Tallmadge City Council Regular Business Meeting (2013-2019)

REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. PRAYER: Silent prayer. 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 Administration Cooper, Dir. of Economic Development Weinberg and Clerk of Council Burton. 4. MINUTES: 3-8-18 Regular Council Meeting minutes. Mr. Donovan moved to adopt the Regular Meeting minutes of 3-8-18. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 7-0. The Regular Council Meeting minutes of 3-8-18 were adopted by a vote of 7-0. FINANCIAL REPORTS: • Street Maintenance & Repair Transfer in the amount of $150,000 to Council on 4-1-18. • Bond Retirement Transfer in the amount of $100,000 to Council on 4-1-18. • Appropriation Report, Fund Report, Revenue Report, and Encumber Report for the period ending 3-31-18 to Council on 4-2-18. • Tallmadge Recreation Center Profit and Loss Report for the period ending 3-31-18 to Council on 4-9-18. • Income Tax Comparisons for the period ending 3-31-18 to Council on 4-9-18. • Revenue Comparisons for the period ending 3-31-18 to Council on 4-9-18. • March Financial Reports to Council on 4-9-18. • Consolidated Investment Portfolio for the period ending 3-31-18 to Council on 4-9-18. Mr. Sisak moved to accept the Financial Reports. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Voice vote 7-0. The Financial Reports submitted by Dir. of Finance Gilbride were accepted by a vote of 7-0. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. 6. COMMUNITY INPUT: Pres. of Council: Tallmadge City Council meets on the second and fourth Thursday’s of the month with the Council Committee meetings 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. Is there anyone that would like to address Council, please come forward and state your name. No takers. Thank you very much. 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, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Mayor: Thank you. I will try to be brief. Has anyone heard of a gaga pit? I think that is what it is called. That is what it looks like and we do have an Eagle Scout here in Tallmadge who would like to install one of these gaga ball locations and we are looking at . . . the location would be inside Maca Park. The shuffleboard courts and then the pavilion there. These are two locations that the Parks Department looked at that are possible locations to install that. I just wanted Council to be aware that this is not the gentleman; this is a photo from another spot, but this guy lives in Tallmadge and his father is a carpenter and they would like to install this in Lions Park or at a park location. We are suggesting that and so I just wanted to get Council’s idea. The Parks Department has been looking for one of these for a long time. It’s like a dodge ball game inside that pit. Pres. of Council: What is the object of this game; how do you play it? Any clue? Mayor: See that ball; you have to bounce it off the wall and hit the person below the belt and then they are out so there are so many people in this area. It is like a dodge ball; when you get hit; you are out and down to the last person. Mr. Sisak: What is inside? Is that sand or gravel? Is that like pea gravel? Mayor: That is an engineered mulch; wood chips. There will be no cost to the City except for the liability insurance as Megan so rightly said. We are just looking at that. So that is one item. Don’t forget the Memorial Day season this year. It is the 150th anniversary of the Memorial Day Parade. A committee has been formed and Mr. Rorar has done an excellent job on that committee. Dir. of Pub. Service: The committee got together and keep in mind it is the 150th anniversary of the Memorial Day Parade and so to honor the City in celebrating the 150th anniversary of it, we are doing a band concert at the Circle on the 26th which is Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. and it is a big band theme and with that we are also having a pie and ice cream social, if you would, an alamode I guess. So that is occurring and then you have the pancake breakfast as you always do on the Memorial Day Monday and you have the parade and then we have the ceremony over at the cemetery and we are going to do something different. Memorial Day is really to honor those who sacrificed during the battle and we have 44 people who served their country during battle and lost their lives, but we actually had 14 that did it in the battle and so we are going to honor those 14 and I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag on how we are going to honor them, but it is going to be really neat. It is going to be something else this year. Mayor: Frank Chaff is involved in that so it will be a very nice event. Is there anything else?  