City Council Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingTallmadge, OH · August 25, 2022
Minutes
COUNCIL MEETING
Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. August 25, 2022
1. CALL TO ORDER. President of Council Loughry called the Council meeting of Thursday, August
25, 2022, to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. Opening Prayer & Pledge of Allegiance:
Prayer: Pastor Phil Anderson, Bethel Church of Tallmadge.
Pledge of Allegiance: Kourtney Moyer, 5th Grade Student at Tallmadge Elementary School.
3. Roll Call: Mrs. Allman, Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic, Mrs. Gutman, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak
– present.
4. Correcting and Adopting the Previous Meeting Minutes:
8-11-22 Council Meeting Minutes
Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of the 8-11-22 Council meeting minutes. Seconded Mrs.
Kilway.
Pres. of Council: Any discussion on the minutes?
Mr. Bozic: I have one correction. It is just a spelling error where it says “patch” and it should say
“path.”
Pres. of Council: Do we need another motion or can we adopt them as amended.
Dir. of Law: You will need a motion to accept the amendment.
Pres. of Council: Can I have a motion to amend the minutes.
Mr. Sisak: So moved. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Roll Call: Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic, Mrs. Gutman, Mrs.
Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Mrs. Allman – unanimous.
Pres. of Council: Can one vote be sufficient for both the amendment and the adoption?
Dir. of Law: If you adopted them as amended.
The 8-11-22 amended Council meeting minutes were adopted by a vote of 7-0.
5. Financial Reports: None.
6. Public Hearings: None.
7. Community Input:
Pres. of Council: This is the time in the meeting where we allow anybody that would like to
address Council for up to 2 minutes can do so. Would anyone like to do that this evening?
No one responded.
8. Agenda Additions:
o Certificate of Appreciation - David Smith, Headmaster from Cornerstone Christian
School - Presented by Craig Sisak.
Mr. Sisak: I met this honoree about 8 years ago through a mutual friend. He was representing
Cornerstone Community School which was relatively new to Tallmadge. As Cornerstone outgrew
its location in Stow, they purchased the old Overdale School building from Tallmadge City Schools
about 10 years ago to relocate to the City of Tallmadge.
Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, our recipient attended Wickliffe High School. He met his wife
in kindergarten but waited to propose to her for a few years. After high school, David attended
Grove City College and graduated with a BA in history. He went on to obtain his master’s degree
in education which took him into teaching in a classroom setting for over a decade.
David joined Cornerstone Community School 8 years ago as Principal and recently named
Headmaster.
He married his kindergarten classmate Beth, and they celebrate 20 years of marriage this year.
They have three children, Ben is 13 who attends CVCA, Kaylee is 12 and she attends Super
Learning Center and Justin is 11 and attends Cornerstone. The Smith family also resides in
Tallmadge.
Under David’s leadership Cornerstone has experienced 30% growth in its enrollment. Currently
sitting at just over 130 students. I am happy to have Cornerstone Community School as a viable
organization and business in our community and I am thankful for David’s leadership.
o City Department Presentation: None.
Pres. of Council: We have none this evening.
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9. Reports of Administrative Officers:
a. Mayor/Director of Economic Development:
• I will start off with Overdale School. I graduated Overdale about 50 years ago and it is great
to see that one of our buildings still standing. It was K-6th and then the Middle School was
7th thru 9th and then the High School was 10, 11 and 12th.
• I had the opportunity to swear in Dennis Eichler as the new Captain for the Tallmadge
Police Department.
• Also, this week was the Employee Service Awards luncheon. This is the group of
honorees going from 5 years to 47 years with Chief Passarelli having the 47 years of tenure
with the City of Tallmadge.
• Summit County Zoo has their appreciation day, and it is September 1st through the 30th.
You go on-line to get tickets and the limit is 4 tickets.
• The Tallmadge Fire Department. As you can see, it almost looks the same as it did last
Council meeting, but they are starting the exterior cement. They are on the back side
working on some of the cement.
The office area, the sleeping quarters; we call it the main quarters, it is all drywalled, painted
and has the drop ceilings, the grids are in, and they are starting to pad it out. They still have
to do the inspections for some of these above ceiling. The light fixtures are in and so that
living quarters side is really moving along. The garage doors are scheduled to come
September 8th.
