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Vermilion City
Council Meeting
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008
7:00 p.m.
A G E N D A
1. Call to Order - Fred Ostrander
2. Pledge of Allegiance (Moment of Reflection/Silent Prayer) - All
3. Roll Call - Gwen Fisher
4. Approval of Minutes of March 3, 2008 - Fred Ostrander
5. Correspondence - Gwen Fisher
All letters to be read into the record by the public must be submitted to the Clerk of Council by noon on Friday prior to the meeting. The President of Council reserves the right to edit or not read correspondence that is derogatory in nature.
- Proclamation Presentation – Mayor Anderson- Letter dated March 11, 2008 from Mayor regarding pay increase she authorized for the Clerk II position- Letter dated March 11, 2008 from Mayor regarding her disapproval of Ordinance 2007-76 (Vermilion Shores PUD) 6. President of Council’s Report - Fred Ostrander
7. Committee Reports
Zoning Board of Appeals; Community Improvement; Personnel Committee - Barb Brady
Utilities; Parks & Recreation; Greater Erie Marketing - Heidi Strickler
Streets, Buildings & Grounds; Historic Design & Review, Municipal Court - Dan Roth
Port Authority - Fred Ostrander
Finance; Licensing Board of Contractors; Storm Water Committee - Steve Holovacs
Legislative; Planning Commission; Main Street Vermilion - John Gabriel
Health & Safety; Cable Advisory; Senior Citizens Committee - Madio Rossini
8. Mayor’s Business Report - Jean Anderson
9. Safety Director’s Report - Carl Schmidt
10. Service Director’s Report - Dan Squires
11. Finance Director’s Report - Wayne Hamilton
12. City Engineer’s Report - Chris Howard
13. Law Director’s Report - Don Zaleski
14. Response to the Audience - Fred Ostrander/Or Designee
15. Open to the Audience - Public Participation
Must sign in prior to the meeting. Please limit your discussion to five minutes. Discussion may be halted if it does not relate to city business.
16. Old Business - Council/Administration
17. New Business - Council/Administration
- Motion to authorize the fire department to go out to bid for structural firefighting turnout gear if they decide not to go through the state purchase price. - Motion to table the third reading of Ordinance 2008-13 as recommended by the Legislative Committee on March 10, 2008. - Motion to authorize the mayor’s reappointment of Sue Opperman to the Historic Design & Review Board to a new term expiring in 2010. - Motion to reconsider the Mayor’s disapproval of Ordinance 2007-76 (Vermilion Shores PUD Major Change).18. Reading of Ordinances - Attorney Don Zaleski
Third Reading – Ordinance 2008-3: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO TO APPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT PASSED ON DECEMBER 21, 1998, PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 98-89 TO RECEIVE A SUBSIDY FROM BROWNHELM TOWNSHIP, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO FOR SUBSCRIPTION AMBULANCE SERVICE THROUGH THE CITY OF VERMILION’S CONTRACT WITH NORTH CENTRAL EMS OF MILAN, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Third Reading – Ordinance 2008-4: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO TO RECEIVE A SUBSIDY FROM VERMILION TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, OHIO FOR SUBSCRIPTION AMBULANCE SERVICE THROUGH THE CITY OF VERMILION’S CONTRACT WITH NORTH CENTRAL EMS OF MILAN, OHIO FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Third Reading – Ordinance 2008-12: AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE VERMILION CODIFIED ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Third Reading – Ordinance 2008-13: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING GROUP HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, UNLESS SPECIFIED DIFFERENTLY PER UNION CONTRACTS, AND PREEMPTING ORDINANCE 2003-17 AND ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES AS THEY REFER TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE, VISION INSURANCE, AND DENTAL INSURANCE BENEFITS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Third Reading – Ordinance 2008-15: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A REVENUE BOND TO BE ISSUED BY THE VERMILION PORT AUTHORITY IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $995,538 TO REFUND, REDEEM AND RETIRE A PORT AUTHORITY REVENUE NOTE HELD IN THE CITY TREASURY AND ISSUED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE INTERIM FINANCING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND AND BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 5150 LIBERTY AVENUE FOR AUTHORIZED PURPOSES OF THE PORT AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A COOPERATIVE PUBLIC WATERFRONT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS OF AND SECURITY FOR, AND THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF, THAT PORT AUTHORITY REVENUE BOND, THE REFUNDING OF THE OUTSTANDING NOTE AND RELATED MATTERS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-17: AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. (Budget ordinance for 2008)
