EASTLAKE CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Regular Meeting of the Eastlake City Council was held at Eastlake City Hall, 35150 Lakeshore Boulevard. The Meeting was called to order by Council Vice President Mr. Hoefle at approximately 7:­02 p.m.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

ATTENDEES

Members of Council in attendance were Mr. Zuren, Mr. Meyers, Mr. Kasunick, Mr. Spotton, Mr. Evers and Mr. Hoefle. Also in attendance was Council Clerk Mrs. Simons. Council President Ms. DePledge was absent and excused

Those attending from the Administration were Mayor Morley, Police Chief Reik, CBO Menn, Service Director Rubertino, City Engineer Gwydir, Finance Director Schindel and Law Director Klammer. Fire Chief Whittington was absent and excused.

Mr. Hoefle: If anyone is recording this meeting as courtesy to the public will you please identify yourself so that the fellow attendees know that it is being recorded.

Kristi Garabrandt-News Herald

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Council Meeting –October 25, 2016.

Mr. Hoefle: We were going to call a Motion to approve the minutes of the meeting from October 25, 2016 but at this time our Council Clerk is still working on them. We will hold them off until the last meeting.

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Vice President Mr. Hoefle

Meetings Scheduled

Mr. Hoefle: The next Council-as-a-Whole Committee Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. The Regular Council meeting will be convened immediately following the adjournment of the Council-as-a-Whole Committee meeting.

COMMUNICATIONS & PETITIONS

A communication from Mr. Rubertino Repealing Resolution No.:2016-042 enacted on September 13, 2016 for the purpose of correcting the Contract with Classic Commercial Fleet.

Mr. Hoefle: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and will be added to this evening’s agenda.

A communication from Mr. Rubertino to enter into a Contract with the Classic Commercial Fleet, for the purchase of Two Dodge Vans.

Mr. Hoefle: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and will be added to this evening’s agenda.

A communication from Councilman Zuren about a nuisance abatement ordinance.

Mr. Hoefle: This will be referred to the Ordinance Committee.

A communication from Finance Director Schindel for the General Renewal Levy.

Hr. Hoefle: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and will be added to this evening’s agenda.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Mr. Hoefle: A Finance Committee Meetings was held.

Finance Committee-Mr. Evers Chair:

Mr. Evers: Thank you Mr. Hoefle. We did meet tonight at 5:30 p.m. and the purpose of the meeting was to go over the General Renewal Levy for the City of Eastlake. At this time I would like to turn it over to Ms. Schindel.

Ms. Schindel: The General Levy is a $1.8-Millage levy and it is the final year of collection. The money is going to be received by the city in 2017 but after we will no longer be receiving any funds. The amount of funds received is approximately $408,000.00. The money is very desperately needed and a placement of a renewal was what was discussed.

Mr. Evers: Thank you Ms. Schindel and that concludes my report and I am open for questions.

Mr. Hoefle: An ECDC Meeting was held last week and Mr. Zuren would you like to talk about that?

Economic & Community Development Council- Michael Zuren:

Mr. Zuren: Thank you Mr. Hoefle. Last Tuesday the Economic & Community Development Council held its monthly meeting. We discussed a social media outreach device called Survey Monkey, which included ten questions to Eastlake Business owners on how the City of Eastlake could promote their business and assist them. We had sixty-two replies, which we were very happy about the amount of business owners that replied. Do to the responses we are going to hold a joint meeting with the Western Lake County Chamber of Commerce at the end of the year. We are trying to tentatively set that date for December 5 in morning at City Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. It has not been confirmed yet but it will announce as it is confirmed. There was also a discussion about the use of a device called Email Chimp to reach business owners and as another device to stay in touch with business owners and help promote them. If there are any questions regarding the ECDC? I also have an announcement which is Wards 1 &4 it is my Ward and Mr. Spotton’s Ward. We are going to have a meeting for the public at Two Bucks Restaurant on Vine Street this Saturday at 2:00 p.m. We would welcome any questions about Wards 1 or 4. Any suggestions on how we can improve our city. Any concerns are all welcome and we are also going to have a brief presentation from Angela Schmidt regarding the use of Mail Chimp as an outlet to keep individuals informed in our city. That concludes that if anybody has any questions.

