear from you. Leader. MEMBER SMITH: Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Yes, Member Smith. MEMBER SMITH: I also wanted to make some remarks which I’ve been with the family all weekend and as I said at last Monday’s meeting, I certainly hope that we can get this crime under control but I do like to commend the Police Department for your presence over the weekend for the different rallies that was held and so forth and that, you know, made it a lot more safer and we appreciate that and I appreciate everyone coming down. And I really don’t want it to be the last time you come down because we do, we have to stick together in order to make things happen. So thank you so much and you have my sympathy as you all know. God Bless each and every one of you and we’ll be praying for you also. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Member Smith. Thank you very much for all that you do in your community as well as Member West. Leader. MEMBER DOUGHERTY: Mr. President, I move we adjourn. MEMBER BARTON: Seconded. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: It’s been moved and seconded that we adjourn. Madame Clerk roll call vote please. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL 100 JOURNAL PAGE -324- MINUTES OF THE MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 NO REMARKS ROLL CALL 12 YEAS, 0 NAYS CLERK TIMBERLAKE: Twelve yeas Mr. President. PRESIDENT SCHULMAN: Thank you Madame Clerk. Meeting is adjourned. Be careful going home everybody. (Gavel falls) ADJOURNMENT TIME: 8:26 P.M. ATTEST: APRIL 26, 2012 APPROVED: APRIL 26, 2012 CYNTHIA TIMBERLAKE ALLEN SCHULMAN CLERK OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT