Tallmadge City Council Regular Business Meeting (2013-2019)

REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. March 10, 16 1. CALL TO ORDER: President of Council Donovan called the Regular Council meeting of Thursday, March 10, 2016 to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. PRAYER: Rev. Kurran Bishop, SPAN Ministries, Tallmadge. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 3. ROLL CALL: Mr. Donovan, Mr. Rensel, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso – present. Also present were Dir. of Finance Gilbride, Dir. of Pub. Service Esler, Dir. of Law Raber, and Clerk of Council Burton. Mrs. Kilway was absent and Mayor Kline was on vacation. 4. MINUTES: 2-25-16 Regular Council meeting minutes. Mr. Sisak moved to approve the 2-25-16 Regular Council meeting minutes. Seconded Mr. Rensel. Voice vote 6-0. The 2-25-16 Regular Council meeting minutes were approved by a vote of 6-0. FINANCIAL REPORTS:  January, 2016 Investments.  Bond Retirement Transfer in the amount of $100,000 to Council on 3-1-16.  SMR Transfer in the amount of $200,000 to Council on 3-1-16.  Appropriation Report, Fund Report, Revenue Report, and Encumber Report for the period ending 2-29-16 to Council on 3-8-16.  Tallmadge Recreation Center Profit and Loss Report for the period ending 2-29-16 to Council on 3-8-16.  Income Tax Comparisons for the period ending 2-29-16 to Council on 3-8-16.  Revenue Comparisons for the period ending 2-29-16 to Council on 3-8-16.  February Financial Reports to Council on 3-8-16. Mr. Sisak moved to accept the Financial Reports. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Voice vote 6-0. The Finance Reports submitted by Dir. of Finance Gilbride were accepted by a vote of 6-0. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. 6. COMMUNITY INPUT: Pres. of Council: Tallmadge City Council meets on the second and fourth Thursday’s of the month for the Regular Council meetings and the preceding Monday’s are the Council Committee meetings. At the Committee meetings legislation is discussed thoroughly with Council deciding to adopt, amend, reject, hold or table the legislation. We do allow time for community input at this point in the meeting. If anyone would like to address Council, please come forward and state your name and address. No one responded. Welcome to all of the students that are here this evening. 6.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. 7. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None. 8. AGENDA ADDITIONS: None. 9. REPORTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS: MAYOR, DIR. OF PUBLIC SERVICE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF LAW AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPER Pres. of Council: Dave is out of town; I believe. Dir. of Pub. Service: No report. Dir. of Finance: Good evening. Everything is going smoothly according to budget. You all received your financial reports and nothing unusual or unexpected is going on financially. I did want to make Council aware that I was contacted by Treasurer Mandel’s office, who we have the on-line checkbook through and they are adding a link to the on-line checkbook that will also include detail of what . . . a listing of all of our employees and their salaries and what they are paid and so that will also be included. I am expecting that is going to be released some time while we are on spring break and so I just wanted to bring that to your attention that we are cooperating with their office to add that additional bit of information to the on-line checkbook and you will probably be seeing that come out here shortly. End of report. Mr. Sisak: Mrs. Gilbride; how is the audit coming? Dir. of Finance: The audit is going very well. They are actually about ready with the first half of what they do in looking at all of our cash transactions and we are in the process of finishing up all of the information that we need to provide to complete our Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and then once that is finished and compiled, then the Auditors come back around April and continue auditing, but as far as the cash basis and daily operational things; we are about wrapped up with that and everything went well. Mr. Sisak: Great. Thank you. Dir. of Law: Thank you. I have no report this evening.  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. March 10, 16 10. Ordinance 19-2016 At 3rd Reading. PERSONNEL Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the International Asso- ciation of Firefighters, Local 2764 and providing for immediate enactment. Mrs. Kilway: I would like to open the Personnel Committee so we can review the tracked document; myself, Mr. Stalnaker and Mary Tricaso are all present. We do have Ord. 19-2016, which is authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 2764 and providing for immediate enactment. According to e-mails that we received this week, the Firefighters 2764 have approved this contract. Committee; is there any discussion? No one responded. Does Council have any discussion on this? Yes; Mr. Rensel. Mr. Rensel: Thank you Carol for taking your time to go into the detail and make the edits as required so it reads much better. Mrs. Kilway: You are welcome. That is not a problem at all. Committee; do you have any recommendations? Go ahead and approve Ms. Tricaso? Ms. Tricaso: Yes. Mrs. Kilway: OK, so I would like to make a motion to approve the contract 3-0 and I would like to close the committee. Mr. Donovan, I would like to make a motion to approve Ord. 19-2016. