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REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

 

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M. BY MAYOR RAY DELONG.  COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: JAN REEB, KENNETH REINHART, DEAN RISTER, MIKE ROHRS, KEITH WEST, AND RUDIE REEB.

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, ADMINISTRATOR SARA KEERAN, AND FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY.  MEDIA PRESENT: NONE. VISITORS PRESENT: TIM COPSEY, GARY DONAT, AND HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT STUDENTS.

 

MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 21, 2019, WERE REVIEWED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 21, 2019, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE OCTOBER DISBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED.  DISCUSSION ON EXPENSES.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER RECONCILIATION REPORT.  6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

VISITORS

TIM COPSEY WILL BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PAULDING COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 6, 2019, AND THEN HE WILL BE THE PAULDING COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020.  TIM HAS BEEN ON THE PAULDING COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR 2 YEARS.

 

GARY DONAT AND HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT STUDENTS PRESENT TO OBSERVE.

 

POLICE REPORT

POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BY OFFICER JARED HOGAN.  THE WRITTEN REPORT SHOWS 124 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WITH 35 OFFENSES.

 

EMS REPORT

EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGALL PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING COLLECTIONS OF $7,247.12 FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COLLECTED OF $69,143.69. THERE WERE 45 EMS RUNS FOR OCTOBER.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ATTENDED BOTH EMS DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETINGS AND HE RECOMMENDS THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEMPT TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE MEETINGS TO OBSERVE THE TRAINING DONE AT THESE MEETINGS.  WEST STATED THAT ALL MEMBERS ON BOTH DEPARTMENTS ARE HOPING MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS.  FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETINGS ARE HELD THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 PM AND EMS DEPARTMENT MEETINGS ARE HELD THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNESDAYS OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 pm.

 

FISCAL OFFICER’S REPORT

FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-15: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE § 721.03 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST AND BEST BIDDER

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-15. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-16: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO LET BIDS FOR THE COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE, RUBBISH, REFUSE AND BULKY WASTE FROM THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-16. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE BID REQUEST WILL BE ADVERTISED IN JANUARY 2020 WITH THE NEW CONTRACT TO BE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2020.

 

ORDINANCE NO. 2019-20: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO, SPECIFICALLY, AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS (SECTION I), MEDICAL INSURANCE (SECTION 9.04), FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993 (SECTION XVI), AND DISCIPLINE (SECTION XXIV)

 

•   THIS ORDINANCE DIED FOR FAILURE OF A SECOND READING.  ORDINANCE NO. 2019-23 REPLACES ORDINANCE NO. 2019-20 DUE TO A PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE POLICY IN THE PERSONNEL MANUAL.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-21:  AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE TIME AND PLACE OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO, FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-21. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-21. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-22:  AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP TO ENTER INTO A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT WITH METALINK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND QUALSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-22. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY JAN REEB, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-22. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-23:  AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO, SPECIFICALLY, AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS (SECTION I), MEDICAL INSURANCE (SECTION 9.04), FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993 (SECTION XVI), BEREAVEMENT LEAVE (FUNERAL) (SECTION XVII), AND DISCIPLINE (SECTION XXIV), AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY WEST, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-23. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-23. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

RITA REPORT REVIEWED.  THERE WAS $24,957.09 COLLECTED IN NOVEMBER FOR OCTOBER WITH AN INCREASE OVER NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR OF $5,809.40 AND AN INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF $31,790.00.

 

DURING PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING, DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON VACATION LEAVE CREDIT AND THE DEFINITION OF ANNIVERSARY DATE.  WHEN CHIEF CLEMENS WAS HIRED, HIS ANNIVERSARY DATE DID NOT INCLUDE HIS PRIOR PUBLIC SERVICE WITH THE PAULDING POLICE DEPARTMENT.  AS A RESULT OF NOT ENTERING HIS ANNIVERSARY DATE CORRECTLY, CHIEF CLEMENS HAS NOT BEEN CREDITED WITH 344 HOURS OF VACATION TIME.  A RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE IS FOR THE VILLAGE TO PAY CHIEF CLEMENS ONE-HALF OF THESE HOURS (OR 172 HOURS) AT HIS CURRENT RATE OF PAY, TO BE PAID IN JANUARY 2020 TO ALLOW THIS PAYROLL EXPENDITURE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2020 BUDGET.  ON MARCH 6, 2020 (CHIEF CLEMENS’ NEXT ANNIVERSARY DATE), HIS VACATION CREDIT WILL BE CORRECTED TO SHOW CHIEF CLEMENS AT 22 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.  CHIEF CLEMENS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS RESOLUTION.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF CHIEF CLEMENS’ VACATION LEAVE CREDIT BY PAYMENT TO CHIEF CLEMENS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,890 AS PAYMENT IN FULL OF ANY VACATION LEAVE DUE HIM, WITH THE VACATION LEAVE TO BE PAID IN JANUARY 2020. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

FISCAL OFFICER LICHTY INFORMED COUNCIL THAT EMPLOYEE INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCREASED 6.94% FROM LAST YEAR.

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

S. MAIN / E. CANAL WATERLINE PROJECT:

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE WATERLINE PROJECT CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS ON S. MAIN STREET AND E. CANAL STREET SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP SOON.  THE GOAL WAS TO BE COMPLETELY DONE BY NOVEMBER 15, 2019.  WEATHER IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS NOT BEEN THE BEST, BUT THE CONTRACTORS WORKED RIGHT THROUGH MOST OF IT.  CUSTOMERS ON S. MAIN STREET HAVE BEEN USING THE NEW WATERLINE AS OF LAST WEEK AND PAVING OF THE EXCAVATED PORTIONS OF THE ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

 

THE E. CANAL PORTION IS ALMOST COMPLETE AS OF NOVEMBER 12, 2019, WITH ONLY A FEW BORINGS TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL THAT SECTION WILL BE COMPLETED.  IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROJECT WILL COME IN AT THE BID PRICE EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE MORE THAN A FEW COMPLICATIONS DISCOVERED.  THE CONTRACTORS WERE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH AND CLEANED UP THEIR WORK SITE EVERY NIGHT.

 

THE ADMINISTRATOR WAS ALSO ABLE TO CONTRACT WITH THEM TO REPAIR 3 CATCH BASINS ON S. AND N. MAIN AND TO REPAIR THE SINKHOLE IN FRONT OF H & H CLEANERS.  THE HOLE DISCOVERED THIS LATE SUMMER BY H & H CLEANERS WAS QUITE DEEP AND WAS A SECTION OF STORM LINE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  THE CONTRACTORS WILL SEAL THE HOLE WITH CONCRETE SINCE THIS SECTION GETS HEAVY TRAFFIC FROM SEMIS ENTERING THE ELEVATOR DRIVEWAY.  THIS ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE PAID USING THE VILLAGE’S STATE HIGHWAY ALLOCATION.

 

PAULDING COUNTY LAND BANK REQUESTED ADDITIONAL RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES THAT the VILLAGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEMOLISHED:

AS REPORTED AT THE OCTOBER 2019 COUNCIL MEETING, THE PAULDING COUNTY LAND BANK, ALONG WITH THE OHIO LAND BANK ASSOCIATION, HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE AVAILABLE MORE FUNDING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE STATE’S LAND BANKS TO DEAL WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BLIGHT THAT MANY OLDER COMMUNITIES ARE PLAGUED WITH.  IN ORDER TO SHOW THE NEED, THE PAULDING COUNTY LAND BANK REQUESTED ALL COMMUNITIES AND TOWNSHIPS TO SUBMIT STRUCTURES THAT THEY FELT NEEDED DEMOLISHED.  THE VILLAGE SUBMITTED 6 ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES (2 COMMERCIAL AND 4 RESIDENTIAL) TO THE COUNTY.  THE PROPERTIES SUBMITTED MAY OR MAY NOT END UP WITH ANY FUNDING AT THIS TIME AS THEY ARE ONLY BEING USED AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE A TOTAL COUNT TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE SATEE FOR MORE FUNDING.  THE VILLAGE WILL BE KEPT INFORMED BY THE COUNTY IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

 

SNOW REMOVAL:

SNOW REMOVAL ON VILLAGE STREETS WILL BE HANDLED BY BEN KAUSER OF KAUSER EXCAVATING FOR THIS SEASON.  RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED TO CLEAR THEIR SIDEWALKS AFTER SNOW EVENTS SO NO ONE FALLS AND STUDENTS WHO WALK TO SCHOOL DON’T HAVE TO WALK IN THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.

 

MAUMEE RIVER TRAIL SIGNAGE FOR ALONG THE RIVERBANK TO BE INSTALLED:

AS PART OF THE PROMOTION OF THE MAUMEE RIVER TRAIL AND KAYAK LAUNCH, A SIGN AND POST WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE RIVERBANK SO THAT KAYAKERS AND CANOEISTS WILL KNOW THEIR LOCATION ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE TRAIL.  MARK GREENWOOD’S BUSINESS NEW AMERICAN REAL COMPANY, LLC DEVELOPED AND MADE THE POST AND ARM.  FLAT ROCK CONCRETE WILL INSTALL A BASE AT THE RIVERBANK.  IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL BE INSTALLED YET THIS YEAR.

 

 

 

UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.  WELCOME CENTER WILL BE AT THE SUBWAY AND IT WILL BE MANNED FROM 9:00 A.M. TO NOON THAT DAY.  COUPON SPECIALS, SHOPPING BAGS, SCAVENGER HUNT AND RECEIPT RAFFLES WILL ALL BE AT THE SUBWAY.  SHOP YOUR DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY, BUT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS A MUST.

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2019, WILL BE THE 4TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING EVENT AT GREEN WAY PARK (NEXT TO TOWN HALL) BEGINNING AT 5:30 P.M.  THE ANTWERP BAND AND SHOW CHOIR WILL PERFORM AS THE TREE IS LIGHTED.

