Windham Village Council Meeting - May 10, 2005 - 7:00 P.M.

The Minutes for this Council meeting have been removed temporarily. They will be restored upon approval by Village Council at the June meeting.

I think this is the first time that "there's gotta be a law against that" has worked against me. Argh!

update!

The Minutes are going back up. The Code does not specify that Minutes are not public record until they are approved by the Council. They are to be open to public inspection "promptly".

But we do have a disclaimer.


These Minutes are subject to change. They may be amended to more accurately show the Village Council's actions at the meeting of which they describe. They will be discussed, amended, and approved at the June, 2005 Village Council meeting.

Ahh, now we all feel better now.

Tip of the hat to Mark Manlove, Village Solicitor for discussing the Code and existing case law with me.

MINUTES

Mayor Starkey called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll Call: Present: J Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti, F Ballard

There were no minutes of the April meeting due to the illness of Shelly Craine. Shelley has been out of the office since Friday and hopes to be able to return on Thurs

Jim Moore provided the Police & Fire Reports.

Mayor Starkey counted 21 outside contractors in a five hour period. He is strongly encouraging council to enact a registration fee of $100 for each contractor working in the Village. We need to talk about how to enforce and to be sure income tax is being paid. He also shared concern that the gaming machines locations are not paying their $10.00 per machine licensing fee.

Finance Committee Chairperson, M Garrett, distributed the Finance Committee notes. She had no reconciled financial reports to distribute for approval, however, did indicate a $67,000 balance in the General Fund as of 4–30–05 and has directed our fiscal officer to deduct Jan thru Apr loan payments from the Fund. We must stay current in the new year. That still leaves us with $80,000 debt from 2004 plus our Worker’s Comp situation. Finance will be calling a special Finance Meeting to discuss recommendations to Council for cuts. All council members are encouraged to attend. A vendor printout for 2004 will be delivered to each Council Member to peruse prior to that meeting.

Marian Garrett moved to authorize Lloyd Billman to attend a seminar at Lakeland Community Collage (sic) on 5/20/05 in Kirtland with registration fee of $149.00 & mileage. Seconded by Scott Garrett. Aye votes: Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti, F Ballard. Nay: none. Motion carried.

J Moore distributed the Safety Committee minutes.

Utility Committee Chairperson, Scott Garrett, shared a letter from USDA Rural Dev. dated 4–20–05 requesting additional easements required to complete the Center St. grant. It would seem the only easement required is from Ivan & Sherry Ward. Kevin Knight will pursue getting the necessary signatures.

S Garrett asked council to suspend the rules in considering the adoption of Ord. #0–2005–9. Seconded by A Ballard. Aye votes: Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti, F Ballard. Nay: none. Motion carried.

S Garrett moved to adopt Ordinance No. 0–2005–9, An Ordinance approving the residency outside of the Village of Windham of Kevin Knight, the Village Administrator pursuant to Section 735.271 of the Ohio Revised code and repealing all other inconsistent ordinances. Seconded by F Ballard. Aye votes: Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti, F Ballard. Nay none. Motion carried.

S Garrett moved to suspend the Rules in consideration of Ord. #0–2005–10. J Moore seconded. Aye votes: J Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti, F Ballard. Nay: none. Motion carried.

S Garrett moved to adopt Ordinance No. 0–2005–10, An Ordinance establishing Section 927–06 fo the codified Ordinance of the village of Windham in order to extablish (sic) a prodecure for repairing and/or replacing defective water meters with a shut-off provision for non-compliance and repealing all prior inconsistent ordinances. Motion seconded by F Ballard. Aye votes: J Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donahm, J Minotti & F Ballard. Nay: none. Motion carried.

F Ballard shared concern with non-control over outisde vendors as well as several issues she and the Administrator discussed.

J Moore moved to approve submitting pre-application to the Porgate (sic) County Engineer grant for OPWC Issue 2 Infrastructure Program. It will involve approval as well as some matching funds (ususally (sic) 20 to 30 %) and will facilitate road repairs. Seconded by S Garrett. Aye votes: J Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti and F Ballard. Nay: none. Motion carried.

Jodi Minotti had no Bldgs & Property meeting due to being out of town. We do understand that McCauley has sold several buildings which are due for major renovations.

Planning & Zoning Chairperson, J Moore, moved to accept the resignation of Trusetta Johnson from the Committee with regret and to appoint Tom Denvir, Sr., to the committee. Seconded by F Ballard. Aye votes: J Moore, S Garrett, M Garrett, B Donham, J Minotti, F Ballard. Nay: none. Motion carried.

J Minotti, representative to the Parks & Recreation Committee reported no meeting was held. It seems the Board is in a state of disarray right now with several members having resigned. Mr. Moore indicated that the Board has a bank account with about $550.00 and it was suggested we use that to repair the Game Courts. Kevin reported that the deplorable restroom conditions have been corrected.

GUESTS: Marion Quiggle shared a brief concern. Bob Garner addressed an issue of sewer line problems on N. Main and waste being dumped in teh creek behind his home. He has taken samples and will be submitting them to the EPA.

At 8:07PM Jim Moore moved to adjourn the meeting. Francis (Angel) Ballard seconded the motion. There being no opposing voice vote the meeting adjourned.

submitted by Marian Garrett, Councilperson

These Minutes are subject to change. They may be amended to more accurately show the Village Council's actions at the meeting of which they describe. They will be discussed, amended, and approved at the June, 2005 Village Council meeting.

Gotta love that disclaimer