MOTION

MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to add Legislation No. 11-01-(01) to this evenings agenda a Resolution, Repealing in its entirety, Resolution No. 2016-042, enacted on September 13, 2016 for the purpose of replacing the Contract with Classic Ford to Classic Commercial Fleet, for the purchase of Two (2) Dodge Vans instead of Two (2) Ford Vans. Mr. Evers Second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

Motion carried Legislation No. 11-01-(01) is added to this evening’s agenda.

MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to add Legislation No. 11-01-(02) to this evening’s agenda a Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into a Contract with Classic Commercial Fleet, for the purchase of Two (2) Dodge Vans, one for sanitary sewer vehicle and one for general purpose, for the total cost of Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000.00). Mr. Evers Second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

Motion carried Legislation No. 11-01-(02) is added to this evening’s agenda.

MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to add Legislation No. 11-01-(03) to this evening’s agenda a Resolution declaring it necessary to renew an existing 1.8-Mill Tax Levy for the purpose of providing funds for current operating expenses and requesting the Lake County Auditor to certify the total current tax valuation of the City and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by that Renewal Levy. Mr. Evers Second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

Motion carried Legislation No. 11-01-(03) is added to this evening’s agenda.

Mr. Klammer: Mr. Hoefle real quick on that. This moved so quick that Mrs. Simons got this on for you guys so quickly. The Finance Director and I were just looking at it and there are a couple of dates that we are going to change in the mean time in Section One, the second whereas provision Section One has 2012 in it and Section Six still has 2012. We will just catch it…you will do it in three readings so we will catch it in the next ordinance just so you guys see those dates on there. Thank you Mrs. Simons.

RECOGNITION OF THE PUBLIC

Mr. Hoefle recognized the public input at this time; he reminded the speakers that there is a 3-minute limit for their comments; all comments are to be directed to the Chair and not include any personalities or individuals.

There was no one else who wished to speak.

LEGISLATION PROPOSED – First number will be 2016-052

11-01-(01) RESOLUTION NO.:__________

Requested by: Administration

Sponsored by: Council

A Resolution, Repealing in its entirety, Resolution No. 2016-042, enacted on September 13, 2016 for the purpose of correcting the Contract with Classic Commercial Fleet, for the purchase of Two (2) Dodge Vans, and declaring an emergency.

MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Zuren second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to adopt. Mr. Evers second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No. 2016-052.

11-01-(02) RESOLUTION NO.: ____________

Requested by: Administration

Sponsored by: Finance Committee

A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into a Contract with Classic Commercial Fleet, for the purchase of Two (2) Dodge Vans, one for sanitary sewer vehicle and one for general purpose, for the total cost of Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000.00), and declaring an emergency.

MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Spotton second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to adopt. Mr. Evers second.

ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.

Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No. 2016-053.

11-01-(03) RESOLUTION NO.: ____________

Requested by: Finance Director Schindel

Sponsored by: Finance Committee

A Resolution Declaring It Necessary to renew an existing 1.8-Mill Tax Levy for the purpose of providing funds for current operating expenses and requesting the Lake County Auditor to certify the total current tax valuation of the City and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by that Renewal Levy, and declaring an emergency.

Mr. Hoefle: This is Placed on First Reading.

LEGISLATION PENDING

There was no Legislation Pending.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

There was no Unfinished Business.

