Tallmadge City Council Regular Business Meeting (2013-2019)

REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 1. CALL TO ORDER. President of Council Kilway called the Regular Council meeting of Thursday, December 13, 2018 to order at 7:33 p.m. 2. PRAYER: Rev. Andy Alberts, Tallmadge Lutheran Church, Tallmadge. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor: We will have Nick, from Eagle Scout Troop 361, to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pres. of Council: Just briefly before we do roll call; there will be a Richardson Trust Fund meeting after the adjournment of the Regular Council meeting to discuss the replacement of Barbara Mattern. 3. ROLL CALL: Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso – present. Also present were Mayor Kline, Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar, Dir. of Administration Cooper, Dir. of Econ. Development Weinberg, Dir. of Finance Gilbride, Dir. of Law Raber and Clerk of Council Burton. 4. MINUTES: 11-8-18 Regular Meeting minutes. Mr. Donovan moved to adopt the Regular Council meeting minutes of 11-8-18. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 7-0. The Regular Council Meeting minutes were adopted by a vote of 7-0. 5. FINANCIAL REPORTS: • Fire & EMS Fund Transfer in the amount of $200,000 to Council on 11-30-18. • Street Maintenance & Repair Transfer in the amount of $215,000 to Council on 11-30-18. • Appropriation Report, Fund Report, Revenue Report, and Encumber Report for the period ending 11-30-18 to Council on 12-3-18. • Tallmadge Recreation Center Profit and Loss Report for the period ending 11- 30-18 to Council on 12-6-18. • Income Tax Comparisons for the period ending 11-30-18 to Council on 12-6-18. • Revenue Comparisons for the period ending 11-30-18 to Council on 12-6-18. • November Financial Reports to Council on 12-6-18. • Consolidated Investment Portfolio for the period ending 11-30-18 to Council on 12-6-18. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Ordinance 82-2018 At 3rd Reading. FINANCE Adopting a budget for various funds of the City of Tallmadge, Ohio, for current expenses and other expenditures during P.H. ON 12-13-18 @ 7:33 P.M. fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, AMENDED 11-8-18 appropriating the necessary funds for the administration thereof, authorizing trans- fers between funds and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: It is now 7:37 p.m. and I call the public hearing for Ord. 82-2018 open. Is there anyone who would like to speak in favor of Ord. 82-2018? Please come to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. These meetings are recorded. No one responded. Is there anyone who would like to speak against Ord. 82-2018? No one responded. Second time; is there anyone who would like to speak in favor of Ord. 82-2018? No one responded. Is there anyone who would like to speak against Ord. 82-2018? No one responded. Third and final time; is there anyone who would like to speak in favor of or against Ord. 82- 2018? No one responded. It is now 7:38 p.m. and I will call the public hearing for Ord. 82-2018 closed and I will recognize the Finance Chair, Mr. Sisak. Mr. Sisak: I call the Finance Committee to order; myself, Mr. Donovan and Mr. Carano are present. A recommendation for Council? Mr. Donovan: I recommend adopting. Mr. Carano: Second. Mr. Sisak: I would recommend third. Are there any comments or input from Council? Pres. of Council: We are just going to be recommending adoption of the revised budget that was revised on 12-7-18? Mr. Sisak: Correct. Mr. Carano: I think the Administration has done a very conscientious job of trying to make it a good budget and I think they have done quite a good job. Mr. Sisak: Yeah, I would agree. I mean this is my first year as Finance Chair, but I have been on the Finance Committee and every year they have been very open to discussing and sharing their reasoning and how they got to the budget and you know I think this is a very responsible budget for the City of Tallmadge and for the residents and I appreciate working well with all of the administrators from the City. So, it will be the recommendation for Ord. 82-2018 by a vote of 3-0 to adopt the ordinance at this time. Seeing nothing else; I will go ahead and close committee.  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 Mr. Sisak: I move for the adoption of Ord. 82-2018 at this time. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Mr. Loughry: First off; I want to echo everything that was said in committee regarding how helpful and open and transparent the Administration was. As you know, I can ask a lot of questions and I ask questions about questions and everyone was very nice and helpful to me and so I really appreciate that. That being said, I think it is a great budget and there are a couple things though that I do take issue with in the budget; it’s not an overriding part of the budget, but the removal of the business sponsors on the basketball courts just really, really bothers me. I know it is legal, but I have learned a long time ago that just because something is legal doesn’t necessarily mean that it is right and the right thing to do and I just personally think that it sends the wrong message to our business community, but that is just minor when you are looking at a $32 million budget. The other thing is that I would have really preferred to continue with 7-man staffing, or 7- person staffing at the Fire Department as opposed to 6, but that is a financial decision that the Administration makes and so those are my only two comments. Mayor: Madame Chair, if I may. First I will respond to Mr. Loughry’s comments on that. With the 7-man; we still have a 7-man shift at the Fire Department. It is just that when we could go to a minimum man, which we have . . . in the past, we have gone down to 5 and in last year’s budget, we would bring that 5 back up to that 7 to try to maintain 7 at all times, but we do have a 7-man shift, but sometimes somebody goes off or they are . . . for some reason, it may go down to 6 and we are not just backfilling all the way back to 7; we are backfilling to 6 and we will try that and see how it works out and I’m sure I will be back to Council because one thing this budget does not have in here is land acquisition for the new Fire Station No. 2, nor does it have money to build Fire Station 2. There is, as you know, there is a shortfall of funding within the Fire Department for those items and actually we had a Fire Study meeting today and will continue to have those at the first of the year to come back with recommendations with Council . . . 4 different new pumpers; how do you properly fund the Fire Department? That is a topic that Council will be heavily involved with. So, that is just in the Fire Department. The logos at the Rec Center, since you brought it up; I did talk to the former Mayor Grimm a couple weeks ago to see what his thoughts were on those logos and he said that absolutely when he sold the logos it was for a period until the floors had to be refinished and they knew that they would be coming off. We elected to put plaques or do something to recognize that initial investment. Is it right or wrong? There was no really good documentation if that was for indefinite . . . which it was not; it was just under his . . . and he is the one that made that . . . just so you know. Mr. Loughry: Again, sometimes that’s why it would be good to have some discussion, but my . . . I couldn’t find it and I don’t see Mayor Grimm very often, but if he told you that he had a conversation with those business owners and that was the understanding, well then that is exactly what happened. So, I’m good. Mayor: Then on the budget; I would just like to say . . . thank Council for their input. I think we have had a lot of good meetings with different members of Council coming in to talk about it and going over it. I think Council totally understands it. It was a harder budget this year to put together. As Mayor for now 8 years or 9 years of doing budgets; this was probably the hardest budget ever put together with the income tax shortfalls that we are receiving due to the State mandated cuts and that, but hats off the Administrative team putting this budget together. All the Department Heads had to give a little and some gave a lot. Some wanted more and they understood that they just couldn’t get that. But, putting this budget together; it was a long process and a lot of give and takes. To Dr. Cooper and Mollie and Megan and to Rita; the whole team putting this budget together. Dir. of Administration: And Jill. Mayor: I’m getting to Jill. Jill Stritch, who was really was the glue to help us put it all together and so just thank her personally and everyone else and I think it will be a good budget for the citizens of Tallmadge and hopefully we will start seeing that recap of the lost carry forward taxes that we have lost. Mr. Carano: If I may make a brief comment? I think it is important that the public understands that since we have diminishing State funds, it affects our budget in ways that we have to make all kinds of decisions of where to put money and all that so that there is in some sense restriction upon what can be done and it is not the Administration’s fault; it has to do with the onus put upon them. So that’s all. I just think that is important that the public be aware of that. Mayor: If you look at the City; there are buildings going up all over. We have ribbon cuttings, which I am sure Rita will talk a little bit about, but the City is busy with new development and Maplecrest Golf Course; I mean that is just going to be a nice feather in the next year and a half or so when that gets fully developed and the Ripley Farm. There is a lot of good stuff going on, but there is just a shortfall because it is out of our control. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano – unanimous. Ord. 28-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 2  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 7. COMMUNITY INPUT: Tallmadge City Council meets on the second and fourth Thursdays 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. If there is anyone that would like to address Council, please come forward and state your name and address for the record. No one responded. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pres. of Council: At this time I would like to ask Council and the Administration to take a look at the proposed meeting schedule for 2019. We were all given dates for the Council meetings for 2019 and we do have Spring Break on the March 29th meeting and then again, summer recess is July 25 and August 8th. Last year we had elected to forego the second week of the recess. Is there any discussion with Council as to doing that again this year? Mr. Sisak: No, it’s fine. I think the summer break if we have construction going on and developments and such; I think it is important not to take such a long break. Pres. of Council: I would have to agree with that too. Is there any more discussion on that subject? Ms. Tricaso: I agree that we don’t need the two week break. Pres. of Council: Do I need a motion to accept the dates? Dir. of Law: Yes. Pres. of Council: Can I get a motion then please? Mr. Sisak: I move to adopt the Council meeting dates for the year 2019 as presented. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Pres. of Council: I think I need a motion to cancel the second week of recess? The first one is what it is supposed to be . . . the second one is what it is supposed to be and the first one is what we are proposing. The top page is what we are proposing. Can I get a motion to cancel the August 8th meeting? Mr. Sisak: So moved. Pres. of Council: To cancel the vacation; to not cancel the meeting. Mr. Sisak: So moved. Seconded Mrs. Allman. Voice vote 7-0. The meeting schedule was accepted with only taking one week off for summer break. Pres. of Council: Is there anything else on the calendar that Council thinks needs adjusted? Mr. Loughry: I would just like to look at October just to see if we have an issue with Halloween. Pres. of Council: I already checked on that and it appears that Halloween is going to be . . Beggars Night will be on the 31st this year so we are good on that one. I think the only other issue might possibly be Tallmadge High School graduation, but I don’t think that affects anybody at this time. So the Council meeting dates for the year 2019 with Spring Break on March 28th; summer vacation on July 25th; Thanksgiving on November 28th and Christmas on December 26th; those are the only dates that we will not be meeting. Can I get a motion to approve this? Dir. of Law: So technically we have our Beggars Night on the fourth Thursday of the month and the fourth Thursday of the month in October is October 24th because there are five Thursday’s. Pres. of Council: OK, because I had asked the Mayor beforehand and he said it would be on the 31st then, but you didn’t realize that that was a five week month then. Mayor: No, when you said it was the last one; I just . . . Mr. Loughry: I would move then to move that meeting to the Wednesday before like we did this year. So that would be October 23rd. Mayor: Hang on a second; can I ask a question? Jessica; would there be a problem with going to the fifth Thursday? I don’t think so. I mean that is actually; isn’t that Halloween? Now in two years from now when somebody says why aren’t you doing it on the actual night because the actual night will be on Friday night. Pres. of Council: Because we always do it on Thursday. Mayor: Let’s just do it on the 31st. Celebrate actually on Halloween night. We can see how our allotments act when everybody is doing it the same night. Mr. Loughry: We will have less people in our City. Mayor: So just leave it the way it is now; your Council. Ms. Tricaso: So Beggars Night is October 31st? Pres. of Council: Beggars Night will be October 31st then; OK. Mr. Donovan: I make a motion to approve the amended version of the Council meeting dates for the year 2019. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 7-0. The Council meeting dates for the year 2019 were approved by a vote of 7-0. 9. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: Mayor: Just briefly, the Fire Department Study group actually met today and Mr. Sisak was there. We will continue . . . and Mike Carano was there also. It was a good meeting. We are scheduling meetings coming up in January. Craig; I don’t know if you want to go any further. 3  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 Mr. Sisak: Yeah, I just want to share with Council that obviously the Fire Department has taken more funding out of the General Fund and so we have to identify, as a Council, and as a City and as the Administration how we want to move forward in financing and funding the Fire Department especially with consideration of new buildings and new equipment and so we are going to be getting together and hopefully getting in touch with our constituents to find out specifically what they look for in the safety services; not just Fire but Police as well in order to move forward with putting a solid plan together for funding the Fire Department and the Police Department. So, be looking at your e-mails here in the next few weeks. Mayor: Also the Master Park Plan; we had a meeting today and I thought it went very well. We did receive a copy of the survey results and I think all of Council may have received that booklet. I see Carol has one . . . Pres. of Council: No, I had Jessica bring me one because I could not make to the meeting today. Mayor: So that is going well and you will have more updates in the near future. End of report. 