We are anticipating moving the guys over by the end of September so we can start tearing
down the front building and doing the front parking lot. The detention pond will be in the
next phase once we get the old fire station torn down.
• The period for the applications for Fire Chief were closed. We did receive 10 applicants.
The screening committee made up of Jonathon Bollas from Council, Tom Kott from Civil
Service, and Dr. Cooper was there and they met and whittled it down to the 5 members that
will move on to the leadership testing assessment center.
• I want to make a public announcement and thank Service Director Rorar. The Circle is
looking phenomenal. The work that has been done through his leadership with the concrete
and the sidewalk is phenomenal. I really want to say thank you for all of the work on it and
we will think about that guardrail one of these days. End of report.
b. Director of Administration/Director of Safety: Dr. Cooper is under the weather tonight.
c. Director of Public Service:
• Just wanted to mention the Circle Fest on August 13th. It was a great event in every
aspect. It ran well and thanks to the Chamber for putting that event on. A special thanks
to our sponsors, Serpentini is shown here.
• Some news that I don’t like to talk about, but I want to say it because September 1 st will be
the first bill with the full increase of the sanitary sewer. We started pushing this out in
February and letting everybody know. This is a copy of a bill. Every bill since February has
had this little box on it stating that May 1 st was when the 16% increase occurred and keep
in mind that we are a pass-through community meaning that we don’t treat our own sanitary
sewer. In 2021 Akron presented us with a 34% increase to all master meter communities
and that is the pass-through and we negotiated it down to 28.5% increase with a 3.5%
annual and that is where the 32 comes from. The City has decided to split that 32% over
two years as you can see on that chart. On May 1 st we have 16% and on January 1 is
another 16% and you can see on the map that it is two different rates there even though it
is the same 16%, everybody to the left of the red line is on the Summit County residential
and everybody to the right is on the Akron . . . I have that backwards; everybody to the right
is on the Summit County residential and everybody on the left is on the Akron line and so
you can see that it is an increase unfortunately it is substantial but I wanted to let everybody
know and wanted to go over that because September 1 st is the first time that everybody is
going to see that first full three months of that increase. So, you might be getting phone
calls and we still have it on our website just so everybody knows why it is there. End of
report unless there are any questions.
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Mr. Bozic: I have one question. You had mentioned that Tallmadge is pass-
through. Have we ever looked at treating our own within the City?
Dir. of Pub. Service: At the end of the day, I’m sure that has been kicked around
over the years. I don’t think the real estate is available and it would be very costly
and right now not allowed.
Mayor: You would not be allowed to have your own treatment facility since there
is one in the region for that. Tallmadge used to have one back in Indian Hills Park.
There was a treatment area over there and then DOES came in and that is how
the Summit County sewer side was created going along the Maca Ditch all the way
over . . . it ends up at Fishcreek down Northeast Avenue and down underneath the
railroad track bridge and the river.
Mr. Bozic: Obviously we are tied to the 32% but I guess what can we do . . . could
the citizens put together something; a petition let’s say, to say that this 32%; we
are not paying it.
Mayor: No, they really can’t do that. We can shut their service off to their
residence but if the sewer is in front of your house you would have to get rid of the
sewage in front of your house.
Dir. of Pub. Service: So, at the end of the day we are doing some things in-house
where we are cleaning the lines and making sure everything is flowing better and
making sure that the flow is correct and so you can do that at home as well. It is
difficult to say watch using the water supply because that is what it is based on,
but there again, you have to watch what is going down the toilet. You would be
surprised what we are pulling out and those contaminants rack up the points as
well and the City has been doing a really good job in cleaning the meters that rate
the flow and making sure that they are correct and we do that on a monthly basis
right now which we have not done before, but the last few years we started doing
that anticipating this. People’s downspouts and sump pumps that are going into
the system; that is not correct. They are not supposed to tie into the sanitary
system and so there again that is gallonage that is being recorded.
Mr. Sisak: I think it was a year or two ago that we did a master meter study as
well and calibration; didn’t we do that over on West Avenue?