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 Dir. of Pub. Service: No; that’s it. Mayor: The CAD System that I brought to Council and some of you went to Stow for the Joint Dispatch Center and pulling that all together and then it got broken up into two separate sections; the computer aid dispatch section, which is the CAD portion; that is the software that all Police Departments operate on and then you have the COG joining with different communities. Well, the COG is two to three years down the road. I mean, that is going to be a while before that ever happens, but the Computer Aid Dispatch; Summit County is going to purchase that program and then multiple agencies within Summit County will be piggybacking onto that program. The City of Akron, the City of Green, City of Stow, Tallmadge and multiple jurisdictions . . . Cuyahoga Falls. Our portion of that, and if you remember in the budget I said that I was not sure where it was going to be, but I would be coming back to Council. Our portion of the CAD will be about $179,000 and that will enhance all of our Police Department, our MDT’S; they will all be able to tie into the program and be able to get all their dispatching on their computer screens. It will be a much better system plus the Fire Department will have enhanced items on that and so it is a New World platform which we are currently on and so I just wanted to give Council an update. While you were gone we have had several meetings on that. The contracts aren’t finalized yet, but they are being worked on. We also have been working on the fire study. The committee has met three times now. Councilman Carano and Councilman Sisak have been involved in that. We are looking at most likely two stations; one at the Station 2 proximity to that and then Station 1 would be remodeled at that current location. We are looking at land acquisition at this point up in that area and then how to fund it. We are meeting with an architect on Monday morning . . . the one that we have been working with in the past, to come up with a conceptual drawing on a couple of different sites at that location. Mr. Sisak: Who was that architectural firm? Mayor: It is DWS. Mr. Sisak: Is that out of Columbus? Mayor: No, out of Kent. They are the same ones that we visited up at the Kent Fire Department. They are the architects who actually did the Kent Fire Department and also the Kent Police Department. End of report. Dir. of Pub. Service: Good evening. Before I start, I would like to request that Ord. 39-2018 be passed on 1st Reading if that is possible. That is the playground one. For the month of March, there were five burials. Three of them were full burials and nine foundations for the headstones were set. In the Zoning Department, 26 permits were issued; 18 of which were zoning certificates; 5 were signs and 2 were street openings. In Parks and Rec; the Easter Egg Hunt was held on March 24th. A special thanks to the Primetimers and the High Schooler’s for stuffing the eggs with candy. I have no idea; but there were thousands of eggs. We had a video to show you, but we didn’t have that, but a good turnout and a fun event. Also what is new; the emergency medical forms are being done digitally this year. It is something new. Instead of doing all of the paper copies; we are doing them on I-Pads and it should be easier on parents and it is more secure and then it cracks down on the redundancy and then next year you won’t have to fill out the same form; you just have to update it. So that is pretty exciting. It is the first year we have done that. Maca Pool; the membership right now is at 6,621 and that is up 467 from 2017. The Maca Management Team has been hired and we are still looking for lifeguards. The number of Maca passes are up this year as opposed to 2017 and that is pretty surprising with the way the weather has been. So, good stuff there. Lions Park and Washburn Park playground, which is that ordinance that I asked if it could be passed. This is a rendition of the new playground from Game Time at Lions Park. Keep in mind that there were two playgrounds there and this is the one at Washburn. Just so you guys know, we sent out an e-mail last week; the annual hydrant flushing is occurring. Keep in mind that this is part of the preventative maintenance that we do annually and it lets us know which of the fire hydrants are up to full capacity. It flushes those lines out of that sediment that is going on and it also helps us with the pump stations as well as our system and so it puts everything in a real working method that we really don’t get to see unless we are doing this and so it is good stuff. One of the bad things is that you do get discolored water, but there is nothing wrong with that water. Just don’t wash your clothes. That would be the only drawback to it. Run your cold water and if there are any issues, please call the Water Department. The Utility Department will stay with it and we had one water main break in March and that occurred at Barnes and Anne and we had one sewer backup and that was on Bierce. We had three water meters set and all three of them were on Woodside and something that I want everybody to note is they cleaned and calibrated the Camp Brooks sewer meter. Last year was the first year that we did that and this is the way that we get charged or billed from the City of Akron and so it is imperative that we get that thing calibrated and cleaned out to get