Tallmadge City Council Regular Business Meeting (2013-2019)

REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. February 22, 18 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. PRAYER: Rev. Phil Anderson, Bethel Church, Tallmadge. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 3. ROLL CALL: Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Ms. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso – all present. Also present were Mayor Kline, Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar, Dir. of Law Raber, Dir. of Finance Gilbride, Dir. of Economic Development Weinberg and Clerk of Council Burton. Dir. of Administration Cooper was excused. 4. MINUTES: 2-8-18 Regular Council Meeting minutes. Mr. Donovan moved to adopt the Regular Meeting minutes of 2-8-18. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 7-0. The Regular Council Meeting minutes of 2-8-18 were adopted by a vote of 7-0. FINANCIAL REPORTS: None. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. 6. COMMUNITY INPUT: Pres. of Council: Tallmadge 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 meeting legislation is discussed thoroughly with Council deciding to adopt, amend, reject, hold or table the legislation. We do allow time during this meeting at this time for any community input. So, once again, does anyone want to come up to the podium and state their name and have anything to discuss? No one responded. 6.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. 7. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None. 8. AGENDA ADDITIONS: We do have Ord. 31-2018 which will become Item 12.A. on tonight’s agenda and everybody should have had a copy of that at their desk. 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 Madame Chairman. The Fire Study; the agenda is just about complete. Dr. Cooper will be sending that out to get that going and I am asking for a report back by June to me and some members of Council are on that and you will be notified of that. Warrior’s Journey Home are having their annual gala or event that is coming up on March 7th and I know they are going to recognize former Councilman Gene Stalnaker at that meeting and so I am just letting you know that there are still seats available if you would like to go to that. As I stated at the last meeting, but for this meeting for the record, that we are in constant contact with the Tallmadge School District going over all of the safety events at the School District and with the Tallmadge Police Department. Everything seems to be on track. I did go to their meeting and they did approved a couple items that interest us; the foundations for the new building were approved and they approved the contractor for the sports facility. Things are moving along on their behalf and so they are really happy with how they are going. Mr. Loughry: Mayor; who was that contractor? Mayor: Beaver Construction. They announced that last night at the board meeting. Mr. Loughry: Thank you. Mayor: End of report. Dir. of Pub. Service: I have no report. Thank you. Dir. of Finance: No report this evening. Dir. of Law: I have no report this evening. Pres. of Council: The Dir. of Administration is not here tonight. Is there any report from Dr. Cooper? Mayor: He is in training. I had contact with him about 5:30 p.m. and they will be back in the office tomorrow. Economic Developer: I have just one item. I just wanted to let you know that Lehner Screw & Machine is a new company for Tallmadge. They moved into 1169 Brittain Road. Currently they . . . they consolidated three companies into one location. Currently there are 12 jobs there that came in from North Royalton and 16 more are coming from Munroe Falls and 8 from Akron and the company will grow from there and so that is 36 new jobs right now. They have invested about $1.7 million including the acquisition of that property; $300,000 of that is in construction costs. They are receiving a CRA and New Jobs Program. End of report. Pres. of Council: I would just like to make a comment. I know that Lehner’s Screw & Machine has been in business for years; 50 years at least because I know that we have done; my family’s company, has done business with them for as long as I can remember. So it’s great to have them in the City. Thank you. Mayor: For Council; if you don’t know where that is located; it was the old 84 Lumber right beside the hike and bike trail; the building in the back.  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. February 22, 18 10. Ordinance 26-2018 At 3rd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Supplementing the Tallmadge Codified P.H. ON 3-8-18 @ 7:33 P.M. Ordinances by establishing Chapter 766, Medical Marijuana Cultivation, Processing and Retail Dispensing; prohibiting the same; and establishing enforcement and penalties for violations. Pres. of Council: Ord. 26-2018 is at 3rd Reading and will remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee and there is a public hearing scheduled for 3-8-18 at 7:33 p.m. 11. Ordinance 29-2018 At 1st Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate to property owner BGR Ware- house LLC and applicant T&T Retail LLC, Tyra Zwick for an amusement arcade at 132 Osceola Avenue. Pres. of Council: Ord. 29-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Planning & Zoning Committee. 12. Ordinance 30-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the City to pay their portion of the project to resurface State Route 532 from 2.63 to 3.55, minor bridge work to SFN 7710712, SUM 532-2.85 over branch of Little Cuyahoga River and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 30-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 12.A. Ordinance 31-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Authorizing the mayor to exceed expendi- tures of $50,000 for parking lot snow and ice removal with Four Seasons Service & Repair without advertising and compe- titive bid due to a real and present emer- gency appropriating the necessary sums and providing for immediate enactment. Dir. of Pub. Service: Madame Chair; can I get that passed on the 1st Reading; or at least ask? Pres. of Council: Mrs. Allman? Mrs. Allman: I move to adopt Ord. 31-2018 at 1st Reading. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Dir. of Pub. Service: Yes, as you guys know, I started about 7 months ago and we put together a snow strategy this year that is different than what we have normally done. One of the tools that we have had access to and we never really utilized was the contractor snow removal. We have always had that but we never went out to bid for it and when the winter started, I never imagined that we would have gotten to this number. The plan has worked; I mean, I think the City streets have been good. The contractor gets in there about 3:00 a.m. and he handles the parking lot at the Rec Center and City Hall and what that does is it allows us to focus on the roads, and I have to be quite honest with you that that is the priority. I know we have a building that opens at 5:00 a.m., but when it comes to the City streets and parking lots; I would rather keep the guys out on the streets. Then at 7:00 a.m. we take over that shift of taking over that parking lot because we have more resources in the morning than we do in the evening. So on the second shift we only have 6 employees to take care of all the roads. So we utilize this tool and it has gone pretty well. There again, the problem I made was underestimating the amount that we would have went through and next year I plan on going out to bid for this service. Pres. of Council: Just a quick question; do you think this amount will cover for any potential more snow that we receive? Dir. of Pub. Service: I’m Irish and so I hate to always do that, but we are hoping that it does. I am hoping I don’t have to come back to you. Pres. of Council: OK. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano – unanimous. Ord. 31-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 2  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. February 22, 18 13. Resolution 6-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Expressing approval and support for the development of State and US Bicycle Routes and requesting AASHTO and ODOT to officially designate the Freedom Trail. Pres. of Council: Res. 6-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Public Service Committee. 14. Resolution 7-2018 At 1st Reading. COMMUNITY ISSUES/SAFETY A resolution adopting a Health in All Policies approach that systematically takes into account the health implications of decisions in order to improve population health and health equity. Pres. of Council: Res. 7-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Community Issues/Safety Committee. 15 ADDITIONAL ITEMS: None. 16. ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Allman moved to adjourn. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Voice vote 7-0. The Regular Council meeting of 2-22-18 adjourned at 7:42 p.m. sb Approved: _________________________________ ____________________________________ Susan E. Burton, Clerk of Council Carol A. Kilway, President of Council 3