 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019, SANTA WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE FIRE STATION.  KIDS ARE WELCOME TO GET THEIR PICTURES TAKEN WITH SANTA AND AGAIN THERE WILL BE SHOP WITH A COP.  KIDS CAN PURCHASE AN ITEM FOR $5.00 FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE IN THEIR LIFE.  PRESENTS WILL BE FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER ROHRS ASKED ABOUT THE PROGRESS ON THE BUS BARN CLEAN OUT.  THAT PROPERTY WILL BE SIGNED OVER TO THE NEW OWNERS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH.  ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN STATED THEY HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE BUT THEY STILL NEED TO MOVE THE GENERATOR AND SHE WILL MAKE SURE HER EMPLOYEES KNOW THEY NEED TO HAVE IT CLEANED OUT BY WEDNESDAY. KEERAN STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO AN EXTENSION ON THE POLE BARN LOCATED AT THE SEWER PLANT FOR HELP WITH STORAGE OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER ROHRS ASKED ABOUT HOLE IN VFW PARKING LOT.  ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN STATED THAT SHE BELIEVES THAT IT IS A STORM LINE AND THEY ARE WAITING ON A UTILITY LOCATE AND THEN THE VILLAGE WILL DIG IT UP.  SHE SAYS THE HOLE IS NOT ON TOWN PROPERTY AND ONCE IT HAS BEEN DUG UP WHERE THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE HOLE IS, THEY WILL DETERMINE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF REPAIR.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

JAN REEB UPDATED COUNCIL THAT DANNY BAKER MET WITH HER AND COUNCIL MEMBER REINHART ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE EMS DEPARTMENT SUCH AS RAILINGS, STAIRS, WIRING AND DRIVERS OF THE EMS UNITS.  JAN REQUESTED A MEETING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THESE CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE NOISE ORDINANCE.  FISCAL OFFICER LICHTY INFORMED COUNCIL THAT MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR REPAIR OF THE STAIRS AND RAILINGS.  A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2019, AT 6:00 PM AT TOWN HALL.

 

MAYOR’S REPORT

MAYOR’S COURT BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $4,149.00 IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WITH $3,194.00 GOING TO THE VILLAGE, $917.50 GOING TO THE STAET, AND $37.50 GOING TO THE INDIGENT DRIVER’S ALC TREATMENT FUND.

 

NEW BUSINESS

FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY REQUESTED THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEET TO DISCUSS 2020 BUDGET.  THIS MEETING IS SET FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019, AT 8:00 AM AT TOWN HALL.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ASKED THAT COUNCIL BE GIVEN ALL BID DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW PRIOR TO THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES SO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IN CASE THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES PRIOR TO FIRST READING.  DISCUSSION ON HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS: CURRENTLY, THE APPLICABLE COMMITTEE MEETS TO REVIEW AND PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO FULL COUNCIL.  MAYOR AGREES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE INFORMED BUT COMMITTEE MEMBERS DO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO FIRST READING.  ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER REVIEW.

 

SOLICITOR FARR GAVE REPORT ON CLASS ACTION FOR IN RE: NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION OPIATES LITIGATION.  THE SOLICITOR RECEIVED A CLASS ACTION NOTICE SETTING FORTH A DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 22, 2019, TO OPT-OUT OF THE CLASS.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO REMAIN A PART OF THE CLASS AND NOT OPT-OUT OF THE CLASS FOR THE NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION OPIATES LITIGATION. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:36 P.M.

 

 

MAYOR_________________________________________

 

FISCAL OFFICER_________________________________                                 DATE________________

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

November 2019

 

1. MAIN/E. CANAL WATERLINE PROJECT:

 

It is anticipated that the waterline project currently in progress on S. Main Street and E. Canal Street should be wrapped up.  The goal was to be completely done by November 15, 2019.  Weather in the last few days has not been the best, but the contractors worked right through most of it.  Customers on S. Main Street have been using the new waterline as of last week and paving of the excavated portions of the road has been completed.

 

The E. Canal portion is almost complete as of today, 11/12/19, with only a few borings to be completed until that section will be completed.  It is anticipated that the project will come in at the bid price even though there were more than a few complications discovered.  The contractors were very easy to work with and cleaned up their work site every night.

 

The undersigned was also able to contract with them to repair 3 catch basins on S. and N. Main and to repair the sinkhole in front of H & H Cleaners.  The hole discovered this late summer by H & H Cleaners was quite deep and was a section of storm line that needed to be replaced.  The contractors will seal the hole with concrete since this section gets heavy traffic from semis entering the elevator driveway.  This additional work is being paid for with the Village’s state highway allocation.

 

PAULDING COUNTY LAND BANK REQUESTED ADDITIONAL RESIDENCES AND COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES THAT THE VILLAGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEMOLISHED:

 

As reported at the October 2019 council meeting the Paulding County Land Bank, along with the Ohio Land Bank Association has been aggressively pursuing our state legislature to make available more funding to provide additional resources to the state’s land banks to deal with commercial and industrial blight that many older communities are plagued with.  In order to show the need, the Paulding County Land Bank requested all communities and townships to submit properties that they felt needed to be demolished.  The Village submitted 6 additional properties to the County.  The properties submitted may or may not end up with any funding at this time as they are only being used at this time to determine a total count to be considered by the State for more funding.  We will be kept informed by the County if they are successful in obtaining additional dollars.

 

SNOW REMOVAL:

 

Snow removal on village streets will be handled by Ben Kauser of Kauser Excavating for this season.  Residents are reminded to clear their sidewalks after snow events so no one falls and students who walk to school don’t have to walk in the road right-of-way.

 

 

 

 

MAUMEE RIVER TRAIL SIGNAGE FOR ALONG THE RIVER BANK TO BE INSTALLED:

 

As part of the promotion of the Maumee River Trail and kayak launch, the attached sign and post will be installed at the river bank so that kayakers and canoeists will know their location along the length of the trail.  Mark Greenwood’s business New American Real Company, LLC developed and made the post and arm and Flat Rock Concrete will install a base at the river bank.  It is hoped that this will still be able to be installed yet this year.

 

UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS:

 

Saturday, November 30^th is Small Business Saturday.  The welcome center will be at the Subway and it will be manned from 9:00 a.m. to Noon that day.  Coupon specials, shopping bags, Scavenger Hunt and receipt raffles will all be at the Subway.  Shop your downtown every day, but Small Business Saturday is a must.

 

Monday, December 2^nd, 2019 will be the 4^th annual Christmas Tree Lighting event at Green Way park (next to town hall) beginning at 5:30 p.m.  The Antwerp Bank and the show choir will be performing as the tree is lighted.

 

Saturday, December 7^th, 2019 Santa will be arriving at the fire station.  Kids are welcome to get their pictures taken with Santa and again there will be Shop with a Cop.  Kids can purchase an item for $5.00 for that special someone in their life.  Presents will be from our local businesses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP

OCTOBER 21, 2019

 

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M. BY MAYOR RAY DELONG.  COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: JAN REEB, KENNETH REINHART, DEAN RISTER, MIKE ROHRS, KEITH WEST, AND RUDIE REEB.

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, ADMINISTRATOR SARA KEERAN, EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGALL, AND FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY.  MEDIA PRESENT: PETER GREER – CRESCENT NEWS. VISITORS PRESENT: BILL PHARES, RANDY GASSER, AND HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT STUDENTS.

 

MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 16, 2019, WERE REVIEWED.

 

• MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2019, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE SEPTEMBER DISBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED.  DISCUSSION ON EXPENSES.

 

• MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER RECONCILIATION REPORT. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

VISITORS

RANDY GASSER AND BILL PHARES FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU WERE PRESENT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.  PAULDING COUNTY IS IN NEED OF 140 PEOPLE TO WORK THIS AREA FOR THE 2020 CENSUS THAT BEGINS IN APRIL 2020.  PAY IS $16.00 PER HOUR WITH $0.58 PER MILE FOR EVERY MILE THAT YOU DRIVE. PAY IS FROM THE TIME YOU LEAVE HOME UNTIL THE TIME YOU RETURN HOME.  ANYONE WHO IS HIRED MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD AND WILL WORK IN THE TOWN THAT THEY LIVE IN BUT IF THEY WANT TO WORK MORE AREAS THEY CAN.  HOURS ARE FLEXIBLE AND CAN RANGE FROM 10 HOURS A WEEK TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO WORK.  RANDY POINTED OUT THAT THE CENSUS COMPLETION HELPS OUR AREA’S BUDGET AND IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING COMPLETED IT COULD AFFECT OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, CHURCHES, HEALTHCARE, MEDICAID AND MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN APPLYING FOR GRANTS.  CENSUSES WILL BE MAILED OUT APRIL 1, 2020.  TEN DAYS LATER A POSTCARD WILL BE MAILED REMINDING RESIDENTS TO FILL OUT THE CENSUS.  TEN DAYS AFTER THAT ANOTHER POSTCARD WILL GO OUT REMINDING THEM AGAIN TO FILL OUT THEIR CENSUS.  CENSUSES CAN BE DONE ONLINE, OVER THE PHONE OR MAILED IN.  IF THE CENSUS BUREAU DOES NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM A RESIDENT, THE BUREAU WILL COMPILE A LIST AND SEND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA TO THE RESIDENCE TO DETERMINE IF VACANT, AND IF NOT, TO ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENT TO DO THE CENSUS.   TRAINING WILL BE IN PAULDING COUNTY AND WILL START SOMETIME IN DECEMBER AND WILL CONTINUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CENSUS.  BILL PHARES FROM ANTWERP IS A RECRUITING ASSISTANT IN THE PAULDING COUNTY AREA THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO WITH ANY QUESTIONS.  BILL CAN BE REACHED AT 419-506-1219.  APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY ONLINE AT 2020CENSUS.GOV/JOBS.

 

HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT STUDENTS PRESENT TO OBSERVE.

 

POLICE REPORT

POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING 116 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WITH 41 OFFENSES.

 

EMS REPORT

EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGALL PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING COLLECTIONS OF $22,271.80 FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COLLECTED OF $61,896.57. THERE WERE 27 EMS RUNS FOR SEPTEMBER. MCDOUGALL REPORTED THAT SHE STILL HAS 6 OUTSTANDING REPORTS.

 

FISCAL OFFICER’S REPORT

FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-12: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE FISCAL OFFICER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CRANE TOWNSHIP FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR YEARS 2020, 2021, AND 2022

 

• MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-12. 6 YEAS, 0 MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

FINAL READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-09:  RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR

 

• MOTION MADE BY REEB, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2019-09. 6 YEAS, 0 MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-15: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE § 721.03 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST AND BEST BIDDER

               

SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-16: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO LET BIDS FOR THE COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE, RUBBISH, REFUSE AND BULKY WASTE FROM THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-18: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP LOCATED AT 106 ½ ARCHER DRIVE, ANTWERP, OHIO, TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST BIDDER, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

BID RESULTS: WESLEY BARNARD – $38,000.00; TIMOTHY AND CYNTHIA YENSER – $42,151.10.

