PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006
CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD
REGULAR
MEETING AGENDA
7:30
P.M.
1. ROLL CALL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND INVOCATION. Council for the City of Pickerington met for a regular session Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at City Hall. Mayor Shaver called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Roll call was taken as follows: Mr. Fix, Mr. Hackworth, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, and Mayor Shaver were present. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Riggs were absent. Mayor Shaver stated Mrs. Riggs was ill and Mr. Smith’s plane was delayed due to weather. Others present were: Judy Gilleland, Lynda Yartin, Phil Hartmann, Ed Drobina, Chris Schornack, Chief Taylor, Steve Carr, Patti Wigington, Sean Casey, David Owens, Pastor Jeff Myers, Boy Scout Troop 866, and others. Pastor Myers delivered the invocation.
2. A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 7, 2006, WORK SESSION. Mr. Sabatino moved to approve; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Hackworth, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 7, 2006, REGULAR MEETING. Mr. Hackworth moved to approve; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski abstaining, and Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Hackworth, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 4-0.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Mr. Fix moved to approve; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Hackworth, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
4. COMMUNITY COMMENTS: There were no community comments.
5. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Shaver stated there were no consent agenda items this evening.
6. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A. SAFETY COMMITTEE. Mr. Sabatino stated Safety Committee met on March 6th and the one item from that meeting is on tonight’s agenda is the contract for resurfacing the tennis courts. He stated we did have competitive bidding and he would be happy to answer any questions.
B. SERVICE COMMITTEE. Mr. Hackworth stated Service Committee met on March 9th, and five items from that meeting are on the agenda tonight. He stated these items include the contract for water meters with Neptune Equipment Company, a contract with URS for design of a 1 MG water tank, the transfer of a small piece of land for the northern terminus of Diley Road, an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to apply for a grant from ODOT for intersection improvements at S.R. 256 and Refugee Road, and a supplemental water agreement with Canal Winchester. Mr. Hackworth stated he would be happy to answer any questions.
C. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Mr. Wisniewski stated Finance met on March 16th, and two items from that meeting are on tonight’s agenda. He stated these include an appropriation ordinance and adding Hilliard and Groveport as additional communities to contact in the event of an electronic disaster recovery situation. Mr. Wisniewski stated he would answer any questions.
7. REPORTS:
A. MAYOR. Mayor Shaver stated we have three new Eagle Scouts in the community and he would like to congratulate them for this achievement.
B. LAW DIRECTOR. Mr. Hartmann stated two items relating to the Diley Road northern terminus are on the agenda this evening. He stated the first is the ordinance authorizing the City to accept the donation and dedication of property from Sylvia Cook, and the final reading on the ordinance authorizing the City Manager to approve the settlement relating to the Partlow and Schaffner property. He stated he would be happy to answer any questions.
C. FINANCE DIRECTOR. Mr. Schornack stated the Financial Auditors will be starting the audit at the end of the month.
D. MANAGER. Ms Gilleland stated work continues with the Utility Fees Review Committee and the Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Committee and staff is working very hard with those committees. She stated further staff conducted a Commercial Design Guidelines Review with the Planning and Zoning Commission last week. Ms Gilleland stated she would also like to let everyone know that the Parks and Recreation Department will be moving to the building on Columbus Street with the Building Department next week. Ms Gilleland requested Mr. Steve Carr give a briefing on the Parks Master Plan charette.
Mr. Carr stated the contract for the resurfacing of the tennis courts involves installing a synthetic surface and we will be the first public entity in central Ohio to have this surface. Mr. Carr further stated we will be holding our second charette for the Parks Master Plan on Monday, March 27th, in conjunction with the Parks and Recreation Board meeting. He stated he would welcome everyone to attend and provide input.
E. SERVICE MANAGER. Mr. Drobina stated he would be happy to answer any questions with regard to the ordinances Mr. Hackworth had briefed on earlier. Mr. Drobina stated he had visited three wastewater plants that have recently been expanded last week and it was very interesting.