the best rate 2  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 Dir. of Pub. Service (Cont’d.) possible and so how often are we going to do that; it is kind of a test right now. We are trying to figure that out. Maybe it is every couple months to get the best rate. So, it is something that we need to key an eye on. Also, we reviewed the water and sewer rate study proposals from three firms and we have it down to one. I don’t believe that we are quite ready to pull the trigger on that, but we have it dialed into one firm that is out of Maryland; they have done the water and rate study for Cleveland and they are doing it now for Canton and they have done it for Summit County. So they are a pretty good group. The big thing is you know we hired a new Superintendent, Daryl Stineman; he has been here about two months and he is big on training and two of the trainings here he is showing the guys hydraulic pipe saws for the guys that are down in the holes and also there is a camera that we send down into the sewers right there to video any issues that are going on in the sewers. It is 6- wheel drive monitor and the guys are learning how to use that equipment more and more. On the Street Department, believe it or not, we almost had 800 hours worth of snow and ice control. It is hard to believe, but we are still chipping away with that. Hopefully it is over. Then we are moving into the new season which is pot holes and what you are seeing there is the Durapatcher which is just a different way of filling potholes. It kind of seals it up and makes it air tight for the most part. Just another tool in the arsenal for doing that job. Just off of the topic, just for the next meeting to kind of let you guys know; down at the garage down at 210 Osceola, we lost a vehicle lift which is the lift that raise the vehicles up and it wasn’t part of the budget and so we are going to have to ask for appropriations at the next meeting and we are looking at about $21,000 for that. We have two of them down there, but you need two of them because there again; we have a lot of vehicles in our fleets. So, it is a good tool. It is 26 years old and they just no longer make the parts for that and we do have it inspected annually. It is just one of those things that it is just out of its life. Thank you. Mr. Loughry: Mr. Rorar; just a couple questions or comments. One; the children at Dunbar were told that they could not drink the water this afternoon and so they were really thirsty. Dir. of Pub. Service: Yeah, I bet. Mr. Loughry: Maybe that was just miscommunication or misunderstanding on the School District’s part. That is that and then, and I may have missed it, but did you make reference to how soon we should have our rate study done on our water rates; on that business side? Dir. of Pub. Service: We are looking at September. Mr. Loughry: Because we are waiting on that to be done to do some other things; is that correct? Dir. of Pub. Service: That is correct. Mr. Loughry: OK, so then lastly, this year is the year that we are supposed to be updating the Thoroughfare Plan and up until the recent past, we . . . everything led to the Circle. All sidewalks; everything led to the Circle. Well now, with what is going on in the school district and Maca being upgraded not too awful long ago, I get questioned somewhat regularly on our sidewalk plan or our bike plan. The last time we did this we had a lot of discussion about complete streets and I think we only had one or two people that understood what complete streets were and Diane Sumego was one of those. But, I think it would help us to be proactive to have a sidewalk plan or a bike plan . . . we know we are going to have two schools at the present Middle School site and how do you walk to get there? If you want to walk to get there; how do you do that? What is the plan? We are going to put a stadium in on Munroe and so I drove and looked and I could not walk from where I live on Clark to the new stadium. And so, I think we have different gathering points. You know, if you are going to Maca and you live in the neighborhood; can your kids walk on sidewalks to get there or do they have to be in the street? Just that type of thinking when we look at the plan this next time. Dir. of Pub. Service: Duly noted and Rita has . . . Economic Developer: I contacted Summit County Public Health and there are some grant monies that we will be accessing. We don’t even have to apply for them. We will be a recipient of about $15,000 to $20,000 to do a sidewalk gap analysis. In addition to that I have also submitted information to the State for a School Travel Plan that will . . . I haven’t heard whether we got approved for that yet, but if we get the School Travel Plan complete, then we can apply for up to $400,000 for the safe routes to school for the infrastructure money. So that is all in the works right now. Mr. Loughry: She did not ask me to ask that question tonight! Thank you very much. Mr. Carano: I don’t know if this is the time, but to sort of piggy back on that I understand the way the streets are is we do future street development and I think if we kind of see if we do all of East Avenue right; at some point that is all going to be done in the future; I know this is going to be determined by cost and that type of thing, and I don’t know what those numbers would be at all, but if you can sort of envision that if there was like a bike lane down that road; North Avenue it is probably too late; I have not really looked at that configuration, but the idea being that everybody on either side of that could get to the bike trail and then if they could come down and maybe to Community Drive and get over to the bike . . . Freedom Trail; that type of a thing. 