Council Meeting

SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF Monday, February 17, 2025 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: Absent David Shepherd: Present Allen Collins: Present Michael Wise: Present Jay Lambes: Present DEPARTMENT ATTENDANCE: Street/Parks John Resh: Absent Cemetery Scott Powell: Absent Water: Jared McFarland: Present Fiscal Officer: Lisa Spillman: Present Police: Chief Lawson: Absent Solicitor: Mark Perlaky: Present Fire: Jeff Parks: Absent Motion to excuse Jan McCune made by Susan and seconded by Michael. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED COUNCIL MINUTES February 03, 2025: Allen made a motion to approve the minutes from February 3, 2025 and David seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED THE VILLAGE’S FINANCIAL REPORT PY4 General fund: $23196.71 Cemetery fund: $2866.62 Police fund: $15384.67 Street fund: $7129.38  Water fund: $13501.69 Sewer: $23672.86 Street Levy $12119.49 Sewer R & I $5093.00 FIRE $536.49 ARPA $2056.81 Capital Imp $6200.00 Total All Funds: $111757.72 PAY ORDINANCE #4: Motion by Allen and seconded by Michael to approve Pay Ordinance #4 in the amount of $111,757.72 ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED COMMITTEE REPORTS BUILDINGS & GROUNDS- CHAIRPERSON DAVID SHEPHERD: Board of Zoning Appeals met last week and the request for the variance was denied. March 10th is the next planning commission meeting at 6:30pm SEWER & PUBLIC WORKS & COMMUNITY EVENTS- CHAIRPERSON JAN MCCUNE: Absent FINANCE & LONG-TERM PLANNING- CHAIRPERSON Allen Collins: Nothing to report STREETS, SIDEWALKS & RECREATION- CHAIRPERSON JAY LAMBES: Nothing to report PUBLIC SAFETY & PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL WISE: Nothing to report LEGISLATION & PERSONNEL- CHAIRPERSON SUSAN LITTLE: Nothing to report DEPARMENT REPORTS: STREET/PARK: Motion to hire pool managers Darcy Brickles and Megan Parry (both were managers last year) made by Susan and seconded by Allen ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to approve 2018 Honda Pioneer 500 (was budgeted for) made by Allen and seconded by David ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Review quotes for repairs on Canal Street-was tabled until John is at the meeting to explain. CEMETERY: Absent POLICE DEPARTMENT- CHIEF LAWSON: Motion to accept Evan Abrams resignation effective 2/14 made by Michael and seconded by Jay ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to accept Jared Ross resignation effective 2/20 made by Susan and seconded by David. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to accept John Wallace resignation effective 2/27 made by Jay and seconded by Allen. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to approve Opha Lawson to continue to work for 30 days to help transition the new chief into the position made by Allen and seconded by Jay. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED FISCAL OFFICER- LISA SPILLMAN: There will be a fundraiser on March 1st at the Elks for the splash pad. WATER/WASTE-WATER – JARED MCFARLAND: Bids for the N College Sewer Extension project were as follows: Lafferty Contracting - $304,372.50, J.S Bova Excavating-$450,002 (engineer’s estimate was $420,000). Motion to approve Lafferty Contracting as bid made by Michael and seconded by Jay. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y  MOTION PASSED Jared requests a promotion for Scott Wills to be lead operator in distribution. Motion accepted by David and seconded by Allen. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED FIRE-CHIEF PARKS: Absent Motion to accept Travis Goodwill and Corey Meeks resignation from the Fire department made by Susan and seconded by Allen. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED We will be hosting a level 1 training in mid may. EMERGENCY SERVICES: TRI COUNTY- 158 total runs MAYOR: Police Chief interviews have started. We turned in grants for 2 demolitions (Besst Cleaners and Maple St building) and Brownfield Ready grant. The mayor talked about the police meeting and the comments about the Sheriff’s department. He also talked about information shared and the errors made and apologized for the misinformation and assumptions made. NEW BUSINESS: Motion to assign address to 518 W Minden Court made by David and seconded by Allen. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to approve address at 200 N Chestnut Street made by Allen and seconded by Michael. ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to appoint Jim Johnson to open vacant seat on the board of zoning appeals made by David and seconded by Michael ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y  Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to approve 03-25 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to apply for the Ohio Brownfield Grant for the Simonds Tool Company Site made by Susan and second by David ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED Motion to approve pay increase, $3 for patrolman and $1.50 for dispatchers, effective March 2nd made by Allen and seconded by David ROLL CALL: Susan Little: Y Jan McCune: Absent David Shepherd: Y Allen Collins: Y Michael Wise: Y Jay Lambes: Y MOTION PASSED OLD BUSINESS: SCHEDULE COMMITTEE MEETINGS: OTHER BUSINESS: AUDIENCE: John Theibert gave a presentation about Aspen Energy PRESS: N/A ADJOURN: at 7:47 PM, Michael MADE A MOTION AND Allen SECONDED TO ADJOURN UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING ON Monday February 17, 2025. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Lisa Spillman, Fiscal Officer Mayor, Patrick M. 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