Regular Council Meeting Minutes from May 24, 2016
EASTLAKE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
May 24, 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 President Ms. DePledge at approximately 7:04 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 Council President Ms. DePledge. Also in attendance was Council Clerk Mrs. Simons. Mr. Hoefle is absent and excused.
Those attending from the Administration were Mayor Morley, Fire Chief Whittington, CBO Menn, City Engineer Gwydir, Finance Director Mrs. Schindel and Law Director Klammer. Chief Reik and Service Director Rubertino were absent and excused.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Regular Council Meeting –May 10, 2016.
MOTION: Mr. Meyers moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting May 10, 2016. Mr. Spotton seconded.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. The minutes were approved.
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COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Ms. DePledge
Meetings Scheduled
Ms. DePledge: The next Council-as-a-Whole Committee Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 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. This past weekend we had the raising of the flags for the Boulevard of Flags. The Beautification Committee came out along with a lot of volunteer. Biago’s Donuts donated several dozen donuts to make sure that everybody had some substance. It was a beautiful day and the flags were put up in about 45 minutes. It was a great community effort and I just want to say thank you to everybody who came out and supported us.
COMMUNICATIONS & PETITIONS
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A communication from Finance Director Schindel on the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in the City of Eastlake, Lake County, Ohio.
Ms. DePledge: This was discussed in Council-as-a-Whole Committee and will be added to the evening’s agenda.
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A communication from Finance Director Schindel for filing an application with the Lake County Planning Commission for funds through the Competitive Community Development Block Grant Program.
Ms. DePledge: This was discussed in Council-as-a-Whole Committee and will be added to the evening’s agenda.
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A communication from Finance Director Schindel to accept the Tax Budget for 2017.
Ms. DePledge: This was discussed in Council-as-a-Whole Committee and will be added to the evening’s agenda.
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A communication from Finance Director Schindel to enter into an Agreement to Participate with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the ODOT Winter Contract for road salt for the 2016-2017 winter season.
Ms. DePledge: This was discussed in Council-as-a-Whole Committee and will be added to the evening’s agenda.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Ms. DePledge: There were no Committee’s held since our last Council Meeting. Mr. Zuren?
Mr. Zuren: Thank you Madam President. I wanted to make two comments and the first comment is that I want to offer a thank you to the Beautification Committee. They met for the third time this year, which this past time was this past Saturday. They met from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and they weeded, planted flowers and roses bushes on the grounds at City Hall. I think that it looks outstanding. They did a great job and that their work is noticed and greatly appreciated.
Ms. DePledge: Are there any questions for Mr. Zuren? Is there anybody else wishing to address Council? Mr. Kasunick?
Mr. Kasunick: I have a brief report from the Port Authority. The Port Authority is finalizing a lease for the Chagrin River Livery, which is the canoe and kayak rental facility that is down there. It has been out of business for the last couple of years, but it is going to be back in business this summer from what it looks like. That is good news. I would encourage anyone to use that if they get the opportunity to this summer.
Ms. DePledge: Are there any questions for Mr. Kasunick? Mr. Zuren?
Mr. Zuren: I also wanted to mention that the Economic Community Development Committee met today and we discussed promoting the city through yacht clubs and marinas during the Republican National Convention. There is some interest in that and we are going to look into it further. We also discussed as to how we can help the Port Authority in Eastlake qualify for grant money and development.
Ms. DePledge: Are there any questions for Mr. Zuren? Mr. Zuren do you have any Motion’s this evening?
MOTION:
MOTION: Mr. Zuren moved to add Legislation No.:05-24-(01) to this evening’s agenda a Resolution recognizing the broad duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in the City of Eastlake, Lake County, Ohio. Mr. Evers Second.
Motion carried Legislation 05-24-(01) is added to this evening’s agenda.
MOTION:Mr. Evers moved to add Legislation No.:05-24-(02) to this evening’s agenda 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, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Mr. Zuren Second.
Motion carried Legislation 05-24-(02) is added to this evening’s agenda.
MOTION:Mr. Evers moved to add Legislation No.: 05-24-(03) to this evening’s agenda a Resolution accepting the Tax Budget for 2017 as presented by the Director of Finance. Mr. Meyers Second.
Motion carried Legislation 05-24-(03) is added to this evening’s agenda.
MOTION:Mr. Evers moved to add Legislation No.:05-24-(04) to this evening’s agenda a Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into an Agreement to Participate with the Ohio Department of Transportation, to participate in the ODOT Winter Contract (018-17), for Road Salt for the 2016-2017 winter season.Mr. Zuren Second.
Motion carried Legislation 05-24-(04) is added to this evening’s agenda.
RECOGNITION OF THE PUBLIC
Ms. DePledge recognized the public input at this time; she 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 2016-026
05-24-(01) RESOLUTION NO.:_________
A Resolution recognizing the broad duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in the City of Eastlake, Lake County, Ohio, 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. Meyers second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No. 2016-026.
05-24-(02) RESOLUTION NO.:___________
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, 2016 through September 30, 2017, 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. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No. 2016-027.