3  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 Mr. Carano (Cont’d.) So I know that the way Tallmadge is configured you know side streets and things like that are out of the question of course and people can safely ride on those, but if the main ones are such that people have a way to safely get to our town center here so that restaurants and things in the future try to attract younger people to the City and that type of thing; I think if we can kind of work those into those type of plans in the future, or see if they are feasible I think it would make the community a place where people would gravitate to and people would maybe use the restaurants and spend money in our City and have more of a community atmosphere. Thank you. Mayor: And that is exactly the grant that we just received for $20,000 through the Health Department. It is called mobility in connecting the sidewalk system plus the complete street design. It does not do . . . it gives you the plan of what the City should be. The East Avenue corridor, part of that safety plan that we are applying for and we go down to Columbus at the end of May to see if we get the safety funds as part of the complete street of the East Avenue corridor. Howe Rd. is the same way. We also met today on what is called “Bike and Brainstorm” through AMATS and ODOT that we are setting that up for September. Council will be involved with it so we will ride our bikes on about a 6-mile trip around town and then we come back and come up with a plan on how to make it accessible to the Freedom Trail. That meeting was today. Mr. Carano: And Howe Rd. is another road that the way it is now with four lanes now, I mean, it could easily have three lanes and the two bike lanes and that way people could get to the Freedom Trail there. It’s just that in the most minimal way possible so that it is financially feasible. That’s all. Thank you. Mr. Sisak: I have one more question for the Service Director. I know you showed the Circle with the speed limit stuff. Where are we at with that? Dir. of Pub. Service: Almost there. Mr. Sisak: Excellent; thank you. Pres. of Council: Is there anything else for the Service Director? No one responded. Dir. of Finance: Thank you. Everyone received my financial reports. Not as bright and shiny as they usually are, but I am hoping that we will see a rebound in the second quarter of the year on our income tax. Our net profit taxes are kind of a tricky item to predict. That is really where we are seeing the largest dip in our income taxes that doesn’t necessarily signify any downturn in the economy. It could signify that businesses are flush with cash and profits and are reinvesting them in their business and we just have yet to see the turnaround on their hiring or the investment that they made in capital and those kinds of things. So, I will be monitoring it closely and keeping Council informed on those items. Mr. Sisak: Are you going to be doing any income tax assistance for the community? Dir. of Finance: We assist anybody who comes in anytime of the day. Mr. Sisak: But, you don’t have any certain hours or . . . Dir. of Finance: No. There are no certain hours. We have done that in the past and we have had R.I.T.A. come out and we really do not get a response worth making three people from R.I.T.A. sit here. My office is available. There are people in the office that can do taxes so if anybody needs assistance they are more than welcome to stop in during our normal business hours to get that done. Dir. of Law: Thank you. Next Tuesday I am going to be speaking at the Tallmadge High School and presenting to their Senior class; I am doing a “Now You’re are 18” program to highlight the responsibilities that come with being 18 and you know the good and the bad. So, the “Start Talking Tallmadge” has been assisting me in preparing audio visual part of that presentation and so I have been very happy and pleased especially with Jen Stewart who is a counselor there and she has done excellent work and she is also the advisor for that group. In addition, the N.O.P.E. presentation was rescheduled to Monday, April 30th and so I would encourage you . . . there are flyers so please feel free to grab that, but it is now more doable for Council because of the rescheduling and so it is at 6:30 p.m. on April 30th and I would encourage you to attend if possible. Again, it is really important in raising awareness about not just illegal drugs but also