Dir. of Law: Right. To be very clear, we have spent a lot of time and energy to
do everything we can as these renegotiations had come up and we worked in
conjunction with the other non-Akron master meter communities to bring in experts
to see exactly what we could do to reduce that fee as much as possible. Quite
frankly, all of those things helped us to be able to negotiate down to that lower rate.
I want to make sure that you all know that we have been very proactive in trying to
do everything possible to minimize that as much as possible.
Mayor: Let me add just one thing so you understand it. Everything right of that
red line; your sewer bill is based off of the amount of water you use in your house.
Everything from the red line going west to the left of that is to a master meter down
on Brittain Road. And we reduced the I&I and removed multiple feet of the trunk
lines going through the wetlands, the Potomac/Swank; we spent thousands and
thousands of dollars lining to reduce I&I because the more we reduce I&I that
master meter reading is reduced. Darrell has done a phenomenal job down there
at the master meter making sure it is calibrated on a monthly basis to . . . one
quarter inch of the meter that it is on, that is a couple thousand dollars and so he
is cleaning it out non-stop and it has really paid off in dividends and that is how we
were able to get such a low rate, even though you think it high, he has done a great
job doing that.
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Dir. of Pub. Service (Cont’d.) D.O.E.S. is based off of your water consumption
and the other side is based off of the master meter.
Mr. Bollas: What are the rating terms? Is it one year, or when are negotiations
back up for the existing agreement once it expires.
Dir. of Law: So, the master meter agreement is a long-term agreement and then
they have the ability to adjust it every 4 years. So, it will be adjusted again. They
have to do it based on the formula that is in the contract and the formula is very
complicated.
Pres. of Council: Our water agreement is due to be renegotiated within a year
and a half; is that correct?
Dir. of Finance: I think it is up in 2025 actually.
Pres. of Council: We were looking at simplifying all of our commercial billing rates
because we had like 30 different formulas, and I have never heard of that being
done.
Dir. of Finance: We are in the process of . . . it is just no commercial rates, its
every rate of the whole entire City. We are in the process of having a rate study
that we previously had and have updated and reviewed in addition to looking at
the whole entire code that is associated with utilities and collections.
Pres. of Council: Do we have a timeline or expectation or a hope for?
Dir. of Pub. Service: Hopefully it is done before that. I am going to say by next
June.
Mrs. Gutman: I just wanted to question Mr. Rorar. You were talking about the
contaminants and raising rates. Do you have any info sheets or anything that you
could send my way that would explain that a little more?
Dir. of Pub. Service: Sure. They measure the amount of pollutants that is in there
and it is called FOG; fat, oil and grease and so every bit of fat, oil and grease that
you put down your drain costs us more money.
d. Dir. of Finance: Thank you. I don’t have anything exciting.
e. Dir. of Law: Thank you. I have no report this evening.
10. Reports of Standing Committees of Council of the Whole:
a. Planning and Zoning
Carol Kilway, Chair
Rebecca Allman, Vice Chair
The Planning & Zoning Committee deals with land use, zoning, conditional uses,
planning, economic and community development, and public property.
Mrs. Kilway: I call the Planning & Zoning Committee to order. We have no legislation
before us at this time. Is there anything else to come before Planning & Zoning tonight?
Mayor: There is one item on Planning & Zoning for September 1st.
i. Additional Items: None.
Mr. Sisak: I have a question. There was something proposed as a living city farm, and
they were going to put a fruit stand out front. Did they fall off or . . .
Dir. of Law: They had to come and get approval. They had to do it in order to meet the
requirements under our roadside stands. They ended up compromising on the variance
and so it was allowed to be in place, but it is not in place. It has to be under the certain
conditions that were approved which I can’t remember all of them, but some of that was
just like it had to be set back behind . . .
Mr. Sisak: Did it come before Council though?
Dir. of Law: No.
Mr. Sisak: It didn’t need it.
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Dir. of Law: It was not a change in use, it was just a variance because of the roadside
stands.
Mr. Bozic: One question is if there is a sale of a commercial property; does that have to
go through the City anyway and how we monitor and keep track of properties.