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 19-2016 is finally adopted by a vote of 6-0. 11. Ordinance 23-2016 At 3rd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate for special nonresidential development to applicant Pavlak Enter- prises Incorporated on behalf of owner Mary Kathryn Markle for operating a car wash located at Parcel No. 6010144 on Southeast Avenue. Mr. Sisak moved to amend Ord. 23-2016. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Roll Call: Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. Ord. 23-2016 is amended by a vote of 6-0 and will remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee. 12. Ordinance 28-2016 At 3rd Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Authorizing the Ohio Director of Transporta- tion to resurface State Route 261 from 17.09 to 18.41 in the City of Tallmadge and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Stalnaker moved for the adoption of Ord. 28-2016. Seconded Mr. Rensel. Roll Call: Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Rensel – unanimous. Ord. 28-2016 is adopted by a vote of 6-0. 13. Ordinance 31-2016 At 3rd Reading. FINANCE An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in the maximum principal amount of $1,500,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of re- constructing North Avenue from Tallmadge Circle to Heritage Drive, in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation, in- cluding constructing storm water manage- ment facilities, improving inter-sections, acquiring real estate and interests in real estate and constructing and installing all related improvements, and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 31-2016. Seconded Mr. Stalnaker. Roll Call: Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak – unanimous. Ord. 31-2016 is adopted by a vote of 6-0. 2  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. March 10, 16 14. Ordinance 35-2016 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a con- tract for the lease/purchase of a Hydrovac truck through the State Purchasing Pro- gram and providing for immediate enact- ment. Mr. Sisak moved to REJECT Ord. 35-2016. Seconded Mr. Stalnaker. Roll Call: Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker – unanimous. Ord. 35-2016 is REJECTED by a vote of 6-0. 15. Ordinance 37-2016 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Accepting the grant from Akron General Medical Center to offset the cost of pur- chasing one AutoPulse Automatic CPR device and providing for immediate enact- ment; appropriating the necessary funds and providing for immediate enactment Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 37-2016. Seconded Mr. Stalnaker. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso – unanimous. Ord. 37-2016 is adopted by a vote of 6-0. 16. Ordinance 38-2016 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the appropriation of funds from unappropriated fund balances and pro- viding for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 38-2016. Seconded Mr. Stalnaker. Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 38-2016 is adopted by a vote of 6-0. 17. Ordinance 39-2016 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Accepting grant funds from CSX Beyond Our Rails Non-profit Grant; appropriating the necessary funds and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 39-2016. Seconded Mr. Stalnaker. Roll Call: Mr. Rensel, Ms. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. Ord. 39-2016 is adopted by a vote of 6-0. 18. Ordinance 40-2016 At 1st Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate for special nonresidential development to applicant LTC Tallmadge, LLC on behalf of owner Yusef Khan Grotto 169 for operating a skilled nursing/conva- lescent care facility located at 619 North- west Avenue. Pres. of Council: Ord. 40-2016 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Planning & Zoning Committee. Just for a note for the students that are here; we kind of zipped through these really fast this evening. All of these ordinances have been discussed previously at at least one meeting and more than likely two or three meetings and so tonight is when we, after all the discussion, there has been a recommendation and we just follow through with that recommendation this evening. So, if it seems like we just zip through these really fast; they have actually all been addressed more than one time. 19. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Pres. of Council: The Mayor wanted me to inform you that at the Monday, April 11th Council Committee meeting, we will be meeting with the Tallmadge School Board for a Work Session between Tallmadge City Council, the Administration and the School Board. He asked that we make Community Issues/Safety the last committee of that evening and following that we will begin the Work Session. Is there anything else to come before Council this evening? Mr. Sisak: I would like to acknowledge and thank both Chief Passarelli and Chief Williams for having representation at the 8th Grade Middle School Career Night. It was nice to see both officers there. Deputy Chief Stasik and then Officer McGhee was there too. 3  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:00 p.m. March 10, 16 20. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Rensel moved to adjourn. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Voice vote 6-0. The Regular Council meeting of 3-10-16 adjourned at 7:16 p.m. sb Approved: _____________________________________ __________________________________ Susan E. Burton James M. Donovan Clerk of Council President of Council 4