Regular Council Meeting Minutes from April 10, 2018
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY
APRIL 10, 2018
7:00 P.M.
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 President Mr. Meyers at approximately 7:10 p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
ATTENDEES
Members of Council in attendance were, Mr. Kasunick, Mr. Spotton, Mr. Evers, Mr. Overstreet, Mr. Zuren and Council President Mr. Meyers. Also in attendance was Council Clerk Mrs. Simons. Mr. Hoefle was absent and excused.
Those attending from the Administration were Mayor Morley, Fire Chief Whittington, Police Chief Reik, CBO Menn, Service Director Rubertino, City Engineer Gwydir, Finance Director Schindel and Law Director Klammer.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Regular Council Meeting Agenda –April 10, 2018.
MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to approve the Agenda for April 10, 2018. Mr. Evers second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Agenda approved.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Regular Council Meeting Minutes- March 27, 2018.
MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to approve the Regular Council Meeting Minutes from February 13, 2018. Mr. Evers second.
ROLL CALL: Four Yeas and One Abstain.
Motion carried. Minutes approved.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Meetings Scheduled
Mr. Meyers: The next Council-as-a-Whole Committee Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. The Regular Council meeting will be convened immediately following the adjournment of the Council-as-a-Whole Committee meeting.
There were no questions for Mr. Meyers.
COMMUNICATIONS & PETITIONS
1. A communication from the Administration to enter in a Purchase Agreement for the purchase of 16.0952 acres from the City of Willoughby.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
2. A communication from the WPCC Superintendant Gorka to amend Section 939.26 “Sewer Service Charges”, specifically Section 939.26 (d) (3).
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
3. A communication from the Administration to enter a contract with Pat Flowers for pavement lane marking.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
4. A communication from the Administration to enter into a contract with Karvo Companies for profiling & grinding.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
5. A communication from the Administration to enter into a contract with Osborne Concrete & Stone, Inc. for the purchase of stone & slag aggregate products.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
6. A communication from the Administration to enter into a contract with Osborne Concrete & Stone for the purchase of asphalt products.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
7. A communication from Service Director Rubertino to purchase a 2017 MACK GU712 chassis at State minimum pricing or lower.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
8. A communication from Service Director Rubertino to purchase a truck body from Concord Road Equipment, Mfg. at State minimum pricing or lower.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
9. A communication from Finance Director Schindel to reappropriate the expenses beginning January 1, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2018.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
10. A communication from the Administration to accept a grant from the Cleveland Foundation for permeable pavement and streamline planting at Erie Road Park.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
11. A communication from the Administration to enter into an agreement with the Lake County Ohio Port Authority and Economic Development Authority.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
12. A communication from the Administration to enter into an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council, Inc.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
13. A communication from the Administration to enter into a contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation for Sodium Chloride/Rock Salt for winter use.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
14. A communication from the Administration to file an application with the Lake county Planning Commission for funds through the Competitive Community Development Block Grant Program for Vine Street Revitalization.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
15. A communication from the Administration to file an application with the Lake county Planning Commission for funds through the Competitive Community Development Block Grant Program for the Skate Park.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed in Council-As-A-Whole and it is on this evening’s agenda.
16. A communication from Councilman Zuren regarding the City of Eastlake Food Truck/Music Event.
Mr. Meyers: This was discussed under Committee Reports.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Mr. Meyers: There were no Committee Meetings held since our last Regular Council Meeting. I believe that Mr. Zuren would like to address Council.
Mr. Zuren: Thank you Mr. President. I do have a list of items to go over. The first items is I researched a Food Truck/Music Event and I contacted forty bands and most of them are completely booked for the summer on the weekends. They have availability during the week but I don’t think that would be appropriate for a city to have a music event that wasn’t on a weekend. I did find a band that was in the top forty for the Cleveland top bands and they are Shadow of a Doubt, it is a Tom Petty tribute band and I did talk to their manager and I got pricing on the band. They came out and they took a tour of the gazebo area located behind City Hall and they said that they would need a sound system to sound professional. It is a professional band and they are requiring it. I also priced out cost for service, auxiliary police, and banners for the event and I sent it to everyone on Council. I believe that we could recoup about half of the cost with the fees for the food trucks, also if we sell a very limited number of tables. I would like to move forward and book the band and present this to Council to see if we could move forward with this Music/ Food Truck Event. I’m not sure if there are any questions.