 

• MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-18. 6 YEAS, 0 MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

• MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-18. 6 YEAS, 0 MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-19:  AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP TO ENTER INTO A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT WITH METALINK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND QUALSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

• MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-19. 6 YEAS, 0 MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

• MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY RUDIE REEB, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-19. 6 YEAS, 0 MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-20: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO, SPECIFICALLY, AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS (SECTION I), MEDICAL INSURANCE (SECTION 9.04), FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993 (SECTION XVI), AND DISCIPLINE (SECTION XXIV)

 

RITA REPORT REVIEWED.  THERE WAS $28,846.80 COLLECTED IN OCTOBER WITH AN INCREASE OVER OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR OF $5,996.95 AND AN INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF $25,980.60.

 

FISCAL OFFICER LICHTY INFORMED COUNCIL THAT THE SEWER LOAN FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1984, FOR $1,069,700.00 IS PAID IN FULL AS OF OCTOBER 3, 2019.  THIS LOAN WAS PAID DUE TO BE PAID OFF IN OCTOBER OF 2021, AND HAS BEEN PAID OFF TWO YEARS EARLY.

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN INFORMED COUNCIL THAT SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON BUDGET FOR 2020.  SHE ALSO UPDATED COUNCIL ON THE WATERLINE PROJECT ON SOUTH MAIN AND EAST CANAL.  THE WATERLINE HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THE SOUTH MAIN STREET PORTION OF THE PROJECT BUT CONTRACTOR STILL HAS TO HOOK INTO EXISTING PLASTIC ON EAST CANAL WHERE PLASTIC WAS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED FOR ABOUT A BLOCK IN DISTANCE.  THE CONTRACTOR HAS CROSSED OVER ERIE STREET WITH THE NEW LINE AND WILL BE STARTING ON EAST CANAL ON THE S CURVE AND GO TO WATERPLANT DRIVE.  ONCE COMPLETE, THE VILLAGE WILL HAVE PLASTIC LINE INSTALLED FROM THE EAST CANAL CORPORATION LIMITS BY GRANTS RECEPTION HALL, DOWN EAST CANAL STREET, THROUGH TOWN ON SOUTH MAIN STREET AND NORTH MAIN STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH MAIN STREET CORPORATION LIMITS.  THIS WAS A 6” LINE BEING REPLACED TO AN 8” LINE.  WATER MAY BE OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THIS PROJECT IS BEING COMPLETED.  THIS SHOULD ELIMINATE WATERLINE BREAKS IN THIS AREA SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND WATER SERVICE DURING THIS TIME.  THIS PROJECT HAS A TOTAL COST OF $305,000.00 FUNDED BY OPWC WITH HALF BEING PAID BY LOAN AT 0% INTEREST FOR 20 YEARS AND THE OTHER HALF BY A GRANT THROUGH OPWC.

 

ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN ALSO STATED that SHE APPLIED FOR AND THE VILLAGE WAS APPROVED FOR STORM SEWER MONEY BY DEFA THROUGH THE OHIO EPA AT 0% INTEREST (HARDSHIP MONEY). THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE FEW APPLICANTS THAT WAS ABLE TO GET 0% INTEREST. THE VILLAGE WAS APPROVED FOR UP TO $650,000.00.  KEERAN WANTS TO LOOK AT THE BUFFALO/ERIE STREET AREA THAT FLOODS.  SHE NOTED THAT JUST BECAUSE THE VILLAGE WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING DOES NOT MEAN THE VILLAGE HAS TO TAKE IT.

 

KROOS STREET STORM SEWER PROJECT FROM THIS YEAR COST THE VILLAGE $28,000.00 AND WAS PAID OUT OF THE STORM FUND.

 

TRICK OR TREAT IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 5:00-6:30.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

JAN REEB UPDATED COUNCIL ON PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING.  THE CHANGES DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING WILL BE MADE IN THE PERSONNEL MANUAL WHICH HAD ITS FIRST READING THIS EVENING AND CAN BE FOUND IN ORDINANCE NO. 2019-20. SHE ALSO INFORMED COUNCIL THAT THE WAY “ANNIVERSARY DATE” IS DEFINED IN THE PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR VACATION WILL STAY AS IT CURRENTLY STATES.  PERSONNEL COMMITTEE ALSO DECIDED THAT THEY WILL NOT RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO THE CURRENT LANGUAGE FOR VACATION BUYOUT AND THAT THE MAX BUYOUT IN A CALENDAR YEAR WILL REMAIN AT 80 HOURS WITH A ONE TIME REQUEST PER CALENDAR YEAR.

 

MAYOR’S REPORT

MAYOR’S COURT BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $5,195.00 IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WITH $3,956.00 GOING TO THE VILLAGE, $1,194.00 GOING TO THE STATE, AND $45.00 GOING TO THE INDIGENT DRIVER’S ALC TREATMENT FUND.

 

PAULDING COUNTY LAND BANK IS ONLY FUNDED THROUGH THE 2020 YEAR.  THE LAND BANK IS HOPING TO GET ADDITIONAL MONIES THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR FUTURE YEARS.  THIS MONEY IS USED TO TEAR DOWN RUNDOWN HOUSES AND BUSINESSES.  THE VILLAGE HAS BENEFITTED FROM THESE MONIES WITH THE LAND BANK TEARING DOWN THREE HOMES INSIDE THE CORPORATION LIMITS.  THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES HAVE TO SIGN THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE LAND BANK.

 

NEW BUSINESS

PAULDING COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANQUET WILL BE HELD NOVEMBER 12^TH.

 

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WILL MEET NOVEMBER 5^TH AT 8:00AM TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MANUAL AMENDMENTS.

 

• MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:06 P.M.

 

 

MAYOR_________________________________________

 

FISCAL OFFICER_________________________________                                 DATE________________

REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

 

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M. BY MAYOR RAY DELONG.  COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: JAN REEB, KENNETH REINHART, DEAN RISTER, MIKE ROHRS, KEITH WEST, AND RUDIE REEB.

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, ADMINISTRATOR SARA KEERAN, EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGALL, AND FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY.  MEDIA PRESENT: PETER GREER – CRESCENT NEWS. VISITORS PRESENT: ALLIE BEREGSZAZI, SANDY SANDERS, AND HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT STUDENTS.

 

MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD AUGUST 19, 2019, WERE REVIEWED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 19, 2019, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE AUGUST DISBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED.  DISCUSSION ON EXPENSES.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY RISTER, TO APPROVE THE AUGUST RECONCILIATION REPORT.  6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

VISITORS

ALLIE BEREGSZAZI ADDRESSED COUNCIL REGARDING HER CONCERNS WITH A HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO HER PROPERTY BEING IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION AND ANYONE MOVING INTO THE HOUSE IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION.  ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN SAID SHE HAD ADDRESSED THE ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT OWNER AND WILL CONTACT HIM AGAIN TO REMIND HIM THAT NOBODY CAN MOVE INTO THIS HOUSE UNTIL IT MEETS THE VILLAGE’S MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS.

 

HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT STUDENTS PRESENT TO OBSERVE.

 

POLICE REPORT

POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING 111 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WITH 68 OFFENSES.

 

EMS REPORT

EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGALL PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING COLLECTIONS OF $5,230.62 FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COLLECTED OF $39,624.77. THERE WAS $4,050.00 TRANSFERRED TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND IN AUGUST.  THERE WERE 37 EMS RUNS FOR AUGUST. MCDOUGALL REPORTED THAT SHE STILL HAS 6 OUTSTANDING REPORTS. SHE DISCUSSED ISSUES ON SUBMITTING THOSE WITH THE VILLAGE SOLICITOR AND SHE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN FINALIZING THOSE REPORTS.  MCDOUGALL ALSO STATED THAT NEW PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE EMS TEAM.

 

FISCAL OFFICER’S REPORT

SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-12: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE FISCAL OFFICER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CRANE TOWNSHIP FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR YEARS 2020, 2021, AND 2022

 

SECOND READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-09:  RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR

 

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-15: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE § 721.03 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST AND BEST BIDDER

 

BID RESULTS: STEVE MARLIN – $90.00 PER ACRE – $2,016.00 PER YEAR; MIKE WIESEHAN – $190.00 PER ACRE – $4,256.00 PER YEAR;       ISAAC YENSER – $227.00 PER ACRE – $5,084.80 PER YEAR

 

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-16: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR TO LET BIDS FOR THE COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE, RUBBISH, REFUSE AND BULKY WASTE FROM THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-17: AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF THE MAUMEE LANDING SUBDIVISION – PHASE 7 (LOT 23) TO THE ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO, PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 94-17, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-17. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY RUDIE REEB, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-17. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

RITA REPORT REVIEWED.  THERE WAS $27,738.17 COLLECTED IN SEPTEMBER WITH AN INCREASE OVER SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR OF $3,770.10 AND AN INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF $19,983.65.

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT PARK:

THE DRAINAGE PROJECT AT RIVERSIDE PARK IS COMPLETED AND THE FINAL COST STAYED WITHIN THE BUDGET.   5 CATCH BASINS AND 360 FEET OF 10” STORM LINE WAS INSTALLED AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AND PAVILION STRUCTURES.  THE COMPANY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND ONE WOULD NEVER KNOW THEY DUG THE WHOLE PLACE UP.  JUST A GREAT COMPANY TO WORK WITH AND THEY COMPLETED THE JOB IN 3 DAYS.  THIS SHOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PLAYGROUND DURING THE WET SPRING MONTHS.  AGAIN THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH BLOCK GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE PAULDING COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE.

 

EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AT THE PARK COMPLETED:

DAVID GARMATER FROM TROOP 143 OF ANTWERP HAD APPROACHED THE VILLAGE ABOUT DOING HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT IN RIVERSIDE PARK.  DAVID PLACED A PERMANENT PICNIC TABLE AND INSTALLED ONE OF THE VILLAGE’S NEWLY PURCHASED CHARCOAL GRILLS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWAY THAT LEADS TO THE RIVER.  HE WAS ABLE TO USE CONCRETE SLABS RECENTLY REMOVED BY THE ANTWERP ROTARY FROM THE FORMER MEMORIAL SITE AT THE PARK AROUND THE TABLE AND GRILL.  COUNCIL PERSON JAN REEB ATTENDED THE DEDICATION AND THE SCOUTS INITIATED THE GRILL.  IT IS A REALLY NICE ADDITION TO THE PARK.  THE ADMINISTRATOR ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO USE IT.  THE SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL IN THE RIVER BOTTOM.