10. AGENDA ADDITIONS: • There will be a short Richardson Trust Fund meeting following this evening’s Regular Council meeting to appoint a member to replace Barbara Mattern and discussion, if needed, regarding the year-end report. 11. REPORTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS: MAYOR, DIR. OF PUBLIC SERVICE, DIR. OF ADMINISTRATION, DIR. OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DIR. OF FINANCE AND DIR. OF LAW. Mayor: Just very brief. I would like to thank Council for their work on the budget and adopting it tonight. We look forward to the upcoming New Year and we will be very busy. End of report. Dir. of Pub. Service: Good evening. I would like to request that Council pass Ord. 101- 2018 which is Item 29 at 1st Reading. For the month of November; the cemetery was busy. We had 8 burials. We average 6 per month which is high I think, but obviously this past month and then Zoning was actually low although they have been busy, but we just haven’t had that many permits. Parks and Rec; membership is actually in both the Rec and the visitors. It is up 500 in each category which is a good thing. The Rec Center is turning 15 years and we will discuss that more when we get to Ord. 101-2018; it is a membership promotion. Rockin’ the Rec with the Middle School was November 2nd and we had over 230 students there and it looked like a great night. Then the Community All Star Basketball League started December 1st and they have 122 teams going in this season so those are good numbers there. Circle Park hosted the Tree Lighting on December 1st and then the retirement of Penny Shonk is happening this week and I believe her last day is tomorrow. She is being replaced by Kristin Lally who works the front desk. You probably know her at the Rec. She has 6 years experience and I think she should be pretty good. This is a picture of Hungry, Hungry Hippo and that was done at the Rockin’ Rec and I’m sure you remember that, but it looks like it was a great game and it was a good night. Then the tree lighting on December 1st. Everything went well. There are a couple pictures of the ice sculptures. That was an added twist. I thought that was kind of neat and those artists said they would be back and it was really neat. It’s too bad it rained as much as it did. In the Street Department; the leaf pickup is going on. We have actually completed our 3rd round and next week we are going to do one more shot through and that should . . . we actually have the sweepers out this week which are cleaning up the streets. A catch basis was installed at East and Elm and then we installed chevrons on North Munroe. Does everybody know where that is; so you are heading southbound heading towards the Roundabout and it makes that sharp turn right there and the chevrons weren’t there before and a lot of people were going off the road into that and so we decided to add those chevrons. The Utility Department; you can see there that sadly we have had quite a few breaks in the last two months which put us over the 10-year average of 17 breaks and it was a good thing that there were no backups in the sewer. We replaced the pump; we rebuilt the pump at City Hall. The leak seekers finished their tour of the City and they have actually found 9 leaks that we have not known about and we are going to start addressing those and the important thing is that it is 47 gallons per minute out of those 9 leaks and so you are talking 68,000 gallons a day. So those are important things to do and so I think we should probably try to do those leak seekers every couple years and find those leaks that we can’t see and address those. So that is the monthly report unless there are any questions. Dir. of Administration: Thank you. Good evening. I have no report. Dir. of Econ. Development: Good evening. As the Mayor mentioned, a couple days ago we had the ribbon cutting for Jimmy Johns which went well. I think it has been noted that they had a little bit of a slow opening and so tell everybody that they are open. I don’t know if it is a visibility issue or people just don’t know they are there yet. But we had a nice ribbon cutting. 