Mr. Meyers: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Morley: I gave Councilman Zuren the form that we will need to fill out and it will go through the Director’s and the only thing that I asked Councilman Zuren is to get with Mr. Menn and Mr. Rubertino for the diagram of the set up and how many we want to have out there. I do agree that we should do $150.00 at this point for the trucks and $50.00 for the vendors. In the future if we can maybe put something in the Recreation Department and maybe get some more structure to look at how we want to continue to do this. Because as we said in the budget we put the money in the budget, but we need to start trying to recoup so next year we don’t…in case the budget is different that we don’t have to put as much money in there and it just starts not paying for itself but at least help it out. I am good with the event and I did talk to the Director’s a little and like I said the only thing so far out of that was that we are going to have to pull two police and at this time two service people. I don’t believe that there were any issues with the Fire Department or the Police Department. Other than that we are ready to move forward on it from our end if Council is in agreement with it.
Mr. Zuren: I will get with Mr. Menn and get him the form and I would be happy to meet with him and Mr. Rubertino and go over the…and also the manager of the band they’ve been out there. I am sure that they would be happy to come back and walk through the grounds.
Mayor Morley: Thank you.
Mr. Meyers: Members of Council are we okay with moving this forward or would you rather see this be sent to the Recreation Committee?
Mr. Evers: Move it forward.
Mr. Spotton: Move it forward.
Mr. Overstreet: Move it forward.
Mr. Meyers: In agreement Council will move this forward. Thank you.
Mr. Zuren: Mr. President I would also like to thank everyone who attended the job fair. We had the second annual job fair at Eastlake North High School last Saturday. We had about 40 businesses there and I believe that there were about 125 job seekers. It was a great event to support our local businesses and to show that we are working in their best interest to make them successful. I would also like to point out a few people: Angela Schmidt, Eastlake Woman’s Club, Vice Principle Mr. Hertrick from the Willoughby-Eastlake Schools, and McKinley Community Outreach Center. I wanted to personally thank them for all of their help with that event. I also want to announce that the first Wedding Show will be held at the American Croatian Lodge is next Sunday, April 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This event came from another city and it looks like it will be very well attended, so if anybody knows of somebody getting married that would be a great way to support your community and for them to get information on a wedding. We also have a Lake County Captain’s game on April 21 and it is the “Bark in the Park” game. The ECDC Council is going to be working the 50/50 raffle and all proceeds from the raffle are going to go through EPAL to the Eastlake Police K-9 Fund. So is anyone is thinking about going to a Captain’s game and you have a dog April 21 would be great to see you up there. The next Banquet Facilities Meeting is going to be held on Thursday, April 19 at 3:00 p.m. at the Tikvah Home for Men located in Willoughby. It’s a recover house for men. After the meeting we are going to tour the recovery center and it is open to the public and everyone is welcome to it. The last item that I wanted to mention is the Kids Fair that will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the Patrician Party Center from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The purpose of the Kid’s Fair is to have the venue where parent’s can go and sign their kids up for summer activities all in one place before their kids get out of school. There are many sporting events, churches, communities that offer day camps and overnight campers have already signed up for this, it is also loaded with contests, demonstration from karate studios, gymnastics, sewing company, a Chinese auction, and we have balloons, magicians, houses, super heroes. If you are looking for something to do Sunday, April 29 at the Patrician Party Center should be a lot of fun for the city and with I am open for questions.
Mr. Klammer: Just real quick Mr. Zuren who is doing the 50/50 raffle? Is that just the committee?
Mr. Zuren: The ECDC Council.
