Tallmadge City Council Committee of Whole Meeting (2013-2019)

COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. January 9, 14 1. CALL TO ORDER: Director of Law Raber called the Council Organizational meeting of January 9, 2014 to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. SILENT PRAYER. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 3. ROLL CALL: Mr. Rensel, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Stalnaker – present. Also present were Mayor Kline, Dir. of Pub. Service Esler, Dir. of Law Raber, Dir. of Finance Shanafelt and Economic Developer Loughry. 4. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL: Dir. of Law: Nominations are now in order for the office of President of Council. Is there a motion? Mrs. Kilway: I would move to nominate Mr. Jim Donovan as president. Mr. Sisak: Second. Dir. of Law: Mr. Donovan is nominated. Are there any further nominations? If not, nominations are closed. Oh . . . Mr. Rensel. Mr. Rensel: We are not in a race tonight; are we? Dir. of Law: No, I just . . . Mr. Rensel: I would like to nominate Mr. Gene Stalnaker. Dir. of Law: Mr. Stalnaker; you . . . Mr. Stalnaker: No. Dir. of Law: You are not accepting that nomination? Mr. Stalnaker: No. Thank you. Thanks . . . I think. Mr. Rensel: Mr. Stalnaker you are well respected in the community; you know the community and you know the people. I think you would do a great job. Mr. Stalnaker: I appreciate that; thank you. If they double the salary; I would consider it! Dir. of Law: Mr. Stalnaker; to be clear then, you are asking that you not be considered for this purpose? Mr. Rensel: I withdraw my nomination. Dir. of Law: Thank you Mr. Rensel. Are there any further nominations? No one responded. If not; hearing none, the nominations are closed. We will take a roll call vote for the election of Mr. Donovan as President of Council. Roll Call: Mr. Stalnaker – yes, Mr. Donovan – yes, Mr. Sisak – yes, Mrs. Ray – yes, Mrs. Kilway – yes, Mr. Rensel – yes. Voice vote 6-0. Mr. Donovan has been elected President of Council by a vote of 6-0. Thank you. Congratulations Mr. Donovan you may now take the gavel. 5. ELECTION OF MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL. Pres. of Council: Next we have nominations for Vice President of Council. Are there any nominations? Mr. Sisak: I move to nominate Mrs. Kilway. Pres. of Council: Any others? If not; nominations are closed. I will take a roll call vote on the election of Vice President of Council. Roll Call: Mr. Stalnaker – yes, Mr. Sisak – yes, Mrs. Ray – yes, Mrs. Kilway – yes, Mr. Rensel – yes, Mr. Donovan - yes. Mrs. Kilway has been elected Vice President of Council by a vote of 6-0. 6. ELECTION OF CLERK OF COUNCIL Pres. of Council: We will now have nominations for Clerk of Council. Do we have any nominations? Mr. Rensel: I nominate Sue. Pres. of Council: Sue Burton? Mr. Rensel: Yes. Pres. of Council: Do we have any other nominations? No one responded. Hearing none nominations are closed. We will take a roll vote on the election of Sue Burton as Clerk of Council. Mr. Stalnaker – yes, Mr. Sisak – yes, Mrs. Ray – yes, Mrs. Kilway – yes, Mr. Rensel – yes, Mr. Donovan - yes. Mrs. Burton has been elected by a vote of 6-0. 7. ELECTION OF DEPUTY CLERK OF COUNCIL Pres. of Council: Nominations are now in order for the office of Deputy Clerk of Council. Do we have any nominations? Mrs. Kilway: Yes, I would like to nominate Regina Conti. Pres. of Council: Do we have any further nominations? Hearing none; we will take a roll vote on the election of Regina Conti as Deputy Clerk of Council. Roll Call: Mr. Stalnaker – yes, Mr. Sisak – yes, Mrs. Ray – yes, Mrs. Kilway – yes, Mr. Rensel – yes, Mr. Donovan - yes. Voice vote 6-0. We have elected Mrs. Conti as Deputy Clerk by a vote of 6-0.  COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. January 9, 14 8. ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEES. Planning & Zoning: Craig Sisak – Chair Kimberly Ray – Vice Chair Carol Kilway Finance: Kimberly Ray – Chair Craig Sisak – Vice Chair Gene Stalnaker Public Utilities: John Rensel – Chair rd 3 Ward – Vice Chair Kimberly Ray Personnel: Carol Kilway – Chair Gene Stalnaker – Vice Chair rd 3 Ward Public Service: Gene Stalnaker – Chair Carol Kilway – Vice Chair John Rensel rd Community Issues/Safety: 3 Ward – Chair John Rensel – Vice Chair Craig Sisak Mrs. Kilway: I’m sorry, but I didn’t hear very well, Public Utilities; could you repeat that for me please? rd Pres. of Council: Public Utilities; I have Mr. Rensel as the Chairperson, our 3 Ward rep to be appointed will be the Vice Chairperson and Mrs. Ray will be the third member. Mrs. Kilway: Could you repeat Public Service for me too? I got them mixed up. Pres. of Council: Public Service; Mr. Stalnaker is the Chairperson, Mrs. Kilway is the Vice Chair and Mr. Rensel is the third member. Mrs. Kilway: Thank you very much. Pres. of Council: Did I miss anybody? No one responded. 9. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON OF RICHARDSON TRUST FUND TRUSTEES. Pres. of Council: We have an appointment for the Richardson Trust Fund. Mrs. Ray has served as the Chairperson to the Richardson Trust Fund and has offered to do that again for Council. Would anybody like to make a motion to that affect? Mr. Stalnaker: So moved. Mr. Sisak: Second. Roll Call: Mr. Stalnaker – yes, Mr. Sisak – yes, Mrs. Ray – yes, Mrs. Kilway – yes, Mr. Rensel – yes, Mr. Donovan – yes. Voice vote 6-0. Mrs. Ray is appointed Chairperson of the Richardson Trust Fund by a vote of 6-0. Pres. of Council: Thank you again Mrs. Ray. Mrs. Ray: My pleasure. 10. APPOINTMENT OF FIRE FIGHTERS’ DEPENDENTS FUND CHAIRPERSON, SECRETARY AND AT-LARGE MEMBER. Pres. of Council: Carol Kilway has offered to do that and we do need a secretary for that and Craig Sisak has offered to do that. I meant to ask Sue earlier as far as the appointment of Mr. Billows to the Fire Fighters’ Dependents Fund At-Large? Clerk of Council: Yes, he agreed to act as the At-Large person again this year. Pres. of Council: Mr. Billows will be our At-Large member. Is there anything else to come before the Organizational meeting? No one responded. Can I have a motion to adjourn? 11. ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Kilway moved to adjourn. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 6-0. The Organizational Meeting of 1-9-14 adjourned at 6:13 p.m. ____________________________ ____________________________ Susan E. Burton James M. Donovan Clerk of Council President of Council sb 2