prescription drug abuse and what that can do. Additionally we are doing another Drug Takeback Day on April 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We are doing it at the Tallmadge Police Department and at Acme this time. Thank you. End of report. Mr. Loughry: Other than I wish they would have had that same program 18 years ago. Dir. of Administration: Good evening. Thank you. I would like to draw your attention to Items 20 and 21 on the agenda which are Ordinances 41 and 42-2018. The Administration would like to ask that those both be adopted at 1st Reading. That’s all I have. Economic Director: I have nothing further. Mr. Sisak: I have a question. Can you give us an update on what is going on next door? Do we have any new parcels or new businesses? Economic Developer: I haven’t heard anything about any leases. I don’t even know who is doing the leasing right now, but I haven’t heard anything new. I don’t know anything about the opening for Jimmy John’s. Have you heard anything? 4  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 Mayor: On the Summa building, the plans are in the Building Department. They are working on the details. I know that we are meeting on the waterlines going into the Summa building right beside City Hall so they should be breaking ground here pretty soon. They might beat Jimmy John’s; I don’t know. Economic Developer: Yeah, they are working on the smoothie shop; Planet Fresh or something and so they are finally in there working. Sutton Bank will be occupied; at least the office portion sometime soon; I think this month. They are waiting on the equipment for the bank from Diebold and that will not be ready I don’t think until sometime in May. So you won’t see actual banking occurring until then. 10. Ordinance 29-2018 At 3rd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Rejecting a conditional zoning certificate to property owner BGR Warehouse LLC and applicant T&T Retail LLC, Tyra Zwick for an amusement arcade at 132 Osceola Avenue. Mr. Donovan moved to amend Ord. 29-2018. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano – unanimous. Ord. 29-2018 has been amended by a vote of 7-0 and it will go back to 2nd Reading and will remain in front of the Planning & Zoning Committee. 11. Ordinance 32-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Appropriating funds from the unappro- priated balance of the General Fund transferring to the North Avenue Improve- ment Fund and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved to adopt Ord. 32-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 32-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 12. Ordinance 33-2018 At 2nd Reading. PERSONNEL Establishing the number of employees by department and position pursuant to R.C. 731.08 and providing for immediate enact- ment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 33-2018 is at 2nd Reading and will remain before the Personnel Committee. Mayor: You have an amendment. Pres. of Council: Oh, I’m sorry. Ms. Tricaso moved to amend Ord. 33-2018 by a vote of 3-0. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Pres. of Council: OK, I’m sorry; we do have an amendment . . . we have a motion and a second to amend Ord. 33-2018 . . . Mr. Loughry: I would move to amend Ord. 33-2018. Dir. of Law: Thank you. Ms. Tricaso: Second. Pres. of Council: I thought that is what we just did. Dir. of Law: No. She stated the recommendation from the committee. So Mr. Loughry has made the motion to recommend the adoption, or to amend. Pres. of Council: Oh, OK. So now we have a motion and a second to amend Ord. 33-2018. Roll Call: Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. Ord. 33-2018 is amended by a vote of 7-0 and will remain at 2nd Reading in front of the Personnel Committee. Mayor: I think the committee made a recommendation to amend and adopt. Mr. Donovan moved for the adoption of the amended version of Ord. 33-2018. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Roll Call: Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry – unanimous. Ord. 33-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 13. Ordinance 34-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into a contract with Software Solutions for the purchase of finance, payroll, and utility software which is special in nature and not requiring a competitive bid, and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 34-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak – unanimous. Ord. 34-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 5  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 14. Ordinance 35-2018 At 2nd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate for special nonresidential devel- opment to property owner John Anderson/ Anderson Family LTD. and applicant All Heart Cross Fit for a fitness center/fitness class at 4481 Crystal Parkway Suites 800 and 900. Mr. Donovan moved to amend Ord. 35-2018. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso – unanimous. Ord. 35-2018 is amended by a vote of 7-0 and will remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee. 15. Ordinance 36-2018 At 2nd Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Authorizing the Director of Public Service to prepare plans, specifications, and cost estimates for purchase and installation of street lighting on Kensington Park Drive, Kensington Park Circle and a portion of Clark Drive and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 36-2018 is at 2nd Reading and will remain before the Public Service Committee. 16. Ordinance 37-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Lehner Screw Machine, LLC for a New Jobs Program Grant pur- suant to T.C.O. 160.05 and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 37-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 17. Ordinance 38-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with R.W. Martin & Sons, Inc. for a New Jobs Program Grant pursuant to T.C.O. 160.05 and providing for imme- diate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 38-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 18. Ordinance 39-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a con- tract for the purchase of new playground equipment for Lions Park and Washburn Park through US Communities Cooperative Purchasing Program, and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 39-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Mayor: I was not at the meeting when Lions presented the check for, I think it was $8,000; that is also to help enhance this park and that is part of it. Roll Call: Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman – unanimous. Ord. 39-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0 at 1st Reading. 19. Ordinance 40-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Supplementing Chapter 182 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Tallmadge regarding Municipal Income Tax and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 40-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 6  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. April 12, 18 20. Ordinance 41-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Authorizing the Mayor to file on behalf of the City of Tallmadge, an application to Reworks for the 2018 Community Recycling Assistance Grant and providing for imme- diate enactment. Mrs. Allman moved for the adoption of Ord. 41-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Mayor: This is a grant that we will receive. It is $17,537. It is one dollar per capita in Tallmadge or per person and so that is a grant that we will receive. The monies will go for the purpose of our leaf program; paying for the labor. That is part of that program. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano – unanimous. Ord. 41-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 21. Ordinance 42-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Amending Ord. 28-2018 and determining the structure at 138 Nottingham Street to be blighted; authorizing the Mayor to enter into all necessary agreements pursuant to the Tallmadge Demolition Program and pro- viding for immediate enactment. Mrs. Allman moved for the adoption of Ord. 42-2018 at 1st Reading. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Dir. of Law: This is actually an ordinance; Ord. 28-2018 is a property that you previously approved as being blighted property. The issue with that was that we had it in the name of one spouse and before the actual demolition occurred there was a divorce and therefore the property transferred to the other spouse and therefore we need to change the name of the owner of the property. The good news is that that owner has indicated that there is a potential buyer that plans to build a new home on that property and so that hopefully will come to fruition shortly after the demolition takes place. But, we have advised that person that they need to remain the owner through the entire process and then they can transfer the property upon completion of the demolition. Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 42-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 22. Ordinance 43-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract for the lease/purchase of a street sweeper through the State Purchasing Program and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 43-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 23. Resolution 11-2018 At 1st Reading. Extending the sympathy of the Council and Administration to Dawn Hoff and members of her family in the death of Elmer E. Guran and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Res. 11-2018. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Voice vote 7-0. Res. 11- 2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 24. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: None. 25. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Donovan moved to adjourn. Seconded Mrs. Allman. Voice vote 7-0. The Regular Council meeting of 4-12-18 adjourned at 8:40 p.m. sb Approved: _________________________________ ____________________________________ Susan E. Burton, Clerk of Council Carol A. Kilway, President of Council 7