There were no further questions for Mr. Zuren.
RECOGNITION OF THE PUBLIC: 1/2 hour, 3-minutes per person
Mr. Meyers 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 wishing to speak.
LEGISLATION PROPOSED: First number will be 2018-018
04-10-(01) RESOLUTION NO.: ___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Finance Committee
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into a Purchase Agreement for the purchase of 16.0952 acres of City-Owned Real Property located on Erie Road, Eastlake, Ohio and further identified as a portion of Permanent Parcel No.: 34B-020-0-00-001-0 from the City of Willoughby, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to adopt. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-018.
04-10-(02) ORDINANCE NO.: ___________
Requested by: WPCC Superintendant Gorka
Sponsored by: Ordinance Committee
An Ordinance amending Section 939.26, “Sewer Service Charges,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Eastlake, specifically Section 939.26(d) (3) “Surcharges”, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Spotton moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Spotton moved to adopt. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-019.
04-10-(03) RESOLUTION NO.:___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into a Contract with Pat Flowers Inc., the lowest and best bidder, for Pavement Lane Marking for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020, as listed for the costs as outlined, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to adopt. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-020.
04-10-(04) RESOLUTION NO.:___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into a Contract with Karvo Companies, the lowest and best bidder, for Profiling & Grinding for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020 the costs as outlined, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to adopt. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-021.
04-10-(05) RESOLUTION NO.: ____________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into a Contract with Osborne Concrete & Stone, Inc., the lowest and best bidder, for the purchase of Stone & Slag Aggregate Products from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020 as listed for the cost as outlined, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to adopt. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-022.
04-10-(06) 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 Osborne Concrete & Stone, the most responsible and lowest and best bidder, for Asphalt Products for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020 and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to adopt. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-023.
04-10-(07) RESOLUTION NO.: _____________
Requested by: Service Director Rubertino
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to purchase at State minimum pricing or lower, for a 2017 MACK GU712 chassis, for an amount of One Hundred and Four Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($104,900.00), for the City of Eastlake Service Department, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to adopt. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-024.
04-10-(08) RESOLUTION NO.: _____________
Requested by: Service Director Rubertino
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to purchase at State minimum pricing or lower, from Concord Road Equipment, Mfg., a truck body, for an amount of Sixty Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Two Dollars and Sixty-Six Cents ($60,792.66), for the City of Eastlake Service Department, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to adopt. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-025.
04-10-(09) ORDINANCE NO.: _______________
Requested by: Finance Director Schindel
Sponsored by: Finance Committee
An Ordinance to reappropriate for the expenses of the City of Eastlake, State of Ohio, for the period beginning January 1, 20¬¬18 and ending December 31, 2018, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to adopt. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-026.
04-10-(10) RESOLUTION NO.: ____________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Finance Director to accept a grant from the Cleveland Foundation for the purpose to request proposals to prepare plans and bid specification for permeable pavement and streamline plantings at Erie Road Park, in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to adopt. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-027.
04-10-(011) RESOLUTION NO.: ___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Finance Committee
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into an Agreement the Lake County Ohio Port Authority and Economic Development Authority, for the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per year for fifteen years (15) with a option to purchase for One Dollar ($1.00) at the end of the lease, and declaring an emergency.
Mayor Morley: Mr. President?
Mr. Meyers: Yes.
Mayor Morley: That legislation is not correct.
Mr. Meyers: That legislation should be with the City of Willoughby for the land correct?
Mayor Morley: Yes. That should be with the City of Willoughby.
Mr. Klammer: Is this the one for the dock?
Mayor Morley: Yeah but it’s not with the Port there is no lease for the Port. It is just accepting the grant for $27,000.00.
Mr. Klammer: They are leasing the property.
Mr. Meyers: There are two pieces of legislation.
Mayor Morley: Yeah there should be two different…the other one.
Mr. Kasunick: That one I think is for the kayak launch that would be with the Port Authority.
Mr. Meyers: We have the purchase agreement and then we have this piece here.