05-24-(03) RESOLUTION NO.:___________
A Resolution accepting the Tax Budget for 2017 as presented by the Director of Finance, 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. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No. 2016-028.
05-24-(04) RESOLUTION NO.:_______
A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Finance to enter into an Agreement to Participate with the Ohio Department of Transportation, to participate in the ODOT Winter Contract (018-17), for Road Salt for the 2016-2017 winter season, 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. Zuren second.
ROLL CALL: Yeas unanimous.
Motion carried. Legislation is adopted as Resolution No. 2016-029.
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 Madam President. Welcome everyone to this evening’s meeting. To our residents sorry for it being so warm in here, obviously we are having some issues with HVAC. We are trying to get Honeywell out here to take a look at it and again I apologize for that. We will have a Memorial Day service on Monday, May 30 at 11:00 a.m. and it will be with the cities VFW 3863 and American Legion Post 678. It will be held at the gazebo, which located behind City Hall. I would also like to thank the Beautification Committee and the Boulevard of 500 flags Committee for all of the work that they have done the last few weeks. I would like to talk about all of the work that is being done in front of City Hall. There are no city funds for that it is being paid for by the Boulevard of 500 Flags. It is from all of their various fund raisers along with any money that is donated. Mr. Menn and I helped out one of our local businesses. We went out to the County, because they were having some issues with their sewer work and some fees. We met with the County a couple of weeks ago and took care of that for one of our businesses. I have been going to some of our new and old businesses in the city, to welcome them and to thank them for the business that is currently in our city. I also asked them if there was anything that we could do to help them to become better. That concludes my report and I am open for questions.
There were no further questions of Mayor Morley
FIRE CHIEF – Ted Whittington
Chief Whittington: Thank you Madam President. I have just a couple of things. I appreciate everyone that came out for Mr. Radovanic’s funeral. For those of you who don’t know he was one of our retired members that passed away. He had a short battle with cancer and we were able to do a couple of nice things for the family. We posted an Honor Guard. If you knew Mr. Radovanic he was a one of a kind type of a guy. He had his own way of doing things, his own way of speaking, and his own dialect. He definitely served his community very proudly. I had the privilege to work with him. You never had a dull moment when you were with him. There are plenty of stories that come out of the fire station that starts out with “do you remember when Gary did this” and that type of thing. His family is doing well and we will continue to support them. I appreciate all of the support from that. I know that everybody is aware that we did have a fire the other night that did have a death. We are still waiting on some additional information from the coroner’s office. The Police and the Fire Departments will continue the work on that. That is the one thing that we could do to support the families. The last thing is that we are working with the Police Chief and the Mayor is that we continue to prepare for the RNC. It seems to add to the element every single day. We continue to strive be on top of it. Other than that I am open for questions.
There were no further questions of Chief Whittington
POLICE CHIEF – Larry Reik
Chief Reik was absent and excused.
There were no further questions of Chief Reik.
CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL – David Menn
Mr. Menn: Thank you and just to let you know that there will not be a BZA or Planning Commission Meeting this week.
There were no questions of Mr. Menn.
SERVICE DIRECTOR – Nick Rubertino
Mr. Rubertino was absent and excused.
There were no further questions of Mr. Rubertino.
CITY ENGINEER – Tom Gwydir
Mr. Gwydir: Thank you Madam President and members of Council and Mayor. The bids for Ridgewood Drive are due in on June 1. The opinion of probable cost for that is $600,000.00 and OPWC has a 50% grant to us for network. If you outside and in the front of City Hall Lake County is currently performing a water main improvement. They are doing some service connections across the street. They will be working down into the intersection of Erie Road and Lakeshore Boulevard. The contract will be running through to about the end of July. At which time it should be wrapped up. Shortly after that is finished up ODOT is going to start an overlay project. That will be sometime after July 4th. It will go from the front of City Hall and head out west to Willowick. With that I am open for questions.
There were no questions of Mr. Gwydir.
FINANCE DIRECTOR – Carol-Ann Schindel
Ms. Schindel: Thank you Madam President. I want to thank Council for approving these items that needed to be approved in such an expeditious way with the May 30 dead line. That concludes my report.
There were no questions of Ms. Schindel.
LAW DIRECTOR – Randy Klammer
Mr. Klammer: Thank you Madam President members of Council and Mayor. I want to first thank Mrs. Simons. When the email was down this week she made it a point to come and find me at my office to go through legislation. I really appreciate that Mrs. Simons. I am working with the Mayor to finalize and he has arranged as you know, with the assistance of the YMCA to improve Houston Fisher over at Jakse Drive. The additional waiting pool, with assistance of the County and the YMCA they have managed to do it at no cost to the city. That is going to be improved. You know that the Welsh property closed and I want to the Mrs. Schindel for helping me with that. She is working on getting a reimbursement from Willoughby. We should have the deed by the end of the week or by next week. With that I am open for questions.
There were no questions of Mr. Klammer.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:22 p.m.
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LAURA A. DEPLEDGE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
APPROVED: ______________________
ATTEST: ______________________________________
TRACY M. SIMONS, CLERK OF COUNCIL