City Council

MINUTES CICERO TOWN COUNCIL MEETING January 17, 2012, Town Hall 7:00 PM Cicero Town Hall, 70 N. Byron Street Call To Order: President Brett Foster called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Jan Unger gave prayer. President Foster called for the roll call and the members of the Town Council were present or absent as follows: Present: Jerry Cook Absent: Eric Hayden Brett Foster Kay Hartley Dennis Schrumpf President Foster declared a quorum present. Others Present: Jan Unger, Clerk Treasurer Charlie Cambre, Park Superintendent Pat Comer, Street & Utility Director Dave Hildebrand, Police Chief Steve Peachey, Fire Chief Aaron Culp, Town Attorney Approval of Prior Minutes: Town Council Meeting Minutes, January 3rd, 2012, 7:00 PM – Ms. Hartley made a motion to approve the minutes of January 3rd, 2012. Mr. Schrumpf seconded, motion passed. Approval of Agenda: Mr. Foster added to the agenda: Council To Approve Fire Department Asking For Quotes To Repair Façade On Fire Station; Council To Approve Purchase Of Four Emergency Generators; and Chief Hildebrand to discuss addressing on houses. Mr. Schrumpf made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Mr. Hartley seconded, motion passed. Approval of Claims: Ms. Hartley inquired about the final payment to CAT Excavating and Ms. Unger stated that it was in the claims. Ms. Unger also added that there was a Claim for repair of Major Hunter’s police vehicle that was involved in an accident in the amount of $2,021.98 which was the amount of the insurance check. Someone hit Major Hunter. Mr. Cook made a motion to approve the claims including the repair of the vehicle. Mr. Schrumpf seconded, motion passed. Petitions by Citizens: Barb Brockoff with Friends of the Park, addressed the Council stating that they would like to do the Earth Day cleanup again this year. They have picked April 21st as the cleanup day. They will be providing lunch for the kids, they are expecting around 100, with the assistance of Chick-fil-A and McDonalds. Ms. Brockoff stated that last year went very well and everyone was very happy with the way the Town looked. Ms. Brockoff asked the Council if they would be willing to help support the project by providing T-shirts to the kids and the approximate cost would be $200. Ms. Unger stated that the money could come out of the promotion of town line in her budget. Mr. Cook made a motion to approve the purchase of T-shirts. Ms. Hartley seconded, motion passed. 1 President’s Report: Nothing. Council Committee Reports: Nothing. Legal Counsel Report-John Culp: Nothing. Cicero/Jackson Township Plan Commission Report-Mr. Strong. Annual Report from Cicero/Jackson Township Plan Commission. Written Report: see attached. Town Engineer Report-Mr. Keith Bryant – 1. Jackson Street Pedestrian Walkway – 2. Stringtown Pike Path Written report. See attached. Brett reviewed. Old Business: Council To Approve Fire Department Asking For Quotes To Repair Façade On Fire Station. Ms. Hartley made a motion to approve Chief Peachey proceeding with getting quotes to repair the Façade on the Fire Station. Mr. Schrumpf seconded, motion passed. New Business: Council To Consider Mr. John Culp’s Contract of Employment For 2012. Ms. Hartley inquired if Mr. Culp paid a portion of his health insurance. Ms. Unger stated that he paid the same percent the employee paid, 12%. Ms. Hartley stated that she would like for that to be stated in the contract. Mr. Aaron Culp stated that they also needed to provide the e-verify documents. Mr. Culp stated that he would revise and bring to the next meeting. Ms. Hartley made a motion to approve the Contract with Mr. John Culp contingent on the language including the percentage of insurance Mr. Culp pays and the e-verify documents being completed. Mr. Schrumpf seconded, motion passed. Council To Approve Purchase Of Four Emergency Generators For Fire, Police, Wastewater Lab, and Street Department. Mr. Cook made a motion to approve proceeding with the purchase of four emergency generators at an estimated cost of $600 each from the Federal Surplus. Mr. Schrumpf seconded, motion passed. Miscellaneous Business Police Chief Hildebrand informed the Council that they would be sending out notices to residents with inadequate addresses on their homes. Chief Hildebrand stated that Fire Chief Peachey had prepared a letterhead to include all of the department logo’s including the Town’s and that the letter would focus on the safety issue of not having proper addressing. The address is for their protection and public safety. Ms. Hartley stated that she and Ms. Unger attended the live after 5 at Kid Again store. Ms. Hartley stated that the store had very nice merchandise in good condition and a good selection. Very nice. Comments from the Public 2  Jim Schneider also attended the live after 5 and agreed that it was a very nice store. Mr. Schneider addressed the Council stating that he would like to encourage them to consider dredging the area around the public docks while they were working on the Causeway project. Mr. Schneider thought this would help to keep the debris out of that area. He realized that there would need to be permits from the water company to do this. Mr. Comer stated that he would talk with Mr. Bryant. There was a discussion which included the possibility of also needing a permit from IDEM and the Army Corp of Engineers. Signatures on Official Documents! Ms. Hartley made a motion to adjourn the Town Council Meeting. Mr. Cook seconded. Motion to adjourn passed. __________________________ Brett S. Foster – President __________________________ Jerry G. Cook- Vice-President __________________________ Sylvia Kay Hartley _______________________ Eric C. Hayden __________________________ Dennis D. Schrumpf Attested:__________________________ Jan Unger, Clerk Treasurer Note: The Next Cicero Town Council Meeting will be on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 @ 7:00 PM at the Cicero Town Hall. 3 Paul Munoz Director C/JT Plan Commission January 17th, 2011 Regarding: Year End Report for 2011 Below is the yearend report for the Cicero/Jackson Township Plan Commission. Building Permits: 188 Totals: 2009 (110 permits)/ 2010 (136 permits) New Homes: 26 Totals: 2009 (20 New Homes)/2010 (14 New Homes) Inspections: 269 Violations: 53 Totals: 2010 (33 Violations) Variance Requests: 46 Total: 2010 (40 Variances/Dockets) 16 (AROD Sign Approval) 7 (Minor Subdivision) 14 (Development Standards Variances) 5 (Land Use Variance) 2 (Special Exception) 2 (Subdivision Control Variance) Total Permits Cicero Permits for 2011: 119 Permits 58% 2010: 59% of permits JT Permits for 2011: 69 Permits 42% 41% of permits Total Permits for 2011: 188 Permits 2011 Revenue: $64,077.17 2010: $42,962.64 Storm Water Contribution: + $10,000.00 $10,628.00 2011 Expenses: - $85,013.98 $89,503.06 Total Deficit: $10,936.81 $35,912.42 42% of deficit to Jackson Township: $4593.46 2010: $14,724.09 58% of deficit to Town of Cicero: $6343.35 $21,188.33 Please contact the office if you have any questions. Sincerely, Paul Munoz Paul Munoz Director 4 Paul Munoz Director C/JT Plan Commission January 17th, 2011 Regarding: Quarterly report for the 4th quarter Below is the quarterly report for the Cicero/Jackson Township Plan Commission. Building Permits: 61 New Homes: 9 Inspections: 71 Variance Requests: 16 3 (AROD Sign Approval) 3(Minor Subdivision) 7 (Development Standards Variances) 1 (Land Use Variance) 1 (Special Exception) 1 (Subdivision Control Variance) Please contact the office if you have any questions. Thanks Sincerely, Paul Munoz Paul Munoz Director 5 6 7 8 9