Mr. Klammer: This is for the boat launch to adopt the ramp and dock and then they enter into a…in the second WHEREAS is where they enter into a lease term with the Port Authority.
Mayor Morley: I thought that you had them separate I’m sorry.
Mr. Klammer: Does that make sense?
Mr. Meyers: Yeah this is the legislation for the…
Mr. Klammer: I think that it is right.
Mayor Morley: For the dock?
Mr. Meyers: Yes $27,331.75…cost associated the purchase and construction of the ramp, dock, canoe, and kayak launch.
Mayor Morley: Okay.
Mr. Klammer: Hold on one second, because we don’t have the fifteen years…I don’t remember the option…in paragraph three has the fifteen years…yeah it’s right fifteen years is in paragraph three and the option to purchase yeah your okay.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Kasunick moved to adopt. Mr. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-028.
04-10-(012) RESOLUTION NO.: _____________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into an Agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council, Inc.: Civilian Unit, Dispatchers’ Unit, Patrolmen, Sergeants, Lieutenants, for the contract period of 2017, 2018 and 2019, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Spotton moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Spotton moved to adopt. Mr. Overstreet second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-029.
04-10-(013) RESOLUTION NO.:___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into a Contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation for Sodium Chloride/Rock Salt to be procured for Winter Use (Contract #018-19), and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Evers moved to adopt. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-030.
04-10-(014) RESOLUTION NO.: ___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Finance to File an Application with the Lake County Planning Commission for Funds through the Competitive Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), for the term of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, 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. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-031.
04-10-(015) RESOLUTION NO.: ___________
Requested by: Administration
Sponsored by: Council
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Finance to File an Application with the Lake County Planning Commission for Funds through the Competitive Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), for the term of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, 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. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-032.
LEGISLATION PENDING: (Placed on First Reading on 03/27/2018)
03-27-(01) ORDINANCE NO.: ___________
Requested by: Planning Commission
Sponsored by: Planning Committee
An Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit for a Internet Sales of Personal Defense Products to Daniel Brothers, d/b/a Covert Tactical, 36081 Lakeshore Boulevard, Eastlake, Ohio, 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. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-033.
03-27-(02) ORDINANCE NO.: ______________
Requested by: Planning Commission
Sponsored by: Planning Committee
An Ordinance amending the Conditional Use Permit to Kevin Jackson, d/b/a Action Automotive, 35760 Lakeshore Blvd., Eastlake, Ohio, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Evers second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to adopt. Mr. Evers second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-034.
03-27-(03) ORDINANCE NO.: _______________
Requested by: Planning Commission
Sponsored by: Planning Committee
An Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit to Oakwood Deaf Community Church, 115 Forest Drive, Eastlake, Ohio, and declaring an emergency.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to suspend the rules requiring separate readings and reading in full. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
MOTION: Mr. Overstreet moved to adopt. Mr. Spotton second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No.: 2018-035.
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. President and welcome everyone to this evenings meeting. Sorry about the little brain freeze on the legislation, I was looking at the shorter version instead of the longer one so I apologize for that. Thank you for passing the police contracts and as I said they were…they took a long time to get those done and I appreciate what the Police Union has done and what Chief Reik and Ms. Schindel have done through all of this. I would also like to appoint my two people to the Charter Commission and they are Ms. Vaughn and Ms. Bates. I am looking forward to that when you guys have your appointments and getting the Charter…I will get the information over to Mrs. Simons or whoever. I believe that you said that you were going to put Councilman Overstreet on there so when they set up a meeting they will have both of their emails and information. I did get some not so good information or news today about Bryant & Stratton they will be leaving our city and they are going to Solon. Nothing was wrong with the city…there are no issues there, they just believe that moving to Solon will help them with getting more people in to their health care and everything that they do. They are also building sports facility. I have been working on getting the information on the building unlike the building that the School Board went in at least this one is renovated so hopefully we can get a new tenant in there. We are meeting with NIC in Willoughby tomorrow and I believe that Mr. Spotton you are not available tomorrow for the meeting. So Council President Meyers and I are meeting with the school to discuss the Skate Park tomorrow. We have movement on the Wal-Mart and I know that I talk about this every month or every meeting…they did come to an agreement on the easement and they just have to work on the purchase agreement with Wal-Mart to get that company in there. Again that company will be 300 jobs and about a $12 Million payroll. We are looking forward to that and we are still working and waiting on the company purchase for the BP on Vine Street and we continue to…Mr. Menn and I are also going to meet with one of our business tomorrow that wants to expand possibly 10,000 square feet to their manufacturing company. That concludes my report and I am open for questions.