 

MAUMEE LANDING SUBMITS THE FINAL PLAT TO THE VILLAGE FOR APPROVAL:

OLEY MCMICHAEL HAS SOLD ANOTHER LOT IN MAUMEE LANDING SUBDIVISION AND HAS SUBMITTED THE FINAL PLAT TO THE VILLAGE FOR APPROVAL.  PHASE 7 INCLUDES LOT 23 AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS WERE CPMTACTED AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE FINAL PLAT BE APPROVED.  AN ORDINANCE AND THE FINAL PLAT WAS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL.

 

EPA’S WATER PLANT VISIT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019:

THE BOWLING GREEN DISTRICT OFFICE OHIO EPA INSPECTED THE VILLAGE’S WATER SYSTEM ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019.  THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS RECENTLY COMPLETED TO THE FILTER BUILDING AND CLEAR WELL WERE REVIEWED ALONG WITH THE HIGH SERVICE PUMP BUILDING AND ALL OF THE WELLS.  THE REPRESENTATIVE DID NOT NOTE ANY VIOLATIONS TO THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR OR CURTIS NESTLEROAD BUT WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME UPGRADES THAT SHE FEELS THE VILLAGE NEEDS TO THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS.  DISCUSSION HAD THAT NEXT YEAR IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO THE PIPING AND PUMPS AS THE EXISTING PUMPS HAVE OUTLIVED THEIR USEFUL LIFE.  OF COURSE, UNTIL THE VILLAGE RECEIVES THE REPORT OF THE EPA VISIT, THE VILLAGE WILL NOT KNOW THE TIMELINE TO ACCOMPLISH RECOMMENDATIONS.  THE REPRESENTATIVE DID REQUEST ALL DOCUMENTATION THAT SHE ASKED FOR TO BE SCANNED AND SENT TO HER WHICH WILL REQUIRE AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO TO ACCOMPLISH.  BUT OVERALL, THIS VISIT WAS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER THE 2016 VISIT.  THE REPRESENTATIVE FELT THE VILLAGE HAD ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND THE ADMINISTRATOR GAVE CREDIT TO OPERATOR CURTIS NESTLEROAD AND OTHER UTILITY WORKERS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE PLANT.

 

COMPOST SITE OFFICIALLY CLOSED AND TRANSFER SITE OPENED:

THE COMPOST SITE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CLOSED AND REMOVED FOR OVERSITE BY EPA.  ALL MATERIAL HAS BEEN CHIPPED AND REMOVED FROM THE SITE.  NEW SIGNAGE HAS BEEN POSTED AND AS FAR AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS CONCERNED, NOTHING WILL CHANGE ON WHAT THEY CAN BRING OUT TO THE SITE.  RESIDENTS BRINGING LIMBS AND LEAVES OUT SHOULD DROP THESE MATERIALS INSIDE OF THE STAKED AREA AND NOT LEAVE PLASTIC BAGS, CARDBOARD OR ANY TYPE OF GARBAGE AT THE SITE.  THE GUIDELINES OF HAVING A TRANSFER SITE IS THAT THE MATERIAL MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.   PUBLICATION OF THE SITE RE-OPENING HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE VILLAGE’S WEBSITE, VILLAGEOFANTWERP.COM, ON THE VILLAGE’S FACEBOOK PAGE AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE WEST BEND NEWS.  THE VILLAGE WILL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE SITE OPEN CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WET WEATHER AND WINTER MONTHS.  AGAIN, IF A WINTER STORM HAS CAUSED LIMBS AND BRANCHES TO FALL, THE VILLAGE WILL OPEN TO ACCEPT THOSE.  AGAIN, LOGS AND BRANCHES OVER 3” IN DIAMETER WILL NOT BE TAKEN AS THEY CANNOT BE CHIPPED.  THIS SITE IS ONLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF VILLAGE OF ANTWERP RESIDENTS AS THEY ARE THE ONES PAYING FOR IT.

 

FIRST READING ON LETTING BIDS FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION:

THE FIRST OF THREE READINGS WAS HELD AT THE MEETING TO START THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE VILLAGE WIDE GARBAGE COLLECTION.  UTILITY COMMITTEE SCHEDULED A MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2019, AT 8:00 A.M. TO DISCUSS LIMITING BULKY WASTE PICK-UP ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT CONTRACT.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

REINHART SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS REMOVAL OF SOME STOP SIGNS IN THE VILLAGE.  THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THERE WERE ONLY TWO THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE REMOVED.  THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE SIGNS WERE OSWALT & WOODCOX (REMOVING WOODCOX SIGNS), AND MADISON & CANAL (REMOVING CANAL SIGNS).  SOLICITOR FARR WILL RESEARCH THE PROCESS OF REMOVING STOP SIGNS.  CHIEF CLEMENS DOES NOT THINK THE VILLAGE SHOULD REMOVE ANY.  RISTER TOLD COUNCIL ABOUT A WEIGHT LIMIT SIGN ON MADISON AND CANAL NEEDING TO BE REMOVED.  KEERAN SAID THEY WOULD GET THAT REMOVED.

 

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2019, AT 8:30 A.M. TO REVIEW PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL HANDBOOK.

 

MAYOR’S REPORT

MAYOR’S COURT BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $8,920.00 IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST WITH $6,710.00 GOING TO THE VILLAGE, $2,129.00 GOING TO THE STATE, AND $81.00 GOING TO THE INDIGENT DRIVER’S FUND.

 

NEW BUSINESS

WEST REMINDED KEERAN THAT THE CANNON FROM THE PARK NEEDS MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION.  KEERAN SAID THAT THEY WOULD GET IT MOVED THIS WEEK.  MAYOR DELONG SAID THAT THE VFW WILL DISCUSS HOW TO OFFER THE CANNON TO A VETERAN AT THEIR NEXT VFW MEETING.

 

REINHART SAID HE GOT A CALL ABOUT SOME LIMBS HANGING OVER THE SIDEWALK AROUND MADISON AND RIVER STREET AND ASKED IF THE VILLAGE COULD GET THOSE TRIMMED BACK.  KEERAN STATED THAT SHE WOULD GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.

 

MAYOR WOULD LIKE UTILITY COMMITTEE TO MEET TO DISCUSS IF THE VILLAGE CAN HAVE LEAF PICKUP.  HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SERVICE ADDED.

 

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:16 P.M.

 

 

 

MAYOR_________________________________________

 

FISCAL OFFICER___________________________________                            DATE________________

REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP

AUGUST 19, 2019

 

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M. BY MAYOR RAY DELONG.  COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: JAN REEB, KENNETH REINHART, DEAN RISTER, MIKE ROHRS, KEITH WEST, AND RUDIE REEB.

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, ADMINISTRATOR SARA KEERAN, EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGAL, AND FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY.  MEDIA PRESENT: PETER GREER – CRESCENT NEWS. VISITORS PRESENT: BARRY HOOK, NATHAN ZUBER AND ROY KLOPFENSTEIN

 

MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 15, 2019, WERE REVIEWED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 15, 2019, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE JULY DISBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED.  DISCUSSION ON EXPENSES.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO APPROVE THE JULY RECONCILIATION REPORT.  6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

VISITORS

NATHAN ZUBER PRESENT TO OBSERVE.  BARRY HOOK WANTED TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT HE DID NOT AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF LIMITING NUMBER OF CARS ON A PROPERTY DISCUSSED AT THE JULY COUNCIL MEETING.  MAYOR DELONG ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS NO MOTION ON THE TABLE AT THIS TIME TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

 

ROY KLOPFENSTEIN INFORMED COUNCIL THAT 2020 IS THE COUNTY’S BI-CENTENNIAL, AND A BI-CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO HELP PROMOTE THIS EVENT.  THE COMMITTEE IS ASKING THE COMMUNITIES TO REMEMBER IT’S A BI-CENTENNIAL YEAR WHEN PLANNING THEIR FESTIVALS AND TO MAYBE PLAN IT AROUND THE BI-CENTENNIAL THEME: CELEBRATING PAULDING COUNTY –   PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.  THE KICK-OFF IS PLANNED FOR SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY.  ROY ALSO WANTED TO THANK ANTWERP FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE LAND BANK AND ABILITY TO CLEAN UP SOME VACANT HOUSES.  IT LOOKS GREAT.  THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY LOOKING NICE IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY OR COME BACK HERE.  MAYOR DELONG THANKED THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL FOR THE FUNDS THEY PROVIDED THE VILLAGE TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN UP THESE VACANT HOUSES.  KLOPFENSTEIN WILL KNOW MORE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AS TO WHETHER MONIES WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR THE LANDBANK.  HE ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAVE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES THAT ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR HELP.

 

POLICE REPORT

POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING 107 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WITH 68 OFFENSES.

 

EMS REPORT

EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGAL PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING COLLECTIONS OF $4,284.91 FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COLLECTED OF $38,444.15.  THERE WERE 28 EMS RUNS FOR JULY. MCDOUGAL REPORTED THAT SHE STILL HAS 6 OUTSTANDING REPORTS.  ASHLEY ATTENDED ICS 300 AND 400 TRAINING IN AUGUST.

 

FISCAL OFFICER’S REPORT

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-12: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE FISCAL OFFICER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CRANE TOWNSHIP FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR YEARS 2020, 2021, AND 2022

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-13: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A FIRST ADDENDUM TO THE DONATION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE ADVISORY BOARD, NORTHWESTERN OHIO DISTRICT CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE AND THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO; AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-13. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-13. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-14: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE § 721.03, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY WEST, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-14. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-14. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

FIRST READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-09:  RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR

 

RITA REPORT REVIEWED.  THERE WAS $30,707.44 COLLECTED IN AUGUST WITH AN INCREASE OVER AUGUST OF LAST YEAR OF $2,363.40 AND AN INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF $16,213.55.

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

S. MAIN STREET/E. CANAL STREET WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:

A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WAS HELD WITH BRYAN EXCAVATING, LLC ON AUGUST 1, 2019, ON THE WATERLINE PROJECT.  THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE $305,000.00, WHICH INCLUDES THE SECTION OF S. MAIN STREET WATERLINE FROM DAGGETT TO CANAL AND FROM E. CANAL AT S. ERIE TO WATERPLANT DRIVE.  IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL START THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION SET FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2019, AND CLOSE OUT BY DECEMBER 13, 2019, WEATHER PERMITTING.

 

DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT PARK:

A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WAS HELD WITH B. HILL’Z EXCAVATING OF WAYNE, OHIO ON JULY 25, 2019, ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECT OF RIVERSIDE PARK.  THE PROJECT CONTRACT IS FOR $24,590.00.  5 CATCH BASINS AND 360 FEET OF 10” STORM LINE WILL BE INSTALLED AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AND PAVILION STRUCTURES.  IT IS ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START THE THIRD OR FOURTH WEEK OF AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED, WEATHER PERMITTING, BY SEPTEMBER 20, 2019.