8. PROCEDURAL READINGS:
A. ORDINANCE 2006-21, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH HEIBERGER PAVING, INC. FOR SYCAMORE PARK TENNIS COURT RESURFACING,” First Reading, Smith. Mr. Sabatino moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Mr. Sabatino stated as Mr. Carr had indicated, we are installing a new synthetic surface and he would be happy to try and answer any questions. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
B. ORDINANCE 2006-22, “AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NEPTUNE EQUIPMENT COMPANY,” First Reading, Riggs. Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Mr. Fix stated as stated earlier, this is a contract to purchase water meters throughout the year. Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
C. ORDINANCE 2006-23, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH URS CORPORATION FOR CONSULTING SERVICES REGARDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 1.0 MG ELEVATED STORAGE TANK,” First Reading, Hackworth. Mr. Hackworth moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Mr. Hackworth stated this is for design of a 1 MG elevated water storage tank. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Hackworth, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
D. ORDINANCE 2006-24, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A 0.082 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, FEE SIMPLE INTEREST FROM SYLVIA R. COOK, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WINDMILLER DRIVE AND WEST OF DILEY ROAD, CITY OF PICKERINGTON, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, STATE OF OHIO,” First Reading, Hammond. Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Mrs. Hammond stated this is part of the Diley Road widening and is just a small piece of land where Windmiller comes through, and it was a donation. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
E. ORDINANCE 2006-25, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINEER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING FUNDS FOR THE REFUGEE ROAD/S.R. 256 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND THE REFUGEE ROAD WIDENING PROJECT,” First Reading, Hackworth. Mr. Hackworth moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Mr. Hackworth stated we did a study in 2005 on the intersection of S.R. 256 and Refugee and the crash data was higher than normal for ODOT, and our engineers have advised us there might be some grant funds to help with intersection improvements as far as safety. He stated this would authorize the application for those grant funds. Mr. Wisniewski clarified the grant is normally 90 percent paid by ODOT and 10 percent by the City. Ms Gilleland stated we will know in the next couple of weeks the amount of the project as the application is completed. Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
F. ORDINANCE 2006-26, “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND 2005-78 BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ADDENDUM TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF CANAL WINCHESTER,” First Reading, Hammond. Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Mrs. Hammond stated this was basically an addendum to the agreement we passed last fall. She stated Canal Winchester is asking for an additional six months on the agreement as they will not start construction until May and they want to ensure they can get water if necessary until the project is complete. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Hackworth, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
G. ORDINANCE 2006-27, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2006 APPROPRIATION, ORDINANCE 2005-98,” First Reading, Wisniewski. Mr. Wisniewski moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Mr. Wisniewski stated the major item on the ordinance is to appropriate the funds to the Police Fund for hiring a police officer. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
H. ORDINANCE 2006-28, “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND 2000-136 BY ADDING CITY OF HILLIARD AND CITY OF GROVEPORT AS ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES TO CONTACT IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER RECOVERY SITUATION,” First Reading, Fix. Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion. Mr. Fix stated we have viable data within our building, our payroll, tax information, etc., that is backed up on a regular basis and stored off site. He stated this allows us to work in a reciprocal manner with other communities that have similar software in the event we have an electronic disaster. Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
9. LEGISLATIVE READINGS:
A. ORDINANCE 2005-50, “AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE WELLINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION – SECTION 1 (VIRGINIA HOMES),” Third Reading, Hackworth (TABLED, 07/05/05)
B. ORDINANCE 2006-16, “AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE EDITING AND INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES AS PARTS OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENT CODES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF NEW MATTER IN THE UPDATED AND REVISED CODIFIED ORDINANCES; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,” Third Reading, Fix. Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Hackworth, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
C. ORDINANCE 2006-17, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH W. E. STILSON CONSULTING GROUP FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES REGARDING CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF WELL NO. 7 AT THE DILEY ROAD WELL FIELD,” Third Reading, Hackworth. Mr. Hackworth moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Mr. Hackworth stated as indicated this is an additional well at the Diley Road wellfield. Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
D. ORDINANCE 2006-18, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH FLOYD BROWNE GROUP FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES REGARDING THE WATER TREATMENT CLEARWELL AND SOFTENER ADDITION PROJECT,” Third Reading, Hackworth. Mr. Hackworth moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
E. ORDINANCE 2006-19, “AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SIGNAL PLANNING REPORT FOR THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, PREPARED BY W. E. STILSON CONSULTING GROUP,” Third Reading, Hammond. Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Hackworth, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
F. ORDINANCE 2006-20, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE SETTLEMENT ARISING FROM FAIRFIELD COUNTY COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2005 CV 354,” Third Reading, Fix. Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino voting “Nay,” and Mr. Fix, Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 4-1.
10. OTHER BUSINESS: No other business was brought forward.
11. MOTIONS: There were no motions.
12. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further, Mr. Hackworth moved to adjourn; Mr. Fix seconded the motion. Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Wisniewski voted “Aye.” Motion carried, 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M., March 21, 2006.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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