Mr. Meyers: On the Charter Review Commission Council does have our appointments. The Council appointments will be Ms. Ozinga and Mr. Strauss and Council President’s appointments are Mr. Farwell and Mr. Dicerce and Mr. Overstreet will be the Council Representative.
There were no questions for Mayor Morley
FIRE CHIEF – Ted Whittington
Chief Whittington: Thank you Mr. President just a couple of things. We always do our annual awards and we kind of do it in house, but I would like to put it on record so that the people get recognized for the things that they did. Our Fire Fighter of the Year is Mr. Kaska. He has been with the department for several years and he does a lot of good work as far as CPR training our guys with pediatric life support and things like that. Besides the fact he is an excellent paramedic and he is one of those guys where the biggest complement I think you could give a paramedic and say that you would let them take care of your family, Mr. Kaska most certainly was the guy who could take care of my family. We did give three unit citations one was for the boat accident that we had over the summer, where we were actually successfully pulled two people out of the water, unfortunately one did parish. We give a unit citation, which is basically recognizing the work of the shift and we also had a suicidal female jump off the cliff on Lakeshore and our technical rescue team guys were able to rescue her off of the cliff. Finally was the ware house fire that we had there at E337th Street and Curtis Boulevard. We also gave out two Fire Chief Accommodation awards to Fire Fighter Miskavich and Fire Fighter Greg received those and they were our divers that day. The actually jumped in the water from the shore to pull the two people that were drowning out of the lake there. Those were some of the awards that we give internally and I would just like it to be a part of the record. Some good news I meet with the Mayor today and your approval through the budget and the hard work that we did with the levy we were actually able to re-institute some state training. This is the first time since 2005 and we actually reviewed six packets for six guys that wanted to do different things, so we will have two people going to dive school to become divers. We have two candidates that will be officers going to Officer Development School, and we have a technical rescue, and a guy going to a machine accident class, and then we have someone getting certified in basic fire investigation. It probably doesn’t sound like a huge deal, but since 2005 we haven’t been able to do those kinds of things. And those are stuff that inspires succession planning goes so on behalf of the department, thanks to the Mayor and thanks to Council’s approval of the budget and all of the hard work. It is a big deal for us and I definitely wanted to go on record by saying that. The other one is that we actually have somebody to get his pilot’s license to become a drone operator. The county actually…Lake County Narcotics and the Lake County Hazardous Intervention Team…we have a County drone team so we are going to train one of our members and he will get his license. You actually have to have a license to fly a drone, when it comes to actually working. If you are doing it as a hobby you don’t need a license, so he is going to get his pilot’s license and he will be able to operate a drone. I think that we are going to look from the cities prospective of maybe getting a scaled down version drone that we could use to help police support, rescues, and during the flooding situations along the river to be able to fly it out. That is something else that we have going and again I know that I take a lot of time with that, but I definitely want you to know that the guys next door definitely appreciate the fact that we have a chance to do this. I think that everybody deserves a thank you on that and other than that I am open for questions.
There were no questions for Chief Whittington.