NEW BUSINESS

There was no New Business.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:

MAYOR/SAFETY DIRECTOR – Dennis Morley

Mayor Morley: Thank you Mr. Hoefle and welcome everyone to this evenings meeting. I just have a few things to report and I would like to send our best wishes to Council President DePledge. She was taken to the hospital yesterday and she will probably be in the hospital for the rest of the week or a little longer. We are hoping for a speedy recovery to Ms. DePledge. I would like to thank the Beautification Committee they were here for their final clean up last Saturday. They’ve done a great job all summer in keeping the grounds of City Hall and some of our surrounding areas. On November 11th we will have a ceremony here for Veterans Day at 11:00 a.m. with the VFW and American Legion. On November 12th at 9:00 a.m. the flags will come down for the winter. I met with a couple of residents on Saturday and they want to start a city Facebook page and I told them some of my concerns. They are going to look into a few things and if we are going to be up and running it would be by the beginning of the year. So that we can actually have some things come out of City Hall from Council and the Administration for things that are going on in the city. Everyone will get something in the mail from NOPEC and it talks about First Energy solutions has left NOPEC. That was one of the big suppliers so NOPEC is looking for another big supplier and there are still suppliers out there where you could sign up for your electric update. If you decided to stay in the NOPEC where solutions was it will go up 6%. There will be a phone number 1-855-639-8159 if there are any questions for NOPEC. We are in NOPEC through the County. On a final note we continue to talk about money and levies and there are twenty-seven Ohio cities and villages seeking Income Tax Increase this November. On November 8th regardless of your candidate or issue please get out and vote it is your right. That concludes my report and I am open for questions.

There were no further questions of Mayor Morley

FIRE CHIEF – Ted Whittington

Chief Whittington was absent and excused.

There were no further questions of Chief Whittington

POLICE CHIEF – Larry Reik

Chief Reik: All that I have to report is that we had a safe Halloween last night. The weather was good and no incidents and everything went well. I am open for questions.

There were no further questions of Chief Reik.

CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL – David Menn

Mr. Menn: Thank you. We finally hired someone for the Zoning Inspector and the position was open for quite a long time so it is good to have someone on board. The house on North Riverview, I know that some of the Council members have received complaints and calls on it. It is still scheduled to come down and we have completed all of our stuff and I think that I have said it before. Now they have to do an asbestos abatement and different things before it can come down. Hopefully soon and that is all that I have.

There were no questions of Mr. Menn.

SERVICE DIRECTOR – Nick Rubertino

Mr. Rubertino: Good evening everybody. First of all thank you for allowing us to switch manufactures of the vehicles. I am not sure if everybody is aware but we started this in May trying to get these two vehicles. Subsequently when we got the okay and going through with them Ford has had a recall on those vehicles, which puts us back to approximately April or May of 2017. I talked with the gentleman at Classic Dodge and he was able to get us the Dodge vans in the same price range. Actually a little bit less than the Fords so I appreciate that we were allowed to make that switch it will help us immensely. We will be start hot boxing in a couple of weeks and we should get in there. We have a couple of more catch basins then we will be able to start on that. I have some letters made up regarding leaves put on the tree lawns. Again we already have issues with people who are putting them out there and expecting us to pick up leaves. If you get address or calls on them we have a letter that explains exactly what our position on it and how to go about getting the leaves removed from their property. Other than that I am open for questions.

There were no further questions of Mr. Rubertino.

CITY ENGINEER – Tom Gwydir

Mr. Gwydir had no report this evening.

There were no questions of Mr. Gwydir.

FINANCE DIRECTOR – Carol-Ann Schindel

Ms. Schindel: Thank you and I wanted to make point of clarification on a new levy. A new $1-Mill levy would bring in approximately $438,000.00 and I just wanted to make sure that everybody understood that is a brand new levy.

There were no questions of Ms. Schindel.

LAW DIRECTOR – Randy Klammer

Mr. Klammer: Thank you Mr. President Members of Council and Mayor. Mr. Menn a resident stopped me out there and we were talking about doing some type of ordinance for people who have those excessive garage sales. Because they are buying stuff on eBay and then they are selling them out of their garage. I am just reminding you because I told him that I would before I forget. Other than that I am open for questions.

There were no questions of Mr. Klammer.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:21 p.m.

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KEN HOEFLE, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT

APPROVED: ______________________

ATTEST: ______________________________________

TRACY M. SIMONS, CLERK OF COUNCIL