VILLAGE OF RIVERLEA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 22 , 2005
THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF RIVERLEA MET ON THE ABOVE DATE AT 229 WEST SOUTHINGTON AVENUE. THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: MARY JO CUSACK, MAYOR; SCOTT K. GORDON; JOHN A. SCHAER; RENEE SHANNON AND RODNEY TETTENHORST. ALSO PRESENT WERE GARY A. BRUCK, BUILDING/ZONING COMMISSIONER; DANIEL A. MCINTYRE, STREET COMMISSIONER; STEVEN W. MERSHON, SOLICITOR; NEIL R. MORTINE, MARSHAL; DAN E. OWENS, CLERK-TREASURER AND LOIS YOAKAM NEWSLETTER EDITOR. THE MAYOR CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:31 P.M.
THE MAYOR’S JANUARY 20, 2005, APPOINTMENT OF PAMELA M. COLWELL TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF KAREN S. GERMAN AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL WAS NOTED. THE CLERK-TREASURER IS TO FILE COLWELL’S APPOINTMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. SEE BOARD REFERRAL FILE NO. 05-006 AND 05-007.
THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE RESIGNATION OF DAVID G. MOORE AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 20, 2005. SEE BOARD REFERRAL FILE NO. 05-008. COUNCIL IS TO APPOINT A REPLACEMENT FOR MOORE AT ITS MARCH MEETING.
MINUTES
05-12
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 18, 2004, WERE NOT READ SINCE EACH MEMBER HAD RECEIVED A COPY. SCHAER MOVED AND TETTENHORST SECONDED A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED BY THE CLERK-TREASURER. THE FOLLOWING VOTE WAS RECORDED ON THE MOTION: YEA, 4; GORDON, SCHAER, SHANNON AND TETTENHORST: NAY, NONE. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0.
CLERK-TREASURER REPORT
05-13
SCHAER MOVED AND SHANNON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF BILLS AND TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR JANUARY 2005, AS SUBMITTED BY THE CLERK-TREASURER. THE FOLLOWING VOTE WAS RECORDED ON THE MOTION: YEA, 4; GORDON, SCHAER, SHANNON AND TETTENHORST: NAY, NONE. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. SEE BOARD REFERRAL FILE NO. 05-009.
THE CLERK-TREASURER DISTRIBUTED TWO COPIES OF THE CASH BASIS ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND/OR COPIES ARE AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING THE CLERK-TREASURER.
REPORTS OF OFFICIALS
THE MAYOR BROUGHT THE COUNCIL UP TO DATE ON THE DON SCOTT AIRPORT EXPANSION REPORTS AND MEETINGS, REPORTED THAT WORTHINGTON HAD DROPPED THE REQUEST FOR SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION FROM THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT SHE CONTINUES TO SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER OF CONTINUING POWER OUTAGES.
THE SOLICITOR HAD NO ADDITIONAL REPORT.
THE BUILDING/ZONING COMMISSIONER REPORTED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD NOT MET SINCE THE JANUARY COUNCIL MEETING. HIS COUNSEL WAS SOUGHT BY A RESIDENT RELATIVE TO A FENCE FOR A DOG.
THE MARSHAL REPORTED THAT THE WORTHINGTON POLICE MADE 354 PATROL CHECKS, BUT FILED NO REPORTS DURING JANUARY. HE WILL INVESTIGATE WHY LOCAL NEWSPAPERS REPORT OTHERWISE.
THE STREET COMMISSIONER REPORTED THAT POT HOLES ARE TO BE FILLED.
THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR REQUESTED THAT COPY FOR THE MARCH NEWSLETTER BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 5, 2005.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
05-14
GORDON MOVED AND TETTENHORST SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF $200, FOR THE SPRING EGG HUNT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2005. THE FOLLOWING VOTE WAS RECORDED ON THE MOTION: YEA, 4; GORDON, SCHAER, SHANNON AND TETTENHORST: NAY, NONE. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0.
COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS
NO COMMENTS WERE OFFERED.
OLD BUSINESS
THE REVISED ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER REGULATE SIGNAGE IN THE VILLAGE WAS READ, BY TITLE, FOR ITS SECOND READING.
A RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL A. MCINTYRE AS STREET COMMISSIONER BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2005, AND CONTINUING UNTIL MARCH 31, 2006 WAS READ, BY TITLE, FOR ITS SECOND READING.
845
HAVING BEEN READ, BY TITLE, FOR THE THIRD TIME AT THE JANUARY MEETING OF COUNCIL, SCHAER MOVED AND TETTENHORST SECONDED A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 845, AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE THE BUILDING/ZONING COMMISSIONER’S COMPENSATION FROM $1,500 TO $1,800 PER ANNUM AND THE STREET COMMISSIONER’S COMPENSATION FROM $1,500 TO $1,800 PER ANNUM. THE FOLLOWING VOTE WAS RECORDED ON THE MOTION: YEA, 4; GORDON, SCHAER, SHANNON AND TETTENHORST: NAY, NONE. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0
NEW BUSINESS
AT THE REQUEST OF THE CLERK-TREASURER, AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN INSURANCE COVERAGES AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WAS READ, BY TITLE, FOR ITS FIRST READING.
COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
NO COMMENTS WERE OFFERED.
NEXT MEETING AND ADJOURNMENT
THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2005, AT 7:30 P.M. AT 5804 PIONEERS COURT.
05-15
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, TETTENHORST MOVED AND SCHAER SECONDED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THE FOLLOWING VOTE WAS RECORDED ON THE MOTION: YEA, 4; GORDON, SCHAER, SHANNON AND TETTENHORST: NAY, NONE. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:06 P.M.
MARY JO CUSACK, MAYOR
DAN E. OWENS, CLERK OF COUNCIL