Dir. of Law: So, it doesn’t have to go through the City if it keeps the same use. They do
need to get a zoning certificate. So, they will come in and get like a Certificate of
Occupancy typically. Occasionally there will be people that don’t realize that they should
come and get that and basically that is acknowledging what the underlying use is and so
then the Zoning Department lets them know they can do that and they do that and there is
a process where they are purchasing and then they are changing the site plan or . . . then
they would go in front of Planning & Zoning.
The zoning stays with the property. Ownership is not relevant, however, there are other
ways in which . . . like the utilities would need to change and typically that is how we would
come to know that they needed to change and get their zoning in order, but other than that,
it is usually based on the water bill changing.
Pres. of Council: So, when I was Economic Developer, the County would make me aware
and then the commercial realtors and so they would let me know, but then the third and
probably the key thing is that all school districts monitor those sales very closely and they
have an attorney that they contract with and that is what that attorney does and so I would
become aware through that process.
Mayor: One other thing on our website, all commercial properties that are listed in the City
of Tallmadge are listed on our website and I monitor those. I think right now there are 30+
on there right now that if they sell, we update it and that is through a program that we are
a part of.
Mr. Bozic: The second part of my question is do we have a requirement or any kind of
like special event certificates or requirements for special events for example like the
Garden Brothers Circus up at the Fairgrounds?
Dir. of Law: So, the fairgrounds is own separate thing and they communicate with the
safety forces and they usually coordinate any extra needs like that and they are also
running through the Fire Department for Fire Marshal checks and things like that and so
the fairgrounds is its own kind of thing because it is allowed under the Ohio Revised Code
and it operates as its own entity and so it is a little bit unique.
Mr. Bozic: So, does the City have like a special event application process or anything like
that?
Dir. of Law: Again, it would depend on what it is and what the circumstances are.
Mrs. Kilway: Anything else to come before Planning & Zoning at this time? Hearing none,
I will close committee.
b. Finance
Craig Sisak, Chair
Jonathon Bollas, Vice Chair
The Finance Committee deals with budget, appropriations, and reappropriations,
bonds, franchises, investments, and expenditures.
i. Second Reading of Ordinances and Resolutions
A. Ord. 2022-63 – Appropriating funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and
providing for immediate enactment.
Sponsors: Mayor Kline
Dir. of Finance Gilbride
Councilperson Sisak
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Mr. Sisak: I would like to call the Finance Committee to order. We have a 2nd
Reading of Ord. 2022-63. The ordinance was read into the record. Does anyone have
any comments on the items that we are planning to pursue with the first portion of our
process?
Mr. Loughry: I am just appreciative for what you guys are doing. I like the two-step
process and once we start doing Phase I hope it will get the community to offer different
suggestions for the other money.
Mr. Sisak: I think we will leave this at 2nd Reading to give this as much input and feed-
back as possible.
B. Ord. 2022-65 – Authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for
bids and the Mayor to enter into a contract for the maintenance or removal
of trees and providing for immediate enactment.
Sponsor: Dir. of Public Service Rorar
Mr. Sisak: We also have Ord. 2022-65. The ordinance was read into the record. Mr.
Service Director?
Dir. of Pub. Service: We can actually go another reading. It is just some . . . we have
to do this by the end of the year.
Mr. Sisak: Does anyone want to make a motion since this is housekeeping?
Mrs. Kilway: I move to adopt Ord. 2022-65. Seconded Mr. Bozic. Roll Call: Mr. Bozic,
Mrs. Gutman, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Bollas – unanimous.
Ord. 2022-65 is adopted by a vote of 7-0.
C. Ord. 2022-66 – Authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for
bids and the Mayor to enter into a contract for sewer line repair and pro-
viding for immediate enactment.
Sponsor: Dir. of Public Service Rorar
Mr. Sisak: We also have Ord. 2022-66. The ordinance was read into the record.
Dir. of Pub. Service: This is the same; it has to be done by the end of the year.
Mrs. Kilway: I move to adopt Ord. 2022-66. Seconded Mr. Bozic. Roll Call: Mrs. Gutman,
Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic – unanimous. Ord.
2022-66 is adopted by a vote of 7-0.
ii. Additional Items: None.
