Tallmadge City Council Regular Business Meeting (2013-2019)

REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 1. CALL TO ORDER: President of Council Donovan called the Regular Council meeting of Thursday, April 27, 2017 to order at 7:30 p.m. 2. PRAYER: Rev. Phil Anderson, Bethel Church, Tallmadge, Ohio. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 3. ROLL CALL: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso – present. Also present were Mayor Kline, Dir. of Law Raber, Dir. of Finance Gilbride, Economic Developer Weinberg and Clerk of Council Burton. Dir. of Pub. Service Esler was absent. 4. MINUTES: 4-13-17 Regular Council meeting minutes. Mrs. Ray moved to approve the 4-13-17 Regular Council Meeting minutes. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Voice vote 7-0. The 4-13-17 Regular Council meeting minutes were approved by a vote of 7-0. FINANCIAL REPORTS: None. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. 6. COMMUNITY INPUT: Pres. of Council: City Council meets on the second and fourth Thursday’s of the month with the Council Committee meeting starting at 7:00 p.m. followed by the Regular Council meeting. 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 anybody would like to address Council, please come forward and state your name and address for the record. No one responded. 6.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Following the Regular Council meeting this evening there will be a Board of Control meeting followed by an Investment Board meeting. • We are in receipt of a liquor application for Moran Foods LLC, dba Save a Lot at Midway Plaza, 65 Brittain Road, Tallmadge. Discuss and make recommendation whether or not to hold a public hearing. Motion, second and roll call vote. This was sent to the Council members via e-mail on 4-24-17. Pres. of Council: We are in receipt of a liquor application for Moran Foods LLC, dba Save A Lot at Midway Plaza, 65 Brittain Road, Tallmadge to discuss recommendations whether to hold a public hearing or not hold a public hearing. We generally don’t. Every time we go through this . . . it is a general public hearing. Economic Developer: Just to give you a little bit of information about this. Save A Lot has had a liquor license all along with these three different types that are mentioned in the letter notifying us. They were just sold by the umbrella company to another company and so that is what prompted this having to issue a new one under the new name. So, it is still Save A Lot and it is still owned by Moran Foods, but the mother company or the umbrella company is the only thing that has changed. Mr. Sisak: I move that we do not ask for a public hearing. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Mr. Rensel: I wish to confirm with the Law Department; they are just passing the current license through or are they asking for one more . . .? Economic Developer: No, they are same license. The same classifications that they already have. It is just that the parent company has changed and so apparently it must be . . . I don’t know the law, but that is the only thing that prompted this and so they had to notify us. Mr. Rensel: I am just trying to confirm. Rita, some time ago when liquor applications were prevalent in Tallmadge we were told that the State would give us so many and then there was a rush to get those licenses. Then any additional; you would have to get additional permission from the State. Economic Developer: Right, but these are not additional licenses. Mr. Rensel: That is what I wanted to confirm. Thank you Mr. President. Roll Call: Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. The Tallmadge City Council has unanimously agreed not to hold a public hearing on the Moran Foods liquor application. 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, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Mayor: Thank you. Just to give you an update on our Master Safety Disaster Plan; it is moving along . . . I don’t know if we’ve mentioned it or if Mr. Cooper has mentioned it to Council that we are updating that plan. We have outside consultants helping us. I think it was last Tuesday and Wednesday we met all day with all of the departments and the plan is really coming together nicely. Council will get that plan and Council will be a part of it. There is an ordinance that we are working on through the Law Department that will be updated as the Disaster Plan for Tallmadge. The last time it was done was in 1963 and so there are a lot of things that are needed to be worked on on that. So, I am happy for where it is coming and we should get that fairly quickly to you.  