 

EPA HAS SCHEDULED A WATER PLANT VISIT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019:

THE BOWLING GREEN DISTRICT OFFICE OHIO EPA HAS NOTIFIED THIS WRITER THAT THEY WILL BE INSPECTING THE VILLAGE’S WATER SYSTEM ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019.   THESE INSPECTIONS ARE NORMALLY SCHEDULED EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS AND ENCOMPASS EVERY ASPECT OF THE OPERATION OF THE WATER SYSTEM.  THE LAST VISIT IN 2016 RESULTED IN THE WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED BY EPA.

 

ONE REQUIREMENT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH THE VILLAGE HAS COMPLETED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF POGGEMEYER DESIGN GROUP. THIS PLAN WAS NOTED BY EPA TO BE REVIEWED DURING THEIR SEPTEMBER VISIT.

 

THE WATER TOWER TANK WAS INSPECTED BY NELSON TANKS OF LANSING, MICHIGAN ON AUGUST 1, 2019. THIS IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT OF EPA AND THAT REPORT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE VILLAGE AND EPA BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 5th VISIT.  A ROBOTIC SUBMARINE TYPE VESSEL WAS ABLE TO INSPECT THE INSIDE OF THE TANK WITHOUT REQUIRING THE TANK TO BE COMPLETELY DRAINED.  PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TANK, AND IT HAS BEEN NOTED BY NELSON THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE THAT THE TANK BE PAINTED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND THAT A FEW CORROSIVE SPOTS WERE NOTED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TANK.  UNTIL THE FORMAL REPORT IS RECEIVED, THIS WRITER IS UNSURE OF ALL RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT APPEARS THE TANK, PUT INTO SERVICE IN 2007, IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

 

BOTH THIS WRITER AND WATER OPERATOR CURTIS NESTLEROAD ARE GATHERING ALL REPORTS AND RECORDS NOTED BY OUR EPA REPRESENTATIVE THAT THEY WILL WANT TO INSPECT ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

 

BUS BARN APPRAISAL WAS RECEIVED:

THE APPRAISAL ON THE BUS BARN WAS RECEIVED FROM NORTHWEST APPRAISAL COMPANY OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.  THE APPRAISED VALUE WAS NOTED AS $35,000.00.  SEE ABOVE ON COUNCIL DECISION OF GOING FORWARD WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE SALE OF THE BUILDING.  DISCUSSION ON USING THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE TO CONSTRUCT A POLE BARN TO HOUSE VILLAGE PROPERTY USED BY THE WATER AND SEWER PLANT.

 

ORDINANCE ON AMENDING AGREEMENT WITH NAZARENE CHURCH TO EXTEND LAND DONATION TIMELINE:

THE COMMUNITY CHURCH/ADVISORY BOARD, NORTHWESTERN OHIO DISTRICT CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE AGREES TO GRANT AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS TO DEVELOP THE ROADWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OPTIONED LAND CURRENTLY HELD BY THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP.  THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT CALLED FOR THE LAND DONATED TO THE VILLAGE TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN 7 YEARS OF THE DATE OF THE LAND CONVEYANCE, WHICH WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 7, 2013.  WITHOUT AN EXTENSION OF THE ORIGINAL DONATION, THE PROPERTY IS TO GO BACK TO THE CHURCH IN 2020.  IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THIS ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS, AN ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE PASSED TO ALLOW THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED DONATION AGREEMENT (SEE ACTION ABOVE).  THE ANTWERP COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION HAS BEEN WORKING TO PUT IN PLACE REQUIREMENTS TO EXTEND THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS LAND ALONG WITH AN AMENDED TIF (TAX INCREMENT FINANCING) AGREEMENT SO THEY CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING TO DEVELOP THE ROADWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS (WATER AND SEWER) FOR THE OPTIONED PROPERTY.  MORE DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD WITH COUNCIL ON HOW THE VILLAGE AND CIC CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE AS THE CIC GETS ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS DEVELOPED.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ASKED WHEN THE VILLAGE WILL START THE PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY TRASH PICKUP SINCE CONTRACT ENDS THIS YEAR.  HE SAYS THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT CLOSER FOR THE NEXT CONTRACT.  KEERAN STATED THAT THE VILLAGE HAS A FEW RESIDENTS THAT ARE PUTTING OUT SO MUCH FOR BIG PICK UP DAY THAT SHE IS AFRAID THE VILLAGE RATES WILL GO UP BECAUSE CURRENT CONTRACTOR IS HAVING TO SEND EXTRA TRUCKS OVER FOR JUST ONE HOUSE.  SHE IS HOPING LIMITATIONS CAN BE SET TO KEEP RATES LOW AND STILL BE ABLE TO SATISFY RESIDENTS.  KEERAN WILL GET UTILITY COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO MEET AND START THIS PROCESS.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

ROHRS ASKED WHEN THE SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE SIGNAGE IN ANTWERP.  SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL SET DATE SOON AND MEET.

 

MAYOR’S REPORT

MAYOR’S COURT BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $5,725.00 IN THE MONTH OF JULY WITH $4,146.00 GOING TO THE VILLAGE, $1,520.50 GOING TO THE STATE, AND $58.50 GOING TO THE INDIGENT DRIVER’S FUND.

 

NEW BUSINESS

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ASKED ABOUT BUMP ON SOUTH MAIN BY RAILROAD.  KEERAN STATED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DUG OUT BY A CONTRACTOR BECAUSE IT IS 15 FEET DEEP AND THAT THE VILLAGE HAS STATE HIGHWAY FUNDS TO DO THAT.  SHE IS HAVING BRYAN EXCAVATING LOOK AT IT WHEN THEY COME IN TO START WATERLINE PROJECT AND IN THE MEANTIME SHE WILL PUT A BARREL ON IT.  ALSO, LOOP PAVING WILL STILL BE COMING BACK TO DO PATCHING ON 49 AND ALSO WATERPLANT DRIVE SINCE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT BEING USED ON CURRENT PROJECT ON THAT ROAD IS DONE.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER RISTER SAID HE HAS HEARD COMPLAINTS ON THE CHLORINE IN THE WATER AND ASKED WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF IT.  KEERAN EXPLAINED THAT THE VILLAGE HAD TWO WELLS GO DOWN SO OPERATING WITH ONE WELL THAT COULD NOT PUMP AND MIX AS EFFICIENTLY AS IT SHOULD.  DURING THIS TIME, THE VILLAGE NEVER WENT OVER THE CHLORINE LIMITS. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED AND ALL THREE WELLS ARE BACK IN SERVICE.  KEERAN HAS ASKED THAT ANYONE THAT SMELLS CHLORINE IN THEIR HOMES TO CALL HER SO SHE CAN SEND SOMEONE OUT TO TEST THEIR WATER.

 

KEERAN ALSO STATED SHE JUST RECEIVED THE LEAD TESTING RESULTS ON THE TEN LOCATIONS THAT THE VILLAGE HAD TO TEST IN TOWN AND NONE OF THEM SHOW LEAD.  THE VILLAGE DOES NOT HAVE ANY LEAD LINES.  IF LEAD SHOULD SHOW IN A RESIDENT’S WATER, IT WOULD BE THE RESIDENT THAT HAS LEAD PLUMBING ON THEIR PROPERTY.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER RISTER ALSO ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE SLIPPAGE ON SHAFFER ROAD.  KEERAN STATED THAT SHE IS STILL WAITING FOR AN ESTIMATE FROM THE ENGINEER’S OFFICE.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY RISTER, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 5 YEAS, 1 NAY.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:22 P.M.

 

 

 

MAYOR_________________________________________

 

FISCAL OFFICER___________________________________                             DATE________________

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

September 2019

 

DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT PARK:

 

The drainage project at Riverside Park is completed and the final cost stayed within the budget.   5 catch basins and 360 feet of 10” storm line were installed around the playground and pavilion structures.  The company did an excellent job and you’d never know they dug the whole place up.  Just a great company to work with and they completed the job in 3 days.  This should greatly improve the accessibility of the playground during the wet Spring months.  Again this was accomplished with block grant funds through the Paulding County Commissioner’s Office.

 

EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AT THE PARK COMPLETED:

 

David Garmater from Troop 143 of Antwerp had approached the Village about doing his Eagle Scout project in Riverside Park.  David placed a permanent picnic table and installed one of the Village’s newly purchased charcoal grills at the bottom of the stairway that leads to the river.  He was able to use concrete slabs recently removed by the Antwerp Rotary from the former memorial site at the park around the table and grill.  Councilperson Jan Reeb attended the dedication and the scouts initiated the grill.  It is really a nice addition to the park.  I would encourage everyone to use it, the scenery is beautiful in the river bottom.

 

MAUMEE LANDING SUBMITS THE FINAL PLAT TO THE VILLAGE FOR APPROVAL:

 

Oley McMichael has sold another lot in Maumee Landing and has submitted the final plat to the village.  Phase 7 includes lot 23 and the planning commission members were contacted and gave their approval.  An Ordinance and the final plat will be presented Monday night for approval.

 

EPA’S WATER PLANT VISIT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019:

 

The Bowling Green District Office Ohio EPA inspected the Village’s water system on September 5, 2019.

The new improvements recently completed to the filter building and clear well was reviewed along with the high service pump building and all of the wells.  She did not note any violations to myself or Curtis but will have recommendations on some upgrades that she feels we need to the high service pumps.  We also agreed that next year improvements need to be made to the piping and pumps as the existing pumps have outlived their useful life.

 

Of course, until we receive the report of her visit we won’t know what our timeline will be to accomplish her recommendations.  She did request all our documentation that she ask for to be scanned and sent to her which will require at least a day or two to accomplish.  But overall, this visit was a vast improvement over the 2016 visit.  She felt we had accomplished a lot and I gave credit to our operator Curtis Nestleroad and other utility workers for doing a great job running the plant.

 

 

 

COMPOST SITE OFFICIALLY CLOSED AND TRANSFER SITE OPENED:

 

The compost site has been officially closed and removed for oversite by EPA.  All material has been chipped and removed from the site.  New signage has been posted and as far as the general public, nothing will change on what they can bring out to the site.  We would ask that residents bringing limbs and leaves out drop these materials inside of the staked area and not to leave plastic bags, cardboard or any type of garbage at the site.

