Special Meeting Minutes December 1, 2021

SPECIAL MEETING
COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP
DECEMBER 1, 2021

THE special MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 p.M. BY MAYOR jan reeb. COUNCIL PERSONS PRESENT: DEAN RISTER, RUDIE REEB, kENNETH REINHART, MIKE ROHRS, bryan smith, AND KEITH WEST.

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: SOLICITOR MELANIE FARR, fiscal officer aimee lichty, AND ADMINISTRATOR BRIAN DAVIS. VISITORS: Ethan Lichty, Ross Lee, and Bryce Steiner

THIRD AND Final READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2021-21: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2010-16, AN ORDINANCE TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF A ZONING INSPECTOR FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO, SPECIFICALLY TO AMEND SECTIONS 2 AND 3 OF SUCH ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL PAYMENT RATE FOR THE ZONING INSPECTOR, AND TO ALSO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME PAYMENT ON COMPLETION OF ZONING MAP UPDATE

• MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NO. 2021-21. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

second READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2021-22: 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 2022

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2021-23: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO, SPECIFICALLY, AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION XXI ENTITLED “HOLIDAYS” TO ADD THE NINETEENTH OF JUNE AS A HOLIDAY

EMERGENCY READING OF RESOLUTION 2021-11: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, OHIO TO ENTER INTO A DONATION AGREEMENT WITH THE ANTWERP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 20 PARKING SPACES ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF ISLAND STREET IN THE RIVERSIDE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK; AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

• MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING RESOLUTION NO. 2021-11. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.
• MOTION MADE BY RISTER, SECONDED BY RUDIE REEB, TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2021-11. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

EMERGENCY READING OF RESOLUTION 2021-12: AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE MATERIAL TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT WITH THE JANSSEN DISTRIBUTORS PURSUANT TO THE ONE OHIO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF THE JULY 21, 2021 NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

• MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO SUSPEND THE RULES REGARDING RESOLUTION NO. 2021-12. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.
• MOTION MADE BY WEST, SECONDED BY ROHRS, TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NO. 2021-12. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

Personnel Committee MET TODAY, DECEMBER 1, 2021. the committee GAVE ITS REPORT AND made the RECOMMENDATION TO the full council that the personnel manual should be amended to add JUNETEENTH AS A PAID HOLIDAY FOR FULL-TIME VILLAGE EMPLOYEES. this is a federal and state RECOGNIZED holiday but in order to be a holiday observed for village employees, the personnel manual will need amended to add it as a holiday. a first reading OF ORDINANCE NO. 2021-23 WAS ACCOMPLISHED at the meeting to amend the personnel manual based on this recommendation.

DISCUSSION On the election of TWO MEMBERS TO the VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS’ DEPENDENTS FUND BOARD. RISTER GAVE A REPORT ON people interested in serving on this board. RISTER Nominated STACIE PETERS AND MICHELLE REINHART TO serve on THE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS’ DEPENDENT FUND BOARD. reinhart seconded this nomination. no other nominations were made.

• MOTION MADE BY ROHRS, SECONDED BY WEST, TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS’ DEPENTDENTS FUND BOARD. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.
• MOTION MADE BY RUDIE REEB, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ELECT STACIE PETERS AND MICHELLE REINHART AS MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS’ DEPENDENTS FUND BOARD. 6 YEAS, 0 NAYS. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED.

NO OTHER BUSINESS ON AGENDA FOR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

• MOTION MADE BY rISTER, SECONDED BY WEST, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 5 YEAS, 1 NAY. MOTION CARRIED AND APPROVED. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:41 P.M.

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