TALLMADGE CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 @ 7:00 P.M. 

IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS

 

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1.         CALL TO ORDER.                    

2.         PRAYER:  Rev. Ken Bulgrin, First Apostolic Church, Tallmadge.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

3.         ROLL CALL:                                                    

4.         MINUTES:  10-23-08 Regular Council Meeting Minutes. 

            FINANCIAL REPORTS: 

·         Fire Transfer in the amount of $50,000 to Council on 10-29-08.

·         Bond Retirement Transfer in the amount of $600,000 to Council on 10-29-08.

·         SMR Transfer in the amount of $130,000 to Council on 10-29-08.

·         Fund Report, Appropriation Report and Revenue Report for the period ending 10-31-08 to Council on 11-3-08.

·         October Financial Reports memo from Dir. of Finance Stritch to Council on 11-5-08.

·         Income Tax Comparison for the period ending 10-31-08 to Council on 11-5-08.

·         Tallmadge Rec Center Profit & Loss (1-1-08 through 10-31-08) to Council on 11-5.08.

·         Investment Interest Revenue History Report to Council on 11-5-08.

·         Consolidated Investment Portfolio for period ending 10-31-08 to Council on 11-10-08

5.         PUBLIC HEARINGS:  None. 

6.         COMMUNITY INPUT: 

6.A.      ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

7.         REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

8.         AGENDA ADDITIONS:

9.         REPORTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS: MAYOR, DIR. OF PUBLIC SERVICE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND DIRECTOR OF LAW.

 

 

10.                    Ordinance 73-2008                                 At 3rd Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Creating the position of Assistant Recreation

ADOPT 2-1                                           Facility Manager and providing for immediate

enactment.

 

 

11.                    Ordinance 100-2008                               At 3rd Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Authorizing the Mayor to execute any neces-

AMEND 3-0                                           sary documents to renew the current contract

for employee medical coverage with Summa

Care, Inc. for 2009 and providing for imme-

diate enactment.

 

 

12.                    Ordinance 103-2008                               At 3rd Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Amending and supplementing the Tallmadge

GIVE 3rd READING 3-0                           Code of Ordinances Chapter 149 to prohibit

nepotism by all public employees and public

officials and providing for immediate enactment.

 

 

13.                    Ordinance 105-2008                               At 3rd Reading.

PUBLIC SERVICE                                 Establishing rental rates for City of Tallmadge

ADOPT 3-0                                                                               ball fields and providing for immediate enact-

ment.

 

 

14.                    Ordinance 109-2008                               At 3rd Reading.

PLANNING & ZONING                           Approving and granting a Conditional Zoning

AMEND 2-0 WITH                                  Certificate for special nonresidential develop-

ONE ABSTENTION                                ment to applicant Joseph Scaccio at 261

South Avenue for personal services; offices-

general, including financial, professional,

and medical

 

 

15.                    Ordinance 110-2008                               At 2nd Reading.

FINANCE                                              Re-appropriating funds for the Maca Pool/

AMEND 3-0                                           Rotary Park Project and providing for

immediate enactment.

 

 

16.                    Ordinance 114-2008                               At 2nd Reading.

FINANCE                                              Amending Tallmadge Code of Ordinances

GIVE 2nd READING 3-0                          Section 181.07 to increase the required tax

liability for filing a declaration of estimated

municipal income tax and providing for imme-

diate enactment.

 

 

17.                    Ordinance 115-2008                               At 2nd Reading.

FINANCE                                              Adopting a budget for various funds of the

GIVE 2nd READING 3-0                          City of Tallmadge, Ohio, for current expenses

P.H. ON 12-11-08 @ 7:06 P.M.               and other expenditures during fiscal year

ending December 31, 2009, appropriating

the necessary funds for the administration

thereof, authorizing transfers between funds,

and providing for immediate enactment.

 

 

18.                    Ordinance 116-2008                               At 2nd Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agree-

GIVE 2nd READING 3-0                          ment with the Tallmadge Firefighters Associa-

tion consisting of Tallmadge Part-Time Fire-

fighters and providing for immediate enactment.

 

 

19.                    Ordinance 117-2008                               At 2nd Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Authorizing and directing the Tallmadge Civil

P.H. ON 12-11-08 @ 7:03 P.M.               Service Commission to adopt rules and regu-

GIVE 2nd READING 3-0                          lations that differ from those provided by general

law to establish a nepotism policy.

 

 

20.                    Ordinance 119-2008                               At 1st Reading.

PUBLIC SERVICE                                 Supplementing Ordinance 113-2008 by

authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract

for disposal of additional end of life electronic

equipment and providing for immediate enact-

ment.

 

 

21.                    Ordinance 120-2008                               At 1st Reading.

FINANCE                                              Authorizing additional appropriations and

reductions to various programs and providing

for immediate enactment.

 

 

22.                    Ordinance 121-2008                               At 1st Reading.

PUBLIC SERVICE                                 Authorizing the Mayor to apply for a grant,

and if awarded, to enter into a contract

with GameTime for playground equipment

at Rotary Park, without competitive bidding

and providing for immediate enactment.

 

 

23.                    Ordinance 122-2008                               At 1st Reading.

FINANCE                                              Authorizing the expenditure of up to $2,000

for the grand re-opening of the Tallmadge

Recreation Center and providing for imme-

diate enactment.

 

 

24.                    Ordinance 123-2008                               At 1st Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an

addendum to the collective bargaining

agreement with the Fraternal Order of

Police, Ohio Labor Council, Inc. (Patrol

Officers) to permit payout of benefits

for Charles M. Glisson and providing

for immediate enactment.

 

 

25.                    Ordinance 124-2008                               At 1st Reading.

PERSONNEL                                        Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a

contract with SummaCare Inc. for a

2009 Bariatric rider to the employees’

health care plan and providing for imme-

diate enactment.

 

 

26.                    Ordinance 125-2008                               At 1st Reading.

PUBLIC SERVICE                                 Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a

lease with Tallmadge Lutheran Church

for approximately two acres of vacant

land off East Avenue and providing for

immediate enactment.

 

 

27.                    Ordinance 126-2008                               At 1st Reading.

PUBLIC SERVICE                                 Authorizing the Director of Public Ser-

vice to advertise for proposals to provide

gas and oil well drilling services and the

Mayor to enter into a lease of municipal

property at Memorial Park and providing