Council Minutes Archives COUNCIL MINUTES City of Harrison January 15, 2008 Council met in regular session with Mayor Joel McGuire presiding. Members present included: Mrs. Deborah Acra, Mr. Tony Burkart, Mr. Matt Hiatt, Mrs. Judy Kercheval, Mr. Bill Neyer, Mr. Jim Robertson, and Mr. Randy Shank. Mr. Bill Deters, Law Director, was also in attendance. The meeting opened at 7:30 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Shank made a motion, seconded by Mr. Burkart to approve the Council meeting minutes for January 2, 2008. Roll Call: All - yea. Mrs. Kercheval made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Acra to approve the purchase orders. Roll Call: All - yea. Mr. Shank made a motion, seconded by Mr. Robertson to approve the December 2007 Finance Report. Roll Call: All - yea. Mr. Neyer made a motion, seconded by Mr. Shank to approve an ordinance to approve design, bidding, construction phase engineering and resident project representative services by Arcadis U.S., Inc. for the West Road Sanitary Sewer Improvements. Roll Call: All - yea. (Ordinance #5 - 2008) Mr. Neyer made a motion, seconded by Mr. Shank to approve an ordinance to approve the request for additional funding and to revise the schedule for design and building for the Dry Fork sanitary sewer and pumping station. Roll Call: All - yea. (Ordinance #5 - 2008) Mr. Neyer made a motion, seconded by Mr. Shank to approve an ordinance to approve the Five Star Commercial Roofing, Inc. as the low bidder for the Wastewater Administrative Building roof repair project. Roll Call: All - yea. (Ordinance #6 - 2008) Mr. Neyer made a motion, seconded by Mr. Shank to add two items to the agenda pertaining to the approval of an ordinance and the dedication of a street. Roll Call: All - yea. Mr. Neyer made a motion, seconded by Mr. Burkart to approve the acceptance and dedication of a portion of Lyness Drive. Roll Call: All - yea. Mr. Neyer made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Acra to approve an ordinance to amend the Miami Trace Planned Unit Development (PUD). Roll Call: All - yea. (Ordinance #7 - 2008). Mayor Report Mayor McGuire reported the December 2007 Mayor's Court produced a check for the City of Harrison in the amount of $5534. Mayor's Court receipts are down $6604 in comparison to December 2006. Law Director Report Mr. Deters reported the first meeting of the new Law Committee will be held on February 7 at 5:00 p.m. Council - Committee Report Mr. Neyer reported the Planning Commission held an organizational meeting prior to the regular commission meeting. Barry Carlson was voted Chairman of the Planning Commission with Greg Kathman voted in as the Vice- Chairman. Mr. Neyer reported the Storm Water Committee will meet in conjunction with the Utility and Street Committees. The Storm Water Committee will meet on January 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to review several requests for adjustments to the storm water fees on commercial properties. Mr. Hiatt announced Bill Lutts was voted in as Chairman of the Recreation Commission with Stacie Dick serving as Secretary. Mr. Hiatt reported the Recreation Commission is in the process of reviewing community events for the year. They are also accepting field requests for 2008. Field requests are due by February 15 along with proof of insurance. Mr. Hiatt reported the Economic Development /Resource Committee met on January 9. The committee is reviewing the city's current website and working on updates. Mrs. Acra announced the Police Committee will meet on January 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Center. Mrs. Acra reported the Western Joint Ambulance District (WESTJAD) held their organizational meeting on January 3. Deborah Acra was elected President and Warren Strunk Vice-President of the Board of Trustees. The Board approved the Guidelines of Operations and the appropriations. WESTJAD will collect an income of just over $1 million dollars this year. The Board carried over $400,000 from 2007 due to the collection of additional monies from the passage of the levy. The District has set a meeting schedule for the second Thursday of the month on a quarterly basis. Mrs. Kercheval reported the Fire Committee will have an informational meeting with the Township Trustees and the Board of WESTJAD on Thursday, January 17 at 5:30 p.m. The regular Fire Committee meeting is scheduled for the fourth Tuesday of the month. The next meeting will take place on January 22 at 6:00 p.m. Mrs. Kercheval reported the end of the year EMS billing totals $279,999.27 which reflects an increase of almost $60,000 from 2006. Mrs. Kercheval reported the estimated time of arrival for the new Quint is the end of February. The new equipment should be ready for service by the third week of March. Mrs. Kercheval made a motion, seconded by Mr. Shank to enter into an executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel issues. Roll Call: All - yea. Mrs. Kercheval reported she and Public Works Director Jim Leslie have been working on the Gateway Project. This project started in 1995 but was consistently put on hold status during the following years due to the talk of upgrading the I-74 bridge. When the bridge project was nearly complete, Mrs. Kercheval and Mr. Leslie started on the Gateway project once again. Mr. Leslie has been in contact with ODOT and we are working on getting them the final plans so the gateway can be completed. ODOT will pay the cost of all the materials and the city will only have to be responsible for the labor costs. The initial cost of the landscaping for the gateway was $180,000. We will be getting estimates for cost of labor as well as looking at doing the work ourselves. Mrs. Kercheval thanked Mr. Leslie for all his work in assisting with this project. Mr. Robertson reported the Personnel Committee met on January 15 and discussed several ideas with regards to city employees. Mr. Robertson reported the Solid Waste & Environmental Committee along with Utility Office employees completed the semi-annual residential recycling incentive program application. Based on data from Rumpke, the City took 150 tons of recyclables out of our waste stream for second half of last year. Mr. Robertson reminded residents the Yard Waste Recycling Program is held on the last Saturday of the month at the Salt Dome on Industrial Drive from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Finally, Mr. Robertson announced the ICRC 4th quarter, end of the year meeting will be held January 24. Mr. Robertson along with the Mayor and Mr. Hiatt will be in attendance. Mr. Burkart announced the Civil Defense Committee will meet January 22 at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Shank reported he attended his first OKI meeting. He also announced the Finance Committee will meet on January 16 at 3:00 p.m. along with the city's insurance broker for health care. Mr. Shank reported that tax deposits are up 5% from 2006. Mrs. Acra announced the Building & Lands Committee will meet on January 29 at 6:00 p.m. There being no further business, Council entered into an executive session. ATTEST: Joel McGuire, Mayor            Carol A. Wiwi, Clerk Back to top • Home
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