4  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 Dir. of Econ. Development (Cont’d.) Also you will see the progress on the medical office building that is coming out of the ground. That is for the Summa doctors and DaVita Dialysis. I wanted to mention that next week we are having the Mayor and Steve Wood from the schools and some other folks; we are going to have an interview from Business View Magazine. They contacted me about a month ago. It is an on-line digital business magazine and somehow Tallmadge got short-listed for a series for sustainability and in this case, sustainability is not necessarily just environmental; it is across the board and so we decided we were going to focus on sustainability with the schools and the new construction projects and talk about how that is impacting the community in terms of reducing the footprint and the fact that it is going to be some lead building going on there; 21st Century learning and the whole design of the building and the awards that they have won as well as the consolidation of the campus. So there are a lot of points from that interview and then as a result of that it will be a feature in their on-line magazine and then we will also get, in print, a copy of all of this so we can use it in any way we want for our marketing purposes and none of this will cost us anything. End of report. Dir. of Finance: Thank you. Everybody should have received your monthly financial reports for November. I would request that you adopt Item 20; Ord. 92-2018 and Item 21; Ord. 93-2018 at 1st Reading. End of report. Dir. of Law: Thank you. It has been a pleasure serving with all of you in 2018 and I look forward to serving with you in 2019. End of report. Mayor: Yes, Mollie reminded me that I didn’t ask for the ordinances to be adopted so, Ord. 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 101-2018. 12. Ordinance 79-2018 At 3rd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Amending Ord. 67-2001 granting a condi- AMENDED 11-8-18 tional zoning certificate for special non- P&Z REC. APPROVAL 5-0 residential development to applicant/owner Jeffrey Postma/Eastwood Self Storage LLC for use as self-storage units located at 2007 Eastwood Avenue and approving and granting the same to Parcels 6009111 and 6009112. Mr. Donovan moved for the adoption of Ord. 79-2018. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 79-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 13. Ordinance 85-2018 At 2nd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Approving, supplementing, and amending Ord. 30-2010 granting a conditional zoning certificate for special non-residential development to applicant/owner, the Shepherd’s Pasture for All Nations/SPAN Ministries for the inclusion of 16,173 square feet located at 361 Northeast Avenue. Mr. Donovan moved to amend Ord. 85-2018. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Roll Call: Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. Ord. 85- 2018 is amended by a vote of 7-0. 14. Ordinance 86-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing participation in the Region VIII Education Service Center Ohio Public Agency/ TIPS Program and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 86-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry – unanimous. Ord. 86-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 5  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 15. Ordinance 87-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a con- tract with Enterprise Fleet Management for the lease of vehicles through the Region VIII Education Service Center Ohio Public Agency/TIPS Program and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 87-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak – unanimous. Ord. 87- 2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 16. Ordinance 88-2018 At 2nd Reading. PLANNING & ZONING Determining the structure at 186 Ferguson Drive to be blighted; authorizing the Mayor to enter into all necessary agreements pur- suant to the Tallmadge Demolition Pro- gram and providing for immediate enact- ment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 88-2018 is at 2nd Reading and will remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee. 17. Ordinance 89-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to apply for and receive funding from the 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Pro- gram year and to enter into a contract for the same and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 89-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso – unanimous. Ord. 89- 2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 18. Ordinance 90-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Appropriating additional amounts and reducing appropriations in various funds and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 90-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman – unanimous. Ord. 90- 2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 19. Ordinance 91-2018 At 2nd Reading. FINANCE Suspending Ord. 68-2017 Section 3.A. for fiscal year 2019 until certain condi- tions are met and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 91-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Roll Call: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano – unanimous. Ord. 91-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 20. Ordinance 92-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Appropriating funds from the North Avenue Improvement Fund #327; transferring re- maining balances to the General Fund #101; and closing the North Avenue Improvement Fund #327 and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 92-2018 at 1st Reading. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Dir. of Finance: In the reconciliation in the closeout of the program, we found one more reimbursement that we received from ODOT and so we took care of that and got that reimbursement taken care of and so this is the final amount of money that was due to us for ODOT’s portion of the project and we are ready to close out that fund. Mr. Sisak: So is there excess? Is that what I am understanding? 6  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 Dir. of Finance: No, there was actually an expense that never got submitted to ODOT for reimbursement and so we went ahead and submitted it and got the reimbursement and this is it. Mr. Sisak: So it is kind of an even wash? Dir. of Finance: Yes. Yes. Roll Call: Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 92-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 21. Ordinance 93-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Accepting donations to the Richardson Trust Fund; appropriating amounts and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 93-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Dir. of Finance: I think the ordinance is pretty clear, but the generosity of our Board members wanted to help some people out and donated some money to the Fund and so this is just strictly so we can bring that into the record as being donated to the Richardson Trust and then expense that out through the City’s books as a donation. Roll Call: Mr. Loughry, Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway – unanimous. Ord. 93-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 22. Ordinance 94-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the International Brother- hood of Teamsters, Local 436, and pro- viding for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 94-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 23. Ordinance 95-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Amending Chapter 1361.02 Planting, Trimming and Removal of Trees and Shrubs, and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 95-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Public Service Committee. 24. Ordinance 96-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Amending Chapter 557.05 Weeds of the Tallmadge Codified Ordinance and pro- viding for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 96-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Public Service Committee. 25. Ordinance 97-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Amending Ord. 18-2015 Rates, Charges, and Fees for Tallmadge Cemetery Ser- vices and providing for immediate enact- ment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 97-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Public Service Committee. 26. Ordinance 98-2018 At 1st Reading. PUBLIC SERVICE Amending Chapter 909.01 Snow Removal and Sidewalk Repair and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 98-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Public Service Committee. 27. Ordinance 99-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Accepting a donation of Parcel 6005370, Lot Number 11, in the Tallmadge Acres Allotment from Tallmadge Grow, Inc. an Ohio Nonprofit Corporation and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 99-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 7  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 28. Ordinance 100-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Accepting the donation of Parcel 6004209, Lot Number 10, in the Tallmadge Acres Allotment from Tallmadge Grow, Inc. an Ohio Nonprofit Corporation and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 100-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 29. Ordinance 101-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing a new member promotional drive at the Tallmadge Recreation Center for the 15th Anniversary and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Sisak moved for the adoption of Ord. 101-2018. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Mr. Loughry: I would just like to know a little bit more about it. Dir. of Pub. Service: Absolutely. It is a promotion to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Rec Center and what it involves is that the first 50 people for new annual members get 15 months at the price of 12 months and then after the 50 it goes to 13 months for the price of 12 and the time period for that promotion is January 15th through February 15th and then for existing members; what are they going to get; so they get a Gold Member Pass; 7-day pass that can be used for classes or child care and can be given to a friend or family so it is just a promotion, but we needed to get it passed this time because January 15th is right around the corner. Mr. Sisak: It seems late Mr. Rorar to be offering this incentive. Everyone is going to be going to the gym January 1. I mean; what are your thoughts? Dir. of Pub. Service: Well, the timing of it is actually pretty good because that is