POLICE CHIEF – Larry Reik
Chief Reik: As far as the donations and stuff go with the dog it has been amazingly out pouring. We are up to $28,000.00 in donations and another $4,000.00 pending. Plus some of the money the city added…we are going to be purchasing a good condition car to get the officer and the dog started. Between that and the dog it is $24,000.00 right there. The car still has to be outfitted with a radio, computer and things like that it will probably add another $3,000.00 to $6,000.00 on that. Pretty much a lot of the money we already have is committed; with the different fund raising efforts going on…talking about golf outing and I will get some information out on that. All of the money coming in will now go towards when new equipment is needed…bite suits, need a new vehicle eventually all of those things will just help. People know that their money is going directly towards that unit. Officer Ward is very excited that he is planning on going down in August and pretty much when an officer goes down and there is a group of the litter that the powers that be figure out which dog goes with which guy. I’m not sure how that all works but it’s a system that’s been working so far so he is excited to do that and I will keep you guys up to date. We did get a couple announcements of retirements that were not fully expected. One is Lt. Gonzalez and Sgt. Gutka will both going to be leaving within the next couple of months. Depending on when they are off the books, using the rest of their accrued time, which means that we will be promoting for Lieutenant, which will come from the Sergeant ranks, which will open up two Sergeant spots for promotion. I’ve been working with the new Civil Service Commission to make sure that goes as seamless as possible. Then obviously we will have to bring two new guys in to back fill from there. We are going to have a busy summer and I’m sure that we will get through it. The only things constant is going to be the change with the attrition and the losses that we had in 2000 we a big group of young guys and a big group of old guys, so we are trying to just keep everything moving. I wish both of them well and they are both going to retire but going to work a job one at the courts and one at Lake Metro Parks. It is a little different scenery then regular police work and you can definitely see the draw into that so I wish them both well and we will have more stuff as far going away activates and such. That concludes my report and I am open for questions.
There were no questions for Chief Reik.
CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL – David Menn
Mr. Menn: Thank you and just to let you know that Circle K is scheduled to open around the 18th of April. Power House Gym is now open. We already have a couple of applications for two new homes already and I expect a couple more to come in soon. Things are well on their way for the spring and that concludes my report.
There were no questions for Mr. Menn.
SERVICE DIRECTOR – Nick Rubertino
Mr. Rubertino: Good evening. First of all thank you for the truck and I appreciate that and in the four years that I’ve been here we systematically have improved our fleet of equipment substantially. It is close to where I’d be satisfied that we are up to date and we are probably a couple piece of equipment away, but relatively we are well on our way. I really appreciate that. I would like to thank Ms. Schindel, although it is my department she does all the work with the bid process and putting the bids out there and getting the packages together, doing the rock salt, although it is in the Service Department she does all the work on that. I appreciate that. We are waiting for the plant to open for hot box for hot patching, so we are trying to get caught up on some stuff that’s not normally done right now. The plant is a week behind, it was tentatively opening this week and the weather has backed it up another week so once that’s done we will be able to do more permanent repair the pot holes that we have that we won’t be able to do complete road improvements on. I will be working on catch basins here pretty soon and other than that I am open for questions.
There were no questions for Mr. Rubertino.
CITY ENGINEER – Tom Gwydir
Mr. Gwydir had nothing to report this evening.
There were no questions for Mr. Gwydir.
FINANCE DIRECTOR – Carol-Ann Schindel
Ms. Schindel had nothing to report this evening.
There were no questions for Ms. Schindel.
LAW DIRECTOR – Randy Klammer
Mr. Klammer: Thank you Mr. President, Members of Council and Mr. Mayor. Just to report that there has been an ongoing dispute with an outstanding bill from Honeywell as to whether we owe it or not and I think that it approximately $16,000.00. Ms. Schindel was handling it for awhile and it made its way to me. I’m just advising you because I did at some point receive a letter from an attorney demanding payment. I’ve negotiations about if they wanted fifty cents on the dollar I could take it to you guys and you can make a determination along with the Mayor. But I’m just letting you know because I did get a letter from an attorney but it’s nothing earth shattering. I will keep you up to speed.
There were no questions for Mr. Klammer.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:55 p.m.
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JOHN MEYERS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
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TRACY M. SIMONS, CLERK OF COUNCIL