 

The guidelines for having a transfer site is that the material must be removed from the site at least once a year.   Publication of the site re-opening has been placed on the Village’s website, villageofantwerp.com, on the Village’s Facebook page and will be published in the West Bend News.  We will attempt to have the site open continuously with the exception of wet weather and winter months.  Again, if a winter storm has caused limbs and branches to fall, we will open to accept those.  Again logs and branches over 3” in diameter will not be taken as they cannot be chipped.  This site is only for the benefit of the Village of Antwerp residents as they are the ones paying for it.

 

FIRST READING ON LETTING BIDS FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION:

 

The first of three readings will be read at Monday nights meeting to start the process to continue village-wide garbage collection.  An ordinance will be included in your packets.  Utility committee will schedule a meeting to discuss limiting bulky waste pick-up items to be included in the next contract.

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

AUGUST, 2019

 

1. MAIN STREET/E. CANAL STREET WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:

 

A pre-construction meeting was held with Bryan Excavating, LLC on August 1, 2019, on the waterline project.  The total project cost is estimated to be $305,000.00 which includes the section of S. Main Street waterline from Daggett to Canal and from E. Canal at S. Erie to Water Plant Drive.  It is anticipated that construction will start the first week in October with substantial completion set for November 15, 2019, and close out by December 13, 2019, weather permitting.

 

DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT PARK:

 

A pre-construction meeting was held with B. Hill’z Excavating of Wayne, Ohio on July 25, 2019, on the drainage project at Riverside Park.  The project contract is for $24,590.00.  5 catch basins and 360 feet of 10” storm line will be installed around the playground and pavilion structures.  It is anticipated construction should start the third or fourth week of August and be completed, weather permitting by September 20, 2019.

 

EPA HAS SCHEDULED A WATER PLANT VISIT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2019:

 

The Bowling Green District Office Ohio EPA has notified this writer that they will be inspecting the Village’s water system on September 5, 2019.   These inspections are normally scheduled every 3 to 5 years and encompasses every aspect of the operation of the water system.  As you recall the last visit in 2016 resulted in the water plant improvements that were required by EPA.

 

One requirement was the development of a water asset management plan which the Village has had completed with the assistance of Poggemeyer Design Group. This plan was noted by EPA to be reviewed during their September visit.

 

The water tower tank was inspected by Nelson Tanks of Lansing, Michigan on August 1, 2019, this is also a requirement of EPA and that report should be available to the Village and EPA before the September 5^th visit.  A robotic submarine type vessel was able to inspect the inside of the tank without requiring the tank to be completely drained.  Pictures were taken of the inside and out of the tank, and it has been noted by Nelson that their recommendation will be that the tank be painted in the next few years and that a few corrosive spots were noted on the interior of the tank.  Until the formal report is received, this writer is unsure of all recommendations, but it appears the tank, put into service in 2007, is in good shape.

 

Both this writer and water operator Curtis Nestleroad are gathering all reports and records noted by our EPA representative that they will want to inspect on September 5^th.

 

 

 

 

BUS BARN APPRAISAL WAS RECEIVED:

 

I received the appraisal on the bus barn from Northwest Appraisal Company of Defiance, Ohio.  The appraised value was noted as $35,000.00.  I would ask that council make a decision whether we can go forward with the advertisement for the sale of the building.  I would also like to have discussion on if we can use the proceeds from the sale to construct a pole barn to house village property used by the water and sewer plant.

 

ORDINANCE ON AMENDING AGREEMENT WITH NAZARENE CHURCH TO EXTEND LAND DONATION TIMELINE:

 

In negotiations with the Community Church/Advisory Board, Northwestern Ohio District Church of the Nazarene to grant an additional 3 years to develop the roadway and infrastructure improvements to the optioned land currently held by the Village of Antwerp.  The original agreement called for the land donated to the Village to be developed within 7 years of the date of land conveyance which was recorded on June 7, 2013.  Without an extension of the original donation, the property is to go back to the church in 2020.  In order to accept this additional 3 years, an ordinance needs to be passed to allow the Mayor to entered into an amended donation agreement and also sign the General Warranty Deed.  The Antwerp Community Improvement Corporation has been working to put in place requirements to extend this ownership of this land along with an amended TIF (Tax Increment Financing) agreement so they can apply for funding to get a road and water and sewer to the optioned property.  More discussion will be held with council on the structure of how the Village and CIC can work together to get this done as the CIC gets all required documents developed.

REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP

JULY 15, 2019

 

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M. BY MAYOR RAY DELONG.  COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: KENNETH REINHART, DEAN RISTER, MIKE ROHRS, KEITH WEST, AND RUDIE REEB.

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, ADMINISTRATOR SARA KEERAN, EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGAL, AND FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY.  MEDIA PRESENT: PETER GREER – CRESCENT NEWS. VISITORS PRESENT: BARRY HOOK AND MIKE KNAPP

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO EXCUSE JAN REEB FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD JUNE 17, 2019, WERE REVIEWED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY RISTER, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 17, 2019, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE JUNE DISBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED.  DISCUSSION ON EXPENSES.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO APPROVE THE JUNE RECONCILIATION REPORT.  5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

VISITORS

BARRY HOOK AND MIKE KNAPP PRESENT TO OBSERVE.

 

POLICE REPORT

POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING 111 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE WITH 31 OFFENSES.

 

EMS REPORT

EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGAL PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING COLLECTIONS OF $4,260.72 FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COLLECTED OF $34,159.24.  THERE WERE 26 EMS RUNS FOR JUNE. MCDOUGAL REPORTED THAT SHE STILL HAS OUTSTANDING RUNS FOR WHICH SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED COMPLETED REPORTS TO SUBMIT FOR PAYMENT: ONE FOR DECEMBER, FOUR FOR JANUARY, EIGHT FOR MARCH, AND FIVE FOR APRIL.  SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED ALL OF THE MAY OR JUNE REPORTS YET.

 

FISCAL OFFICER’S REPORT

THIRD READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-06: A RESOLUTION TO PROCEED WITH SUBMISSION OF THE QUESTION OF LEVYING A TAX THAT IS A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE TEN-MILL LIMITATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURRENT EXPENSES, INCLUDING STREET LIGHTING EXPENSES (R.C. §§ 5705.03, 5705.19(A), 5705.191, 5705.192, and 5705.25)

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2019-06. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THIRD READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-07: A RESOLUTION TO PROCEED WITH SUBMISSION OF THE QUESTION OF LEVYING A TAX THAT IS A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE TEN-MILL LIMITATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FIRE APPARATUS, APPLIANCES, AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING PUMPER/TANKER FIRE ENGINE AND FIRE GEAR FOR FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL (R.C. §§ 5705.03, 5705.19(I), 5705.191, 5705.192, and 5705.25)

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2019-07. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-11: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2006-15 REGULATING THE USE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO, SAID PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES CONTROLLED BY THE PARK BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-11. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-11. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

RITA REPORT REVIEWED.  THERE WAS $29,775.19 COLLECTED IN JULY WITH AN INCREASE OVER JULY OF LAST YEAR OF $1,353.84 AND AN INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF $13,850.15.

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

S. MAIN STREET/E. CANAL STREET WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:

CONTRACTS ARE OUT TO BRYAN EXCAVATING, INC. ON THIS WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.  A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED SHORTLY AND THE PROJECT WILL GO FORWARD LATE SUMMER.

 

RIVER STREET & MAIN STREET SWEPT:

SUMMIT SWEEPING, INC. OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA WERE IN TOWN SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2019, AND SWEPT GRIT OFF OF EAST & WEST RIVER STREET AND NORTH & SOUTH MAIN STREET.  THESE TWO STREETS WERE THE ONLY STREETS THAT GRIT WAS USED ON BY THE COUNTY AND STATE DURING WINTER MONTHS.

 

COMPOST SITE TEMPORARY CLOSED:

THE COMPOST SITE IS CLOSED.  THE SITE IS FULL AND GO GREEN HAS BEEN CONTACTED TO COME AND CHIP WHAT IS CURRENTLY AT THE SITE AND TO ALSO TAKE ALL PRIOR CHIPPED MATERIAL OFF-SITE.  ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED, EPA WILL VISIT THE SITE AND THE COMPOST SITE WILL BECOME A TRANSFER SITE, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THAT THE VILLAGE COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL MATERIAL ONCE A YEAR.  NO CHANGE WILL BE MADE THAT WILL AFFECT RESIDENTS’ ABILITY TO DROP OFF VEGETATIVE MATERIAL BUT WILL RELINQUISH THE VILLAGE FROM HAVING TO REPORT AND MAINTAIN AN EPA REGULATED SITE.  UNTIL EXISTING LIMBS AND BRANCHES CAN BE CHIPPED AND EPA HAS INSPECTED THE SITE, THE SITE WILL REMAIN CLOSED.

 

VISION BOARD QUALITY OF LIFE CAMPAIGN:

THE PAULDING COUNTY VISION BOARD IS COORDINATING A QUALITY OF LIFE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO ASSIST PAULDING COUNTY COMMUNITIES IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE, SUCH AS RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.  THE EVENT IS PLANNED FOR TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019, AT 7 P.M. AT THE BRANCH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP HALL (FORMER KIWANIS BUILDING) AT 109 N. MAIN STREET, PAULDING, OHIO. THE ANTWERP PARK HAS SUBMITTED A PARK OBSERVATION DECK PROJECT, WHICH COULD COST OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THE PARK BUDGET CAN AFFORD.  THIS DECK WOULD BE BUILT ON THE SIDE OF THE HILL FROM THE TOP OF THE PARK TO THE CANOE LAUNCH AREA.  THIS WOULD OFFER BEAUTIFUL OUTLOOKS TO THE RIVER AND AN OBSERVATION AREA FOR CROSS COUNTRY MEETS. THE VISION BOARD WOULD LIKE EVERY COMMUNITY TO ATTEND THE EVENING PRESENTATION TO LEARN HOW THE BOARD PLANS TO RAISE THESE DOLLARS.  PLEASE NOTE THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST FROM THE WIND FARMS IN ASSISTING THIS CAMPAIGN WITH INITIAL SEED MONEY.