Mayor: Just to let Council know, we are knee-deep in the budget process. We started our
first budget hearing with Parks and Rec and so that went a couple hours this morning and
so we are just plugging away.
Mr. Bollas: So, with the ARPA projects, as you were going through the budget workshops,
are like the schedules and manpower needed to do any of those projects; is that factored
into the budget for next year?
Mayor: The ARPA projects? The numbers that are in there; we bid out those things which
includes the labor.
Dir. of Finance: Right. We will likely, in the budgetary process, we are appropriating all
of the money for all those projects in the ARPA fund this year, but some of them are actually
going to have to carry into next year so you will see in the budget process we will have to
go through and determine what we can actually get started right away versus what will be
also included into next year’s budgets but I think what you will find with the majority of those
projects; those are not going to be City labor necessarily conducting any of that. Those
are going to be . . . we are going to put out contracts and a contractor is going to come in
and take care of that.
Mr. Sisak: I will go ahead and close committee.
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c. Personnel
Jonathon Bollas, Chair
Adam Bozic, Vice Chair
The Personnel Committee deals with personnel, labor relations, insurance claims,
Rules of Council and State Statutes.
Mr. Bollas: I call the Personnel Committee to order. We are all present. We have no
ordinances or legislation before us this evening. Does anyone have anything for the
Personnel Committee this evening?
I just have one question, as part of the screening committee who had met on Tuesday, is
there a date for the assessment center?
Mayor: The Civil Service Chairman sent all of the information to Pradco and so it is in
Pradco’s hands, and I know that Pradco has already contacted the applicants. We are out
of it until they are done.
Mr. Bozic: We get scores I take it from the assessment center?
Mayor: Yes, we do.
Mr. Bozic: That goes to Civil Service?
Mayor: Yes, it does.
Mr. Bozic: What happens to the scores after they go to Civil Service?
Dir. of Law: Those scores will be combined with the initial screening committee’s scores
and then they will certify the top 3 candidates and that will be given to the appointing
authority to then go through the next steps of the process.
Mr. Loughry: So then after the assessment; two will be eliminated?
Dir. of Law: Well, two will not be on the list so the list will move forward and if they are
hired off of that list, then that list is the list, but there are mechanisms let’s say that there is
an issue with the background check or something like that, then that person will be asked
to be removed from that list and that has to go through Civil Service and they would have
to vote on that and then another name could be moved forward.
Mr. Loughry: So, you end up with a preliminary top 3 until some other things are done?
Dir. of Law: Correct.
i. Additional Items: None.
d. Community Issues
Mary Gutman, Chair
Carol Kilway, Vice Chair
The Community Issues Committee deals with Parks and Recreation, civic affairs,
and liaison between Council and the Recreation Board and intergovernmental
affairs.
Mrs. Gutman: I call Community Issues to order. We have nothing before us tonight. Is
there anything else for Community Issues?
Mr. Sisak: I have a question. So, our yield signs for the crosswalks for the Freedom Trail
I think they are a great idea. Is there anything for the actual pedestrians approaching the
main roads that are on the Freedom Trail?
Dir. of Pub. Service: There are stop signs.
Mr. Sisak: Because I had a guy who just zipped out in front of me. I was thinking that the
yield for the vehicular traffic gave the pedestrian a false sense of security and this guy just
flew right out in front of me, and I slammed on my brakes. OK. There are stop signs.
Mrs. Gutman: Is there anything else? If not, I will close committee.
i. Additional Items: None.
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e. Safety
Adam Bozic, Chair
Craig Sisak, Vice Chair
The Safety Committee deals with disaster services, communications, fire, and para-
medics, police, and health.
i. First Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions.
A. Ord. 2022-68 – Exhibit – Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement
with the County of Summit for the Juvenile Diversion Program and providing
for immediate enactment.
Sponsor: Mayor Kline
Mr. Bozic: I call the Safety Committee to order. We currently have one ordinance in front
of us. It is Ord. 2022-58. The ordinance was read into the record.
Dir. of Law: This is a housekeeping ordinance. We have this every year, and this is the
same amount of money for the grant, and they just ask because it is an intergovernmental
program that we adopt annually.