actually when the people start renewing their memberships and so everything should gel out. I would like to commend Jessica and her staff because they came up with this clever promotion and they kicked around several ideas and this was probably the most feasible and realistic one. Roll Call: Mr. Sisak, Ms. Tricaso, Mrs. Allman, Mr. Carano, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Kilway, Mr. Loughry – unanimous. Ord. 101-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 30. Ordinance 102-2018 At 1st Reading. FINANCE Authorizing the Mayor to contract with OHM advisors for consulting services relating to updating the Planning and Zoning Code and providing for immediate enactment. Pres. of Council: Ord. 102-2018 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee. 31. Resolution 23-2018 At 1st Reading. Expressing the appreciation of the Council and Administration to Penny Shonk upon her retirement from service with the City of Tallmadge and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Carano moved for the adoption of Res. 23-2018. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Mayor: I would just like to say that Penny was with the City of Tallmadge for 14 years and did an excellent job and really developed the program with the Primetimers and the Church at the Circle and the other rentals and of all of the offices and there will be big shoes to fill, but up at the Rec Center now we are combining that service at the Rec Center itself. It is really a perfect fit. Jessica has worked with the new person coming in to handle that and so it will work out well, but hats off to Penny. Her husband is also going to retire the first of the year from First Energy. Voice vote 7-0. Res. 23-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 32. Resolution 24-2018 At 1st Reading. Expressing the appreciation of the Council and Administration to Gene Riggins upon his retirement from service with the City of Tallmadge and providing for immediate enactment. Mr. Donovan moved for the adoption of Res. 24-2018. Seconded Ms. Tricaso. Mayor: Gene will be sorely missed. He was in Property Maintenance and his background was construction and building homes. He was really able to help out that department. He was a watchdog and he was a sign Nazi and everything else, but he did a great job for us and will be sorely missed also. 8  REGULAR MEETING in Council Chambers @ 7:30 p.m. December 13, 18 Pres. of Council: He built my parents very first house here in Tallmadge before I was born. Mr. Donovan: I would like to express my appreciation for Gene also. He has been great to work with through the years; level headed and always . . . I didn’t always agree with him, but he is fair. It was good to have somebody on the job that understood construction and the reality of things sometimes beyond the numbers or the lines I guess. He was very much appreciated. Voice vote 7-0. Res. 24-2018 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. 33. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Pres. of Council: So this is our last Council meeting for the year and I would like to wish everyone a very Blessed Holiday and a Happy New Year and we will be back on January 10th at 7:00 p.m. After adjournment we will have a quick Richardson Trust Fund meeting. Mr. Loughry: I have something; I have two things. One; I was going to bring this up in Mrs. Raber’s report, but I forgot. In Wednesday’s Beacon Journal it was reported that Summit County has adopted a new Panhandling Ordinance that they think will withstand a challenge and so I just wanted to make sure that we were monitoring that to see if we would do anything possibly in the future. Dir. of Law: We are monitoring it; we are aware . . . you may want to note though that they have an exception for sidewalks which may not be quite what we are looking for. Mr. Loughry: Right; that is what I thought as well, but thank you and the second thing is, and this is just for all of us; you know we are getting ready to discuss the fire station and how to fund it and blah, blah, blah. As you can imagine, I have some opinions on that and I put together something that will go in each of your mailboxes and for the Administration. Not to be adversarial, but just to maybe spur some discussion. That’s all. Pres. of Council: Informative. Mr. Loughry: Informative. Thank you. Mr. Sisak: Yes, I would just like to put into the record that the Richardson Trust Fund would like to thank the late Barbara Mattern for her dedication to the Fund and to the Trust and to all of the community activities that she participated in. Pres. of Council: Absolutely; she was a wonderful person. She lived across from me in that house that Mr. Riggins built for my parents. Is there anything else before Item 34? 34. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Sisak moved to adjourn. Seconded Mr. Donovan. Voice vote 7-0. The Regular Council meeting of 12-13-18 adjourned at 8:25 p.m. sb Adopted: _________________________________ __________________________________ Susan E. Burton, Clerk of Council Carol A. Kilway, President of Council 9