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 The Comprehensive Plan was supposed to have been received today. I was at a meeting all afternoon and so Pat Sauner may have received that Comprehensive Plan from Mr. Hartt and we will call that the final draft and then we can start presenting it to Council and I am happy to get that thing moving along and it has been way too long in my opinion, but with Tom Pascarella in between leaving and that and it sort of got a little delayed, but I think we are on track with it and we should be able to get that. The Board of Control awarded the contract for the LED lighting at the Rec Center and I am happy with that. The bids that came in; the total price of around $140,000 for the whole thing which we were anticipating would be much higher and you will see tonight on Ord. 51-2017 is changing the funds from the generator to the lighting program. I thought it was more important to pay the lights off instead of trying to note that over for a three-year or lease it over for four or five years; let’s just pay it off; and work on the generator next year for City Hall. We will be requesting that ordinance tonight when that comes up, Mollie and I can talk about that. The North Avenue Project; we are in the final stages of that. We did complete the punch list and the contractor is working on that. There are still some items that he has to complete, but the landscaping has started and they are moving along pretty well. I don’t know what the rain did tonight; if it washed out all the new grass seed and topsoil. Hopefully not, but they will put it back tomorrow. But, within the next . . . by the end of May 30th that contract is done with the time extensions. So, I am happy with that program. Our paving program for the street asphalt is out to bid and we have the bid openings next week. So we should be able to get started on that. The Tallmadge Little League Parade is this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Kickoff is from Our Lady of Victory Church and down around the Circle and down to Mac Burleson Field. Maca Pool is moving along very well on opening that back up and getting that ready to go for the weekend of I think the 26th is when we open Maca Pool. As you know, we said that Bryan Esler was retiring. He has less than 24 hours and he will no longer be employed at the City. I am happy for Bryan. I didn’t know he wasn’t going to be here tonight, but I can’t reprimand him. But, no I am really happy for Bryan and he served 37 years for the City in different capacities and will be missed. I am still working on his replacement. I do not have that at this point. I have interviewed a few folks and so end of report. Mrs. Ray: So, the Minute Lube property that is on the Circle; does the City plan to pave that before the Circle Fest? Mayor: That is part of the paving program this year. I could have announced that. So, we will be doing that parking lot. Mrs. Ray: The Circle Fest seems like such a long time from now, but it will be here before we know it. So then, do we anticipate that the construction at the Circle and the construction back here will be completed? Mayor: The Testa property; their goal . . . and Wally Waffle is moving in there. I think that has been announced. They were at the Heritage Commission this past Tuesday and they were approved for their sign on the Suite 101 which is the corner closest to 91. The other thing that was approved was the Jimmy John’s building. I just so happen to have that up. As you can see on the video, that corner there will be Wally Waffle and they were approved for a sign on the north side and that awning will not be there. That will be the Wally Waffle logo on the wall itself. The building that is coming into view right there is the Jimmy John’s building and that was approved through both Planning & Zoning and the Heritage Commission with a slight modification. The modifications . . . you can see the windows in this building; that is still unspoken for. This building will be the Jimmy John’s; the one closest to the Circle. That panel up there is a brick panel and they requested that windows go into both of those panels, which was a good recommendation by the Heritage Commission and the applicant concurred with that and as you can see on this corner too that those two will also be windows into the building. This is the drive-thru for the Jimmy John’s. It is a pretty attractive building; all brick building to match the same brick that is on the current Phase I building. Mr. Sisak: What are they calling this; the Phase II building? Mayor: This is called Phase II. You can see the old High School building there. That is a different phase and then the other medical building. This fence was not approved because they don’t know who is going in there, but they just wanted to show the concept of a possible seating area for a restaurant and so if they do want to put a fence up; they would have to come back to the Heritage Commission. There is the medical building that they say they want to be in Planning & Zoning . . . I don’t know if they will make the June meeting, but they will definitely be very close to that if not the following month to have that building go in. Mr. Rensel: Mayor, when was that building added to the plot? Jimmy John’s? Mayor: When was that added? Back in 2012 it was on the footprint. The concept of the . . Mr. Rensel: Those things were in Phase II. Phase I was . . . Mayor: The original footprint is still the same; it is just how they are going about