Mr. Bozic: Are these the funds that we use for, when I was at the Rec Center we always
referred to it as the diversion program, so I am assuming it is the same thing.
Mr. Sisak: I move to adopt Ord. 2022-68 at 1st Reading. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Roll Call:
Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic, Mrs. Gutman –
unanimous. Ord. 2022-68 is adopted by a vote of 7-0.
ii. Additional Items: None.
Mr. Loughry: I want to discuss the speed that cars are traveling on our thoroughfares in
particular. On Munroe yesterday, in a school zone, someone passed left of center and
basically flipped the driver off in front of them going about 60 mph. 60 in a 20. People run
red lights. I mean, when the light turns green, you better look both ways for a couple of
seconds or you are going to get hit. People in our City need to slow up. In my opinion,
they need to slow up and so I guess everyone can get mad at me, but they are going to hit
a young driver pulling out of that high school. So that is all I want to say.
Mr. Sisak: I do have a comment. I noticed there have been more enforcement on East
Howe in particular between 91 and the roundabout. I know that that is appreciated
especially with fair traffic and kids going back to school and Kent State students that like
to go to Chapel Hill. So, I have noticed an increase on East Howe.
Mr. Bollas: Yeah, and I just want to comment in Ward 3 like around the Maca Park area,
and some of the back streets we had the same issue and then they put the speed traps
strategically located at certain intersections and that seems to have made some
improvement there, but I know that was mostly through the summer months.
Mayor: There is no excuse to go left of center to go around someone. That person should
get a ticket. Your comments are noted.
Mr. Bozic: I would like to add a comment to that as well. On Washburn Road, it is a high-
speed road is really what it has turned into because everyone is cutting through to get to
Eastwood and I know that I will offer up my driveway if a police officer wants to sit there.
My parents live on the other end of the road and I’m sure they would offer up their driveway
as well. With that, I will close committee.
f. Public Service
Rebecca Allman, Chair
Mary Gutman, Vice Chair
The Public Service Committee deals with streets, highways, sidewalks, buildings,
and improvements: water, sewer, electricity, gas, energy resources, recycle, waste,
and trash.
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Mrs. Allman: I call the Public Service Committee to order. We have no legislation before
us this evening. Does anyone have anything to say?
Mr. Bollas: I had one question. Recently I saw there was a fairly large power outage in
the City, and I meant to ask during the report earlier, just in terms of clarification of root
cause and duration of outage time.
Dir. of Pub. Service: We had a racoon that got into a transformer and knocked out most
of the north part of the City that evening. The next morning there was a fuse blown on a
different route. The two had nothing to do with each other. We had about 140 residents
without power sporadically. The two were just a coincidence. But the racoon in the
transformer really did some damage. It took them a little bit to get them up and running.
Mrs. Allman: Is there anything else for the Public Service Committee? I just wanted to
thank Mayor Kline and Mike Rorar and our safety forces and Street Department for all their
work with Circle Fest and it was a successful festival this year and it was due to all of you
helping. Thank you. I will close committee.
Mayor: And I will say that the glue for all of that was you Becky with the Chamber. The
work that you have done. You really deserve the recognition.
Mrs. Allman: I close committee.
i. Additional Items: None.
11. Reports of Special Committees:
Pres. of Council: We got our budget in today. I want to especially thank Mr. Bollas for leading
on putting together the additional items that we will have in Council chambers next year to help
with the live streaming and everything.
a. Council Operations Committee
i. Additional Items: None.
12. Announcements: None.
Pres. of Council: Update on status of Richardson Trust Fund. This has been frustrating for me
for probably 20 years. Almost everything about the fund other than the end result. The fund allows
us to help some people with a little bit when they are in need. Just everything about it has always
just bothered me; the amounts, the restrictions on it, how we have to administer it. Long story
short, it is not September 1st yet and probably because of the low amount of interest earned on the
amount, we are out of money. So, in next year’s budget I asked to add $5,000 additional dollars to
that and then we will discuss that as a regular budget item going forward. I did have a conversation
with Mrs. Gilbride.
