Village of Gloria Glens
Council Meeting of April
4, 2007
The council meeting was called to order by Mayor Dean at 7:02 p.m. the following council
members were present: Ted
Cavanaugh, Adam Namerow, Bill Thomas, Council President Ron Lusher
Others Present
John
Dean, Mayor
Debbie
Runser, Fiscal Officer
Alan
Michelson, Solicitor
Officer
Phillips
Scott
Gold, Zoning Inspector
When the meeting began all present performed the Pledge of
Allegiance.
MINUTES: The minutes of the March 7, 2007 were reviewed. Motion to approve the minutes was made by
Bill Thomas and seconded by Ron Lusher with all present council members voting
“aye”. Motion carried 4-0.
TREASURER’S
REPORT: The treasurer’s report of March 7, 2007 was reviewed
and a motion to approve was made by Ron Lusher and was seconded by Bill Thomas
with all present council members voting “aye”. Motion carried 4-0.
LIST OF BILLS: The
list of bills were presented, after review a motion to pay the bills was made
by Bill Thomas and was seconded by Adam
Namerow with all present council members voting “aye” Motion carried 4-0.
CLERK’S REPORT:
Clerk presented the budget for 2008 and will be asking for the first reading at
May’s meeting. Dropped 1 phone line and
will purchase an answering machine to handle calls. Motion to purchase an answering machine for
up to $50.00 was made by Bill Thomas and was seconded by Ron Lusher with all
present council members voting “aye” Motion carried 4-0. There was also discussion of changing the way
we see receive faxes. Also, putting a
stop payment on the $9,000 check to Westfield Fire Association and reissuing
the check, the original check was mailed to Westfield in December and has never arrived.
MAYOR’S REPORT: Officers worked a total of 71 hours last
month; Officer Hereda worked 38 hours and issued 4 citations and Officer
Schmoll worked 25 hours with 4 citations, Officer Phillips worked 8 hours with
1 written warning. We received $143.00
from Wadsworth Muni Court.
Mayor Dean reviewed tax rates for the village received from
the county treasurer. Elections will be
held May 8th, and he will be available to provide access to the building. Discussed the land trade proposal with Tom
James and will continue trying to get the beach front in trade for the property
on Twilight Trail.
Mr. Michelson and the Mayor attended the WestfieldTownship
meeting on Monday to discuss the annexation of the beach front into the
village. After discussion and answering
questions, WestfieldTownship stated they
understood why we would want the property to protect or citizen’s rights. Solicitor is going to draw up a draft
annexation agreement that the township, park district and we would sign
it. And the township would still be
entitled to a portion of the tax money for 12 years at a declining rate. The village will have to get the property
surveyed and at the same time survey the newly acquired property on Twilight
Trail.
SOLICITOR’S
REPORT: ALAN MICHELSON:
2 closed cases this month, 1 case was a charge of driving on
a closed roadway where the person plead guilty.
The second case was for underage consumption where the person plead
guilty. Received the deed for lot 503
Twilight Trail. Motion to have the Mayor
sign the deed was made by Ron Lusher and seconded by Bill Thomas with all
present council members voting “aye” Motion carried 4-0.
First reading by title of Ordinance # 07-02 Approving an
agreement for dispatch services provided by the Sheriff’s Office for the
Village for the year 2007. First reading
of Ordinance # 07-03 Approving an agreement for mosquito spray services by G
& O Spray for 2007. First reading of
Ordinance # 07-04 Authorizing the request to the Ohio Board of Building
Standards to amend certification of the Village of Gloria Glens Park for
enforcement of the Ohio building code removing the exception for use group I2 including hospitals and nursing homes.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
HEALTH &
SAFETY: PAT KENNEDY: Mr. Kennedy was out due to surgery, submitted
a report which the Mayor read: Village
clean up May 4, 5, 6 but we can only get help from the litter crew on May
4th. Sheriff contact appears correct,
the county changed it and went to an actual cost per call, the rate they
originally were going to go with was much more than $23.00 per call.
ROADS: ADAM NAMEROW: Will be getting bids for repairing the roads.
FINANCE: KAREN TERLAAK: Not at the meeting
PROPERTIES: BILL THOMAS:
Two rentals this month.
Reminder, April 7th ODNR will be at the town hall to go over
regulations. Estimates for the lawn care
contract for 2007 discussed. Will
attempt to get more bids and make a decision at the next meeting.
SIGNS: TED CAVANAUGH: Intersection of Demi Dune and Pepplebrook
was completed to our plan and is now a 4 way stop sign. Checking in to pricing of yield signs. 4 of the 27 new stop signs have been
replaced. Will be out over the next few
Saturday’s to finish up.
UTILITIES: RON LUSHER:
Nothing to report
OLD BUSINESS: Motion for authorizing 4 dumpster for spring cleanup May 4, 5 and 6th was made
by Ted Cavanaugh seconded by Ron Lusher with all present council members voting
“aye” Motion carried 4-0.
Adam Namerow discussed putting notifications of the spring
cleanup on the web site.
NEW BUSINESS: News letter is just ready and he will
e-mail it to the Clerk to have it printed at Staples.
ZONING: SCOTT GOLD: Attached.
Made some calls and informed Council that there would be 3 additional
properties in the FEMA buy out ready for transfer to the Village.
AUDIENCE: Megan Huber elections May 8th there will
be a sales tax issue. Auditor is
offering a $500 scholarship to any senior graduating this year from a
vocational education program, more information on the Auditor’s website.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Bill Thomas and
was seconded by Ron Lusher with all present council members voting “aye”. Motion carried 6-0
Mayor Dean adjourned the meeting at 9:22 p.m.