building it so they are breaking it up in their own phasing. Some of the parking for this building will actually be in Phase IV for the Planning & Zoning. They are just doing it as parcels so when they sell it to the tenants they are able to say that this is the building phase and this is the square 2  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 Mayor (Cont’d.): footage of that area. It is really . . . the big building is Phase I and everything else was Phase II in the original site, but the footprints of the buildings are all the same and the concept of what was going in from restaurants to day cares to medical; it was preapproved I think in 2012 was one of the first submissions for the rezoning or the conditional zoning. Mrs. Ray: OK, so my original question still stands; will this be done before the Circle Fest and more importantly will the building at the Circle be done for the Circle Fest? Mayor: As you can see down at the Circle; the Bob’s Big Boy site; they put the asphalt in and the nail salon is busy building on the inside of it. They will be the first one to be complete. The Planet Fresh is beside them and they have their building plans completed and they are in the Building Department. So; will they be done inside? As long as the outside of it is done, I mean I would hope that they would be. Mrs. Ray: That is my concern. I think it is a safety issue. Mayor: It’s all buttoned up now. It is looking pretty safe right now. Mrs. Ray: Yeah it looks safe now, but still you don’t want people . . . if they are open for business I’m sure they don’t want people standing in their parking lot looking at fireworks and if they are not done; do we want people standing on that parcel watching fireworks? Mayor: If you remember last year they were standing on dirt. Mrs. Ray: I just wondered. Again, Circle Fest will be here before we know it and it would be nice if all of that was done. Mayor: Not only that, but the Concerts in the Park. Mrs. Ray: Concerts in the Park as well. Mayor: Did the Rec Center forward those to you . . . the Concerts in the Park? Mrs. Ray: I don’t think so. Mayor: The bands? Mrs. Ray: No. Mayor: I will make sure you guys get it. There are some nice bands. From the Akron Symphony is one group that is going to be in there and La Flavor which is a good band. There is some good stuff. Mrs. Ray: OK. Thank you. Mr. Rensel: Mayor, back to North Avenue. What was the decision where some of the parts of the sidewalk were bricked and others were grassed? Mayor: In the commercial district up to Overdale it was the brick inlay and the residential was the grass. Mr. Rensel: OK. Mayor: It was designed like that from the beginning. Mr. Rensel: Sure, I was just curious as to . . . Mayor: I wish we could have put brick all the way up . . . and I don’t know if they would want the lights all the way up, but people are after me to do these lights on every spoke. Mrs. Kilway: I just had one quick question. You had mentioned the asphalt program. Do we have a list of streets that are going to be paved? Mayor: Yes. Mrs. Kilway: Can we get that e-mailed to us at some point in time? Mayor: Yes. Mrs. Kilway: So when people ask us if their street going to get done we can tell them yes or no. Mayor: Yeah, it is in the bid packet and so I’ll make sure. Mrs. Kilway: OK. Thank you. Pres. of Council: OK. Thank you. Is that all inclusive of all of Service also? Mayor: Service Director; my new duties. It’s my fault. Economic Development is here. Dir. of Finance: Good evening. I continue to monitor the State Budget. I did forward Council an update. There were some changes at the Senate level. It has been amended now with a substitute bill removing the requirement for the net profit filing through OBG and so that did change at the House level, but we still need to continue to monitor it because it has now gone to the Senate and they can change it back and we are also still monitoring the throwback provision. I did copy Council on a letter that I sent to our State Representative and several other representatives and Senators also with the help of the Mayor and Law Director co- signing that and helping me craft the language and so I appreciate their help on that. End of report. Mr. Rensel: That was good Mollie. That was very interesting. Dir. of Law: Just an invitation to any of you who want to come out and help for Drug Take Back Day. We are going to be out at the Police Department from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and at Giant Eagle and Acme as well and so you can help at any of those locations. If you can’t help, remember to clean out your unused prescription drugs and get those disposed of either through the dump program that we have 24/7 in the Police lobby or bringing it to disposal. Thank you very much. Economic Developer: Good evening. Just an update on a few of the projects. The breakfast place on East Avenue which has been sitting there for a while; it has gone through all of the City approvals and given the OK for Summit County to issue building permits on that so hopefully we will see some action