Dir. of Finance: Well, and I would like to clarify that the money that was funded into that was
actually two year’s worth of funding that started last year. So, in 2021 Council funded $4,000 into
the fund and it got us from 2021 to August of 2022 so I just wanted to clarify that.
Mr. Loughry: But anyway, i just wanted Council to know that I asked Mrs. Burton to increase that
by an additional $5,000.
13. Adjournment: Mrs. Kilway moved to adjourn. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mr. Loughry, Mr.
Sisak, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Bollas, Mr. Bozic, Mrs. Gutman, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. The Council
meeting of 8-25-22 adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
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Adopted:
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Susan E. Burton, Clerk of Council Dennis K. Loughry, President of Council
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Agenda
Council Meeting Agenda
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 P.M. 46 NORTH AVENUE, TALLMADGE, OH
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MEETING PROCEDURES
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1. City’s Website (https://tallmadge-ohio.org/meetingregistration)
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3. Mail (46 North Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278)
1. Call to Order:
2. Opening Prayer & Pledge of Allegiance:
Prayer: Pastor Phil Anderson, Bethel Church of Tallmadge.
Pledge of Allegiance: Kourtney Moyer, 5th Grade Student at Tallmadge Elementary School.
3. Roll Call:
4. Correcting and Adopting the Previous Meeting Minutes:
8-11-22 Meeting Minutes
5. Financial Reports:
6. Public Hearings:
7. Community Input:
8. Agenda Additions:
• Certificate of Appreciation - David Smith, Headmaster from Cornerstone Christian School -
Presented by Craig Sisak.
• City Department Presentation
9. Reports of Administrative Officers:
a. Mayor/Director of Economic Development
b. Director of Administration/Director of Safety
c. Director of Public Service
d. Director of Finance
e. Director of Law
10. Reports of Standing Committees of Council of the Whole:
a. Planning and Zoning
Carol Kilway, Chair
Rebecca Allman, Vice Chair
The Planning & Zoning Committee deals with land use, zoning, conditional uses,
planning, economic and community development, and public property.
i. Additional Items
b. Finance
Craig Sisak, Chair
Jonathon Bollas, Vice Chair
The Finance Committee deals with budget, appropriations, and reappropriations,
bonds, franchises, investments, and expenditures.
i. Second Reading of Ordinances and Resolutions
A. Ord. 2022-63 – Appropriating funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and
providing for immediate enactment.
Sponsors: Mayor Kline
Dir. of Finance Gilbride
Councilperson Sisak
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B. Ord. 2022-65 – Authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for
bids and the Mayor to enter into a contract for the maintenance or removal
of trees and providing for immediate enactment.
Sponsor: Dir. of Public Service Rorar
C. Ord. 2022-66 – Authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for
bids and the Mayor to enter into a contract for sewer line repair and pro-
viding for immediate enactment.
Sponsor: Dir. of Public Service Rorar
ii. Additional Items
c. Personnel
Jonathon Bollas, Chair
Adam Bozic, Vice Chair
The Personnel Committee deals with personnel, labor relations, insurance claims,
Rules of Council and State Statutes.
i. Additional Items
d. Community Issues
Mary Gutman, Chair
Carol Kilway, Vice Chair
The Community Issues Committee deals with Parks and Recreation, civic affairs, and
liaison between Council and the Recreation Board and intergovernmental affairs.
i. Additional Items
e. Safety
Adam Bozic, Chair
Craig Sisak, Vice Chair
The Safety Committee deals with disaster services, communications, fire, and para-
medics, police, and health.
i. First Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions.
A. Ord. 2022-68 – Exhibit – Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement
with the County of Summit for the Juvenile Diversion Program and providing
for immediate enactment.
Sponsor: Mayor Kline
ii. Additional Items
f. Public Service
Rebecca Allman, Chair
Mary Gutman, Vice Chair
The Public Service Committee deals with streets, highways, sidewalks, buildings, and
improvements: water, sewer, electricity, gas, energy resources, recycle, waste, and trash.
i. Additional Items:
11. Reports of Special Committees:
a. Council Operations Committee
i. Additional Items
12. Announcements:
Pres. of Council: Update on status of Richardson Trust Fund.
13. Adjournment:
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