Council Meeting

SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF August 19, 2024 Meeting was called to order by Mayor Patrick M. Cadle at 7:00pm. Meeting held at Newcomerstown Municipal Building COUNCIL ATTENDANCE: Susan Little: Present Jan McCune: Present David Shepherd: Present Allen Collins: Present Michael Wise: Present Jay Lambes: Absent DEPARTMENT ATTENDANCE: Street/Parks John Resh: Absent Cemetery Scott Powell: Absent Water: Jared McFarland: Absent Fiscal Officer: Lisa Spillman: Absent Police: Chief Lawson: Absent Solicitor: Mark Perlaky: Present Fire: Jeff Parks: Absent Motion to excuse Jay Lambes due to sickness made by Allen and seconded by David ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Y David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Absent MOTION PASSED COUNCIL MINUTES August 5, 2024: Jan made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 5, 2024 and Allen seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Y David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Absent MOTION PASSED THE VILLAGE’S FINANCIAL REPORT PY15 General fund: $29527.58 Cemetery fund: $3709.43  Police fund: $17944.58 Street fund: $7686.75 State Hwy $131.98 Water fund: $17658.13 Sewer: $21801.64 Fire Fund $2879.59 Street Levy $74640.69 MVL $12.90 Sewer R & I $5093.00 Park: $5962.21 ARPA $2001.54 Total All Funds: $189049.72 PAY ORDINANCE #15: Motion by Jan and seconded by Allen to approve Pay Ordinance #14 in the amount of $189049.72 ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Y David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins:Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Absent MOTION PASSED COMMITTEE REPORTS BUILDINGS & GROUNDS- CHAIRPERSON DAVID SHEPHERD: Planning commission met last Monday and accepted Randy Little’s resignation. Planning commission now has two open seats. SEWER & PUBLIC WORKS & COMMUNITY EVENTS- CHAIRPERSON JAN MCCUNE: Nothing to report FINANCE & LONG-TERM PLANNING- CHAIRPERSON Allen Collins: Nothing to report STREETS, SIDEWALKS & RECREATION- CHAIRPERSON JAY LAMBES: Absent PUBLIC SAFETY & PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL WISE: Nothing to report LEGISLATION & PERSONNEL- CHAIRPERSON SUSAN LITTLE: Had a meeting prior to this and discussed code enforcement DEPARMENT REPORTS: STREET: Absent Approve purchase of Brine Maker at $10,964 minus a $2k discount. Motion to approve purchase made by Michale and seconded by Jan. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Y David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Absent MOTION PASSED CEMETERY: Absent POLICE DEPARTMENT- CHIEF LAWSON: Monthly report: Total incidents -195 Total Reports: 12 Total Arrests: 3 Citations: 22 FISCAL OFFICER- LISA SPILLMAN: Nothing to report WATER/WASTE-WATER – JARED MCFARLAND: Absent FIRE-CHIEF PARKS: We’ve had 10 calls since the last report. The school and preschools have been inspected. Completed Yellow Butterfly inspection with Chief John Bourne of Delaware Valley Fire. PARK: EMERGENCY SERVICES: TRI COUNTY- 42 runs in Newcomerstown MAYOR: The testing results for the Simonds Factory came in. I spoke with the testing company. I will have copies of the mapping sheets to go over on Monday. Vienna Beef was very complimentary of the community during the River Poker Run last weekend. Their people were a great help and loved their Poker Squad green t-shirts. The higher up staff in Chicago has now requested t-shirts for them. The number of kayakers was down, but we had a beautiful day. A rising river (2-3 feet) gave the boaters an extra push. September 5th at the Civic Center, there will be a leadership speaker. NEW BUSINESS: Lot split in the Industrial Park-for access road into the park. Motion to accept lot split made by David and seconded by Allen. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Y David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Absent MOTION PASSED Motion to approve sidewalk application for $755 reimbursement made by Susan and seconded by Allen. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Y  David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Absent MOTION PASSED OLD BUSINESS: SCHEDULE COMMITTEE MEETINGS: OTHER BUSINESS: AUDIENCE: PRESS: N/A ADJOURN: at 7:31 PM, Susan MADE A MOTION AND Jan SECONDED TO ADJOURN UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING ON Tuesday September 3, 2024. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Lisa Spillman, Fiscal Officer Mayor, Patrick M. Cadle