and some build out in the near future on that one. The planning for Maplecrest and discussions about financing and roadway improvements and 3  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 Economic Developer (Cont’d.): so forth is continuing and so I don’t have a lot of new information there. Ripley Farm; K. Hovnanian has the option on that property and they will be going to Planning & Zoning on May 4th for a dual track of amending the zoning map from an R-2 to an R-6 and then also it will be the preliminary plat for major subdivisions and so those things are going to be going in and we’ll have more to talk about that in the future on those. End of report. Mr. Rensel: Mayor, are we prepared to supply water and sewer to that area? Mayor: We are prepared, but we are not going to. Let me clarify that. Maplecrest Golf Course is in Portage County and we did have our utility meeting this week with Portage County, Summit County, Maplecrest, Ripley Farms and all the folks that were involved and Portage County says that it is our district; it is our water and so therefore we are going to supply the water to them, which I am happy with that. So, Maplecrest will be served by Portage County water and they have enough water to do that. The sewer system for the Maplecrest Golf Course will be served also by Portage County and ultimately it goes from Maplecrest down Mogadore Road to the lift station that we installed in the Carmen Development and then finally to Fishcreek. But, it is all through an agreement through Portage County and Summit County so that is handled. The Ripley Farm is all Tallmadge City water and Tallmadge City sewers. Mr. Rensel: And we have sufficient resources to . . . Mayor: Yeah, we have great water out there since we completed the loop from Howe Road through East End Welding up to Washburn Road and so we have a great water supply on that side of town now. Mr. Rensel: OK. Thank you. Mayor: One thing else on the East Avenue, as Council let me pass legislation the last time to enter into a traffic study with GPD; the traffic counts will start May 9th through the 15th. So they will be out there next week with the traffic counts while school is still in session. Mrs. Kilway: So drive up and down those roads a lot! Mr. Sisak: A question for Rita; the South Ridgecliff Development; I know they have some trees down; any word on progress there? Economic Developer: I haven’t heard anything more other than that they have taken the trees down. I don’t know what the schedule is for that. Mayor: We did also meet with our engineers on that because of the storm water. The off-site water going around Baker’s Acres is a lot of water coming from the Bierce allotment and Evergreen goes to the fields. They are not responsible to handle the water, but they have to make sure that it gets around their allotment. So through our engineers, there is going to be a 60” pipe installed from one side of the allotment to the other out to Northwest Avenue to the crossover pipe and that is when we come into an issue here is that the crossover pipe is a smaller pipe and can’t handle all of that water and we did meet with the new nursing home facility in the Tallmadge Spring site and they are going to allow a swale on the east side of their property so any water that comes to their side will go down a swale and back into the wetlands to the crossover on the other end of Northwest Avenue. So our engineers are working with their engineers and our Service Department are all working together. Mr. Sisak: I had heard that there was some discussion on the type of pipe that was going to be used too? Mayor: On site; on their site? Mr. Sisak: Yeah. Mayor: From concrete pipe to PVC and . . . Mr. Sisak: And it might have driven up the price on some of the lots potentially or the development. Mayor: I’m sure it did, but they have to get . . . they can’t let that water flow across their property. They have to be able to move that water in a fashion so it doesn’t harm the new residents. The pipe will end up being a concrete pipe because of the size of the pipe and the lack of coverage of the pipe. Mr. Sisak: OK. Mayor: Because it can’t be deep enough or it would be better if it was real deep but you can’t have it deep and still have gravity flow. Mr. Sisak: Right. Mayor: There is a lot going on. Mr. Sisak: I just heard that there could be a challenge with some of the pipe. Mr. Rensel: Same subject on economic development; Craig reminding us of the trees that they just chopped down out there on Northeast or West; the trees that came down; what three years ago next to the substation because there was going to be a development there and it was . . . has there been any movement on that property? On West Avenue; yeah. Economic Developer: Originally that was going to be medical development with Akron General and I guess when the changes occurred and the Cleveland Clinic took over that development it came to a halt, but recently one of the doctors is trying to revive that plan and contact the hospital and see if he can revive that project in some fashion or another and we haven’t heard anything more. We met with him one time and he was going to reach out to Akron General again and possibly some of the other hospitals to see if there is any interest. 