 

REMINDER THAT DAY IN THE PARK WILL BE AUGUST 3RD.  DRAINAGE PROJECT AT THE PARK WILL BEGIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK.  THERE WILL BE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING ON JULY 25TH ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECT.  A BIG OAK TREE IN THE PARK BY THE PLAYGROUND AREA WILL BE TAKEN DOWN JULY 18TH; PARK MAY BE CLOSED DURING THIS TIME.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

COUNCIL MEMBER REINHART ASKED STATUS OF PROPERTIES HAVING JUNK ISSUES.  ALL PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND TIME TO RESPOND IS BEING MONITORED WITH SOME BEING CITED INTO MAYORS COURT.  IF PROPERTIES ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF BY DEADLINE, NEXT STEPS WILL BE PURSUED.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER ROHRS ASKED TO REVIEW WHAT VILLAGE HAS AUTHORITY OVER ON UNKEMPT PROPERTIES.  SOLICITOR FARR AND ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN WILL LOOK INTO POSSIBLE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS FOR THE PLAN COMMISSION TO REVIEW.  IN THE MEANTIME, ROHRS WILL CONTACT OTHER VILLAGES AND GET INFORMATION ON HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES HANDLE IT.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL, SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS STATUS OF DISCIPLINE OF A MEMBER OF THE EMS DEPARTMENT. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:12 P.M.

 

BACK ON THE RECORD AT 6:25 p.m.  NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

 

MAYOR’S REPORT

MAYOR INFORMED COUNCIL THAT RANDY SHAFFER WAS NO LONGER THE EMS COORDINATOR AS OF JUNE 21, 2019.  HE THANKED MIKE KNAPP FOR ACTING AS INTERIM EMS COORDINATOR.

 

MAYOR RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL THE APPOINTMENT OF ASHLEY MCDOUGALL AS EMS COORDINATOR EFFECTIVE JULY 16, 2019, AND SHE WOULD SERVE A SIX MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD IN THIS APPOINTED POSITION.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MAYOR DELONG TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ASHLEY MCDOUGALL AS EMS COORDINATOR EFFECTIVE JULY 16, 2019. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

MAYOR’S COURT BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $4,855.00 IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WITH $3,646.00 GOING TO THE VILLAGE, $1,162.50 GOING TO THE STATE, AND $46.50 GOING TO THE INDIGENT DRIVER’S FUND.

 

NEW BUSINESS

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ASKED THAT THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR AND FISCAL OFFICER LOOK INTO THE FARM LEASE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE FIVE YEAR LEASE IS DUE TO EXPIRE.  HE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE GARBAGE CONTRACT AND WHEN IT EXPIRES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROHRS WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME LIMITATIONS ON LARGE-TRASH COLLECTION PICK-UP DAY.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER RISTER INFORMED COUNCIL THAT HE HAS GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ON THE OLD IGA PARKING LOT BEING USED FOR STORAGE OF SEMI TRUCKS.  KEERAN LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT IT IS ZONED COMMERCIAL, WHICH ALLOWS THE TRUCKS TO PARK IN THIS LOT.  KEERAN INFORMED LESSEE THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE OSWALT ENTRANCE.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY RUDIE REEB, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 5 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:28 P.M.

 

 

 

MAYOR_________________________________________

 

FISCAL OFFICER___________________________________                             DATE________________

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

JULY, 2019

S. MAIN STREET/E. CANAL STREET WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:

 

Contracts are out to Bryan Excavating, Inc. on this water line replacement, a pre-construction meeting will be scheduled shortly and the project will go forward late summer.

 

RIVER STREET & MAIN STREET SWEPT:

 

Summit Sweeping, Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana were in town last Sunday, July 7, 2019 and swept grit off of E. and W. River Street and N. & S. Main Street.  These two streets were the only streets that grit was used on by the County and the State during the winter months.

 

COMPOST SITE TEMPORARILY CLOSED:

 

The compost site at the sanitary sewer plant is currently closed.  The site is full and Go Green has been contacted to come and chip what is currently at the site and to also take all the prior chipped material off-site.  Once this is accomplished, EPA will visit the site and the compost site will become a transfer site which will require that we completely remove all material once a year.  No change will be made that will affect residents ability to drop off vegetative material, but it will relinquish the village from having to report and maintain an EPA regulated site.

 

So, until the existing limbs and branches can be chipped and all material removed and EPA has inspected the site, the site will have to remain closed.  It is hoped that these steps can be accomplished in the next few weeks.

 

VISION BOARD QUALITY OF LIFE CAMPAIGN:

 

The Paulding County Vision Board is coordinating a quality of life campaign to raise a million dollars in the next five years to assist Paulding County Communities in improving quality of life, such as recreational opportunities.  The event is planned for Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 7 p.m. at the Branch Christian Fellowship Hall (former Kiwanis Building) at 109 N. Main Street, Paulding, Ohio. The Antwerp Park has submitted a park observation deck project (See attached photos of decking completed by Toledo Metro Parks) which could cost over and above what our park budget can afford.  This deck would be built on the side of the hill from the top of the park to the Canoe launch area.  This would offer beautiful outlooks to the river and an observation area for cross country meets.  The attached invitation lists other proposed projects in the county and the Vision Board would like every community to attend this evening presentation to learn how the board plans to raise these dollars.  Please note there has been interest from the wind farms in assisting this campaign with initial seed money.

REGULAR MEETING

COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP

June 17, 2019

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M. BY MAYOR RAY DELONG.  COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: KENNETH REINHART, DEAN RISTER, MIKE ROHRS, KEITH WEST, RUDIE REEB, AND JAN REEB.

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, ADMINISTRATOR SARA KEERAN, EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGAL, AND FISCAL OFFICER AIMEE LICHTY.  MEDIA PRESENT: PETER GREER – CRESCENT NEWS. VISITORS PRESENT: STACIE PETERS AND DAVE NICE.  FIRE CHIEF RAY FRIEND ALSO PRESENT.

 

MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD MAY 20, 2019, WERE REVIEWED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 20, 2019, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

THE MAY DISBURSEMENTS WERE REVIEWED.  DISCUSSION ON EXPENSES.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO APPROVE THE MAY RECONCILIATION REPORT.  6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

VISITORS

STACIE PETERS AND DAVE NICE PRESENT TO OBSERVE.

 

FIRE CHIEF RAY FRIEND TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2019.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY JAN REEB, TO ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF RAY FRIEND AS FIRE CHIEF EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2019.  6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

MAYOR DELONG AND COUNCIL PRESENTED CHIEF FRIEND WITH A CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE.  RAY FRIEND WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR THE VILLAGE FOR 53 YEARS AND THE FIRE CHIEF FOR 32 YEARS.

 

POLICE REPORT

POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING 152 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WITH 78 OFFENSES.

 

EMS REPORT

EMS CLERK ASHLEY MCDOUGAL PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING COLLECTIONS OF $7,176.96 FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COLLECTED OF $29,898.52.  THERE WERE 18 EMS RUNS FOR MAY. MCDOUGAL REPORTED THAT SHE STILL HAS OUTSTANDING RUNS FOR WHICH SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED COMPLETED REPORTS TO SUBMIT FOR PAYMENT: ONE FOR DECEMBER, FOUR FOR JANUARY, EIGHT FOR MARCH, NUMBERING IS OFF FOR APRIL REPORTS BUT STILL MISSING SOME REPORTS FOR APRIL, AND SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED MAY REPORTS YET.

 

FISCAL OFFICER’S REPORT

SECOND READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-06: A RESOLUTION TO PROCEED WITH SUBMISSION OF THE QUESTION OF LEVYING A TAX THAT IS A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE TEN-MILL LIMITATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURRENT EXPENSES, INCLUDING STREET LIGHTING EXPENSES (R.C. §§ 5705.03, 5705.19(A), 5705.191, 5705.192, and 5705.25)

 

SECOND READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-07: A RESOLUTION TO PROCEED WITH SUBMISSION OF THE QUESTION OF LEVYING A TAX THAT IS A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE TEN-MILL LIMITATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FIRE APPARATUS, APPLIANCES, AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING PUMPER/TANKER FIRE ENGINE AND FIRE GEAR FOR FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL (R.C. §§ 5705.03, 5705.19(I), 5705.191, 5705.192, and 5705.25)

 

 

EMERGENCY READING OF RESOLUTION NO. 2019-08: A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANTWERP 2019 OPWC WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE LOWEST AND BEST BIDDER, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY JAN REEB, SECONDED BY WEST, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING RESOLUTION NO. 2019-08. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2019-08. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-08: AN ORDINANCE TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF MELANIE L. FARR AS SOLICITOR FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY RISTER, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-08. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-08. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-09: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2018-17 INCREASING WATER RATES FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, COUNTY OF PAULDING, OHIO, SECTION 4 SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE SALE OF TREATED BULK WATER, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY RISTER, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-09. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-09. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

EMERGENCY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2019-10: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE FISCAL OFFICER TO TRANSFER $35,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE WATER FUND, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

•   MOTION MADE BY JAN REEB, SECONDED BY WEST, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-10. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY RUDIE REEB, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2019-10. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

FISCAL OFFICER LICHTY GAVE FLYER TO COUNCIL “HONORING” THE PARTICIPATION OF ARCHER SPRING ATHLETES AT STATE WITH SEPARATE PAGES TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE WEST BEND NEWS.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLICATION OF THE VILLAGE’S CONGRATULATIONS TO ARCHER BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND HEATHER OBERLIN FOR TRACK AND FIELD ON STATE PARTICIPATION IN THE WEST-BEND NEWS. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

RITA REPORT REVIEWED.  THERE WAS $28,649.09 COLLECTED IN JUNE WITH A DECREASE OVER JUNE OF LAST YEAR OF $7,348.38 AND AN INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OF $12,496.31.

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

PARK BOARD MET TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS WITH JUVENILES AT PARK:

THE VILLAGE PARK BOARD MET TO REVIEW EXISTING PARK RULES AND TO DISCUSS WITH POLICE CHIEF CLEMENS AND THE ADMINISTRATOR THE PROBLEMS THE PARK IS EXPERIENCING WITH JUVENILES, WHICH PROBLEMS HAVE RESULTED IN THE JUVENILES BEING BANNED FROM THE PARK WITHOUT A PARENT AND SEVERAL CHARGED IN JUVENILE COURT.  PROBLEMS INCLUDE STANDING ON PICNIC TABLES, NAME CALLING AND YELLING AT PASSING TRAFFIC, THROWING ROCKS AT EACH OTHER, ETC.  THE BOARD REVIEWED THE EXISTING PARK RULES AND RECOMMEND CHANGES TO THE RULES TO RAISE THE AGE JUVENILES CAN BE IN THE PARK WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION FROM 6 YEARS OLD TO 12 YEARS OLD, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS TO BE USED BY CHILDREN ONLY (age 13 or under), NO VULGAR OR PROFANE LANGUAGE, NO STANDING ON PICNIC TABLES AND PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS WILL BE OUTLINED IN AN AMENDED ORDINANCE.  THOSE PUNISHMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE:  1ST VIOLATION 30 DAYS BANNED FROM THE PARK; 2ND VIOLATION CITED TO EITHER JUVENILE COURT OR MAYOR’S COURT, AND 3rd VIOLATION BANNED FROM THE PARK UNTIL AGE 18.  DISCUSSION ON 3RD OFFENSE SINCE A VIOLATOR MAY ALREADY BE 18 OR OLDER.