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-18: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 74-104 ADOPTED NOVEMBER 4, 1974 BY AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO TO ALLOCATE AND CHANGE PORTIONS OF THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS TO THE WATER FUND AND SEWER FUND UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE VERMILION CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR, AND TO SET FORTH THAT APPROVED TRANSFERS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31 OF THAT SAME YEAR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-19: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $560,000 OF NOTES, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO PAY COSTS OF IMPROVING THE CITY’S WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM BY EXTENDING AND CONSTRUCTING WATERLINES AND CONSTRUCTING, INSTALLING, EQUIPPING AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-20: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2006-73 ADOPTED MAY 7, 2007, TO ENACT SECTION 1064.02 (C), “RATES” OF CHAPTER 1064 GARBAGE AND RUBBISH, OF PART TEN, STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE, CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF VERMILION; WHEREBY ESTABLISHING THAT THE ADDITIONAL MONTHLY CHARGE OF SIXTY CENTS ($.60) FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD INCURRED IN BILLING AND COLLECTING SUCH FEES SHALL BE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AT THIRTY CENTS ($.30) IN THE WATER FUND AND THIRTY CENTS ($.30) IN THE SEWER FUND, AND ANY MONEY COLLECTED SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY DECEMBER 31 OF THAT SAME YEAR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-21: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2008-17 TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. (Liberty Avenue Waterline Extension Project - $44,677.60 – Schafer Excavating & Contracting Inc.)
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-22: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SCHAFER EXCAVATING AND CONTRACTING INC. OF MONROEVILLE, OHIO FOR THE LIBERTY AVENUE WATERLINE EXTENSION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF FORTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS ($44,677.60) AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
First Reading – Ordinance 2008-23: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SALARY FOR THE ACCOUNT CLERK II POSITION IN THE CITY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
Third Reading – Resolution 2008-2: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT AS PROPOSED BY THE LEADERSHIP LORAIN COUNTY CLASS OF 2008 TO BE INCLUDED IN A JOINT APPLICATION FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES COLLABORATION GRANT THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A FEASIBILITY STUDY CONDUCTED BY LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT ADDRESSES WHETHER AND IN WHAT MANNER MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING CITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNSHIPS AND/OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN LORAIN COUNTY MAP COMBINE THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND THE DECLARING OF AN EMERGENCY.
Second Reading – Resolution 2008-3: A RESOLUTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO FILE A FISCAL 2008 COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT (CHIP) APPLICATION WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
Second Reading – Resolution 2008-4: A RESOLUTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF HIRING LINES AND ASSOCIATES, INC. TO WRITE AND ADMINISTER, IF AWARDED, THE CITY’S 2008 COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CHIP) GRANT.
Tabled Ordinances:
Third Reading – Ordinance 2007-63: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2007-10, ADOPTED MARCH 26, 2007 TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY OF VERMILION, OHIO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ($400.59 – moral claim).
Third Reading – Ordinance 2007-100: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH JOHNSON CONTROLS OF CLEVELAND, OHIO TO PROVIDE HOUSE BILL 300 PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF VERMILION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
19. Announcement of Meeting Dates - Fred Ostrander
- Monday, March 24, 2008 - Streets, Buildings & Grounds; Utilities Committee Meetings – 7:00 p.m.- Monday, April 7, 2008 – Vermilion City Council Meeting – 7:00 p.m.- Monday, April 14, 2008 – Health & Safety, Finance, & Legislative Committee Meetings – 7:00 p.m.- Monday, April 21, 2008 – Vermilion City Council Meeting – 7:00 p.m.- Monday, April 28, 2008 – Streets, Buildings & Grounds; Utilities Committee Meetings – 7:00 p.m.20. Adjournment - Fred Ostrander
SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
Chairman, S. Holovacs
Committee of the Whole
1. 2008 Budget - Committee of the Whole
3/14/08
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