4  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 Mr. Rensel: This leads me to the question; when developers come in and . . . this happened up in Cuyahoga Falls; there is a big issue up there as well, but developers come in and they just mow down the trees and everything sits for a while and in some cases it is not very pretty and in other cases there is no reason why they had to come down when it did. Is there anything we can do as a City to stop them from doing that until they are fully approved as a developer? Economic Developer: Well, in this case they were at the point of almost going forward and then they backed out at the last minute. So they were doing that and they thought there was no reason not to take them down at that point. Mr. Sisak: They had to hurry because of bats. Economic Developer: Yes, because of the bats. Mayor: Indiana; not Wisconsin. Mr. Rensel: OK. Economic Developer: They fully expected that development to go forward so they were trying to get their timing in and bring the trees down. Mayor: That is what happened to Bakers Acres. That is why the trees are on the ground now is because of the Indiana bat. An individual homeowner can cut down any tree they want, any time of the year, but on a project there are certain requirements from the EPA and the environmentalists and on private property; you can go clear cut all of your own private property as long as it is not impeding the public right-of-way. Do we like it; no. Someday there will be a building there. Mr. Rensel: Thank you. Pres. of Council: Is there anything else? 10. Ordinance 35-2017 At 3rd Reading. FINANCE Amending and supplementing Ord. 67-2016 to amend rates, charges, and fees for all recreational facilities and providing for immediate enactment. Clerk of Council: It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee to adopt by a vote of 3-0. Mrs. Ray moved for the adoption of Ord. 35-2017. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray – unanimous. Ord. 35-2017 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 11. Ordinance 36-2017 At 3rd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate to owner, First Con- gregational Church, UCC, applicant, John Schluep for a memorial garden with columbarium at 85 Heritage Drive. Clerk of Council: It was the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Committee to give this a 3 rd Reading. Pres. of Council: Ord. 36-2017 is at 3rd Reading and will remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee. Mayor: Just for the record, I did receive a letter from the church stating that there would be a neighborhood meeting at the church this Sunday. I’m not attending, but the neighbors were invited and they just wanted me to know that they were putting that on. 12. Ordinance 37-2017 At 3rd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate to applicant/owner Community Connections Northeast Ohio for an adult services agency that serves individuals with developmental disabilities at 1647 Brittain Road. Clerk of Council: It was the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Committee to adopt by a vote of 3-0. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 37-2017. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. Roll Call: Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel – unanimous. Ord. 37-2017 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 5  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 13. Ordinance 39-2017 At 2nd Reading. PERSONNEL Authorizing and directing the Tallmadge P.H. ON 5-11-17 @ 7:33 P.M. Civil Service Commission to adopt rules and regulations that differ from those provided by general law for the promotion and hiring of Police Captain and Deputy Fire Chief. Clerk of Council: It was the recommendation of the Personnel Committee to give this a 2 nd Reading and there is a public hearing scheduled for 5-11-17 @ 7:33 p.m. Pres. of Council: Ord. 39-2017 is at 2nd Reading and will remain before the Personnel Committee. 14. Ordinance 40-2017 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Declaring certain City-owned vehicles to be excess and authorizing the Director of Public Service to sell such equipment at public sale or trade-in and providing for immediate enactment. Clerk of Council: It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee to adopt 3-0. Mrs. Ray moved for the adoption of Ord. 40-2017. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak – unanimous. Ord. 40-2017 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 15. Ordinance 41-2017 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Declaring that certain City-owned vehicles obtained through criminal forfeiture to be excess and authorizing the Director of Public Service to dispose of such vehicles in accordance with law and providing for immediate enactment. Clerk of Council: It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee to adopt this by a vote of 3-0. Mrs. Ray moved for the adoption of Ord. 41-2017. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker – unanimous. Ord. 41-2017 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 16. Ordinance 43-2017 At 2nd Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE An ordinance to approve, adopt and enact the 2017 replacement pages to the Codified Ordinances; to repeal ordinances in conflict therewith; to publish the enactment of new matter; and providing for immediate enact- ment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 43-2017 is at 2nd Reading and will remain before the Public Service Committee. 17. Ordinance 49-2017 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to exceed a contract with DLZ Ohio, Inc. in excess of ten percent (10%) for construction management ser- vices for North Avenue Project (PID93444); appropriating additional amounts and pro- viding for immediate enactment. Clerk of Council: Ord. 49-2017 is at 2nd Reading and it was the recommendation of the Public Service Committee to adopt by a vote of 3-0. Mrs. Ray moved for the adoption of Ord. 49-2017. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso – unanimous. Ord. 49-2017 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 6  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 27, 17 18. Ordinance 50-2017 At 1st Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate for special nonresidential development to applicant Merryweather Real Estate on behalf of owner Wilma C. Platt, Trust for a thirty-two unit apartment project at 338 Howe Road. Pres. of Council: Ord. 50-2017 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Planning & Zoning Committee. Mayor: That ordinance; Ord. 50-2017, will be at Planning & Zoning next Thursday and it has a public hearing if there are any Council members who would like to attend. 19. Ordinance 51-2017 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Appropriating additional amounts and re- ducing appropriations and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 51-2017 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. Mayor: I would ask for your consideration possibly. You can talk about it anyways. Pres. of Council: Sorry; I skipped over it. Mr. Stalnaker moved for the adoption of Ord. 51-2017. Seconded Mrs. Ray. Mayor: Mr. Chairman, thank you. As you can see in the WHEREAS clause, the project came in at $140,719.32 and with the $30,000 that we had earmarked already for the first lease payment of that and then the generator; so it is not really what I call new money; it is just moving money around and I think that the generator project for City Hall, although we do want it sometime; I think this is more appropriate to at least get this paid off and then we could consider what we are doing at City Hall at a later date. I don’t know if Mollie wants to add anything. Dir. of Finance: Like the Mayor said, we just considered that we already had the money appropriated and decided that the generator wasn’t going to go through, we just felt that it would be better use for this project. We are also going to get a reimbursement of $28,000 and so we are getting down into lower levels, but it probably is not worth leasing. We were going to do a bank lease through this and so we just felt that since the money was already appropriated we would go ahead and pay off the project. As the Mayor had stated also, through the reviews and costs of our electricity; we will see that return to us rather quickly with the investment. Mrs. Ray: I would agree. There is no need to lease out $140,000. Mayor: The $28,000 that we are getting from First Energy; we have to spend it first and then it will go back into the fund or wherever Mollie . . . Dir. of Finance: It will go back into the General Fund. Mrs. Ray: Yeah, so I mean if you have the money appropriated to spend it; get done with it and move on. So, we have a motion and a second I believe? Pres. of Council: Any further discussion? Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker, Ms. Tricaso, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 51-2017 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 20. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: None. 21. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Rensel moved to adjourn. Dir. of Law: I believe we have an Executive Session this evening. Pres. of Council: We do have an Executive Session. Mrs. Ray: I would move that we adjourn to Executive Session to discuss Possible Property Acquisition at this time. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 7-0. Pres. of Council: It is 8:08 p.m. and we are adjourning into Executive Session. Pres. of Council: It is now 8:32 p.m. and we are back on Council floor. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Rensel moved to adjourn. Seconded Mrs. Kilway. The Regular Council meeting of 4-27-17 adjourned at 8:33 p.m. sb Approved: _____________________________________ __________________________________ Susan E. Burton James A. Donovan Clerk of Council President of Council 7