 

RIVERSIDE PARK DRAINAGE BIDS TAKEN:

BIDS FOR THE DRAINAGE PROJECT AT RIVERSIDE PARK WERE OPENED ON MAY 21, 2019, WITH THE LOWEST AND BEST BID RECEIVED FROM B’HILLZ EXCAVATING OF WAYNE, OHIO OF $24,590.00.  TWO OTHER BIDS WERE RECEIVED: VERNON NAGEL, INC. IN AN AMOUNT OF $30,900.00 AND ALL PURPOSE CONTRACTING, INC. OF $31,130.00.  AS THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED IN PART BY PAULDING COUNTY’S CDBG PROGRAM, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AWARDED THE BID TO B’HILLZ ON JUNE 3, 2019.  AS STATED BEFORE, DUE TO THE WET SPRING, THIS PROJECT WILL GO FORWARD IN AUGUST AFTER DAY IN THE PARK.

 

S. MAIN STREET/E. CANAL STREET WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:

BIDS FOR THIS WATERLINE PROJECT WERE OPENED ON JUNE 4, 2019, WITH TWO BIDS BEING RECEIVED.  THE LOWEST AND BEST BID WAS RECEIVED FROM BRYAN EXCAVATING, INC. OF BRYAN, OHIO IN AN AMOUNT OF $251,774.00.  ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE ON THE PROJECT WAS $252,200.00, SO THIS PROJECT CAME IN UNDER THE ESTIMATE AND IS RECOMMENDED BY POGGEMEYER TO BE AWARDED TO BRYAN EXCAVATING, INC.  THE SECOND BID OF $290,716.00 WAS RECEIVED FROM VERNON NAGEL, INC. OF NAPOLEON, OHIO.  AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THIS BID, CONTINGENT ON THE RECEIPT OF THE GRANT/LOAN AGREEMENT FROM OPWC AFTER JULY 1, 2019, WAS PRESENTED AT TONIGHT’S MEETING (SEE ABOVE).

 

HARVEST FARM MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEARING ON PLACEMENT OF WENTWORTH ROAD FARM INTO AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT HELD:

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD TO TAKE COMMENT ON THE PLACEMENT OF 32.508 ACRES LOCATED AT 203 WENTWORTH ROAD, ANTWERP, OHIO INTO AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.  NO ADVERSE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING OR TO THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE BEFORE THE HEARING.  MINUTES FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL.  COUNCIL WILL NEED TO APPROVE, AMEND OR DENY THIS APPLICATION.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY REINHART, TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF FARMLAND IN AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT FILED ON BEHALF OF THE ROBERT AND SALLY SKILLEN REVOCABLE JOINT TRUST AND CAROLYN R. LANGDON REVOCABLE TRUST. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

ORDINANCE AMENDING BULK WATER SALES:

AN ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED AT TONIGHT’S MEETING (SEE ABOVE) THAT ELIMINATES THE SALE OF FILTERED BULK WATER TO THE PUBLIC.  WATER HAULERS THAT HAVE PURCHASED BULK FILTERED WATER WERE CONTACTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR TO INFORM THEM THAT THE VILLAGE WOULD NO LONGER SELL TREATED BULK WATER DUE TO THE HIGH COST ASSOCIATED IN CONTINUING THIS PRACTICE.

 

SHAFFER ROAD SLIPPAGE:

ROAD SLIPPAGE ON SHAFFER ROAD WAS EXAMINED WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER TRAVIS MCGARVEY ON MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2019.  THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD ALONG THE RIVER BANK HAS BEEN SINKING OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND THE GUARD RAIL AND ASPHALT HAVE MOVED CONSIDERABLY THIS SPRING DUE TO CONSTANT RAIN.  THE ROAD IS ALL IN THE CORPORATION LIMIT OF THE VILLAGE AND WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VILLAGE TO REPAIR.  THE COUNTY ENGINEER WAS ASKED FOR ADVICE AS THEY SEE ALL TYPES OF ROAD DAMAGE AND THE SUGGESTION BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER WAS TO REMOVE THE GUARD RAIL IN THE AREA THAT IS SLIPPING, LEAVE THE TREES THAT ARE GROWING ON THE RIVER BANK TO HELP PREVENT FURTHER SLIPPAGE AND DIG OUT THE SUNKEN PORTION OF THE ROAD.  FURTHER COMPACTION OF ANY FILL SHOULD BE INITIATED AND THEN ASPHALT COULD BE APPLIED ON THE WEST LANE.  NEW GUARD RAIL SHOULD BE MOVED CLOSER TO THE ROAD AS THE FINAL STEP.  AN ORANGE BARREL WILL BE PLACED IN THE ROAD DIP AS A PRE-CAUTION.  COUNCIL ASKED ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN TO CONTACT ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE OR HELP THEY CAN OFFER TO FIX THIS.  KEERAN STATED SHE WOULD TALK TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER MONEY AVAILABLE.  ESTIMATES FROM PENDERGRAST FARM DRAINAGE FOR REMOVAL AND NEW FILL AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER FOR GUARD RAIL REPLACEMENT WILL BE GATHERED.  THE TREES ALONG SHAFFER ROAD THAT ARE NOW SCRAPING THE TOPS OF CARS AND TRUCKS WILL BE TRIMMED BEGINNING NEXT WEEK IF THE WEATHER ALLOWS.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER ROHRS ASKED ABOUT STATUS ON PROPERTY AT 301 E WOODCOX.  THE PROPERTY DID NOT SELL AT SHERIFF’S SALE.  ROHRS ASKED IF THE VILLAGE WILL BE ABLE TO BILL THE STATE OF OHIO FOR MOWING EXPENSES IF THE LAND IS FORFEITED TO THE STATE.  IF NOT, HE ASKED IF THE VILLAGE SHOULD CONSIDER REQUESTING OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY SINCE THE VILLAGE HAS TO MAINTAIN IT.  POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WERE TURNING IT INTO PARKING FOR THE PARK.  ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN WILL CONTACT CLERK OF COURTS ABOUT NEXT STEPS SO COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER WHETHER VILLAGE WANTS TO PURSUE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

FINANCE COMMITTEE MET MAY 29TH TO DISCUSS VILLAGE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL THAT THE HEALTH INSURANCE OFFERED TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES (THAT IS, THE EMPLOYEE IS PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE, AND DEPENDENTS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE EMPLOYEE) REMAIN AS IS AND ANY NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020, THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE OFFERED THE SAME HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH NO COST TO THE EMPLOYEE FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY COVERAGE BUT THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 10% OF THE PREMIUM FOR SPOUSE AND DEPENDENT HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.  THERE WAS NO CHANGE RECOMMENDED ON VISION INSURANCE.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF FINANCE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE TO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT NO COST AND ANY NEW HIRES AS OF JANUARY 1, 2020, OR LATER WILL BE OFFERED THE SAME HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND IF THE EMPLOYEE ELECTS TO HAVE SPOUSE AND/OR DEPENDENT HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 10% OF THE PREMIUM FOR SUCH COVERAGE. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WILL MEET TO REVIEW ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL MANUAL.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER REINHART ASKED STATUS OF PROPERTIES HAVING JUNK ISSUES.  ALL PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND TIME TO RESPOND IS BEING MONITORED.  IF PROPERTIES ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF BY DEADLINE, NEXT STEPS WILL BE PURSUED.

 

COUNCIL DISCUSSED CAMERAS LOCATED AT DEPOT AND PARK WHICH WILL HELP IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS AT THOSE LOCATIONS.  THESE CAMERAS ARE WORKING AND HAVE HELPED THE POLICE WITH INVESTIGATIONS.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST INFORMED COUNCIL THAT SPRAYING WEEDS AT THE PARK WILL BE DONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  HE ALSO NOTIFIED COUNCIL OF A FACEBOOK ISSUE.  MAYOR DELONG TOLD COUNCIL THAT THE ISSUE HAD ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

 

MAYOR’S REPORT

MAYOR’S COURT BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $7,200.00 IN THE MONTH OF MAY WITH $5,455.00 GOING TO THE VILLAGE, $1,679.00 GOING TO THE STATE, AND $66.00 GOING TO THE INDIGENT DRIVER’S FUND.

 

MAYOR RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT ADDIS AS FIRE CHIEF AND RICHARD PAUL FRUIT AS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019.  ROBERT ADDIS HAS BEEN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 34 YEARS, WHILE RICHARD FRUIT HAS BEEN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 12 YEARS.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MAYOR DELONG TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT ADDIS AS FIRE CHIEF AND RICHARD PAUL FRUIT AS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

 

MAYOR ALSO INFORMED COUNCIL IT CAME TO HIS ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A LOCAL RESIDENT THAT IS INTERESTED IN THE OLD BUS GARAGE IF THE VILLAGE DECIDES TO SELL IT.  ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE BUS GARAGE AS STORAGE.  REINHART ASKED WHY THE VILLAGE WOULD WANT TO SELL IT AND KEERAN STATED THAT IT NEEDS A LOT OF REPAIRS AND THE METAL ROOF IS LEAKING AND ELECTRICAL IS IN BAD SHAPE.  KEERAN ALSO STATED THAT THE VILLAGE WOULD HAVE TO SELL BY SEALED BID AND ADVERTISE IT FOR 5 WEEKS.  COUNCILMAN ROHRS ASKED KEERAN TO LOOK INTO SEEING IF THE VILLAGE CAN STORE SOME OF THE ITEMS SOMEWHERE ELSE.  ADMINISTRATOR KEERAN WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING THE LOCATION APPRAISED AS WELL.

 

MAYOR DELONG AND COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD RECOGNIZING ARCHER BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES FOR THEIR STATE PARTICIPATION AND HOW PROUD WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

 

NEW BUSINESS

•   MOTION MADE BY JAN REEB, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL, SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS STATUS OF DISCIPLINE OF A MEMBER OF THE EMS DEPARTMENT. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:46 P.M.

 

BACK ON THE RECORD AT 7:04 p.m.  NO ACTION TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

 

•   MOTION MADE BY REINHART, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS.  MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.  MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:05 P.M.

 

 

 

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