PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008

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, April 1, 2008, at City Hall.  Mayor O’Brien called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M.  Roll call was taken as follows:  Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Sanders, and Mayor O’Brien were present.  No members were absent.  Others present were: Tim Hansley, Lynda Yartin, Linda Fersch, Chief Mike Taylor, Phil Hartmann, Pastor Jim Riggs, Nick LaTorre, Rachel Scofeld, Carol Carter, Tony Barletta, Miriam Segaloff, and others.  Pastor Riggs, of Peace United Methodist Church, delivered the invocation. 

 

2.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 2008, REGULAR MEETING.  Mr. Smith moved to approve; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski abstaining, and Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Fix, and Mrs. Sanders voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

3.         APPROVAL OF AGENDA.  Mr. Smith moved to approve; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Wisniewski voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

4.      COMMUNITY COMMENTS:  There were no community comments.

 

5.         APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:  Mayor O’Brien stated there were no Consent Agenda items this evening. 

 

6.         COMMITTEE REPORTS:   

 

A.        FINANCE COMMITTEE.  Mrs. Hammond stated Finance Committee met on March 19th and the minutes have been distributed.  She stated Finance had forwarded two ordinances to Council that were on tonight’s agenda and Mrs. Fersch would address.  Mrs. Hammond stated the two Finance Subcommittees have started to meet.  

 

7.         REPORTS:

 

A.        MAYOR.  Mayor O’Brien stated he would ask for three readings on Ordinance 2008-23, concurring in Mr. Hansley’s appointment as City Manager, if that was not a problem.  Mayor O’Brien stated the Monthly Mayor’s Court Report has been distributed. 

 

B.         LAW DIRECTOR.  Mr. Hartmann stated he had received a notice from Insight Cable terminating the franchise agreement under the new State law, Senate Bill 117.  He stated fortunately Council passed an ordinance back in December to take place of that so the City will not be losing any franchise fees.  Mr. Hartmann stated he would answer any questions anyone might have.   

 

C.        FINANCE DIRECTOR.  Mrs. Fersch stated she was requesting three readings on the appropriation ordinance on tonight’s agenda as there are items that need to be taken care of.  She further stated she would request an amendment to the Employee Pay Plan and Authorized Strength as the Fund where the new positions would be paid from is listed as Parks and it should reflect Aquatic as they are for the pool managers and the cashiers, lifeguards, concessionaires, etc.  She stated if possible she would like three readings on that ordinance this evening as well.            

 

D.        SERVICE MANAGER.  Mr. Drobina stated Ordinance 2008-25 on tonight’s agenda authorizes a contract with URS for the construction management of the wastewater treatment plant expansion.  Mr. Drobina stated he would answer any questions anyone might have on this contract.  Mr. Drobina stated he and Mr. Hansley have been working on the bid specifications for the refuse collection contract as our agreement with Waste Management expires on September 30th.  He stated they hoped to have this out for bid within the next two weeks. 

 

E.         CITY MANAGER.  Mr. Hansley his written report had been distributed and he would be happy to answer any questions.  He stated the JEDD meeting scheduled for April 7th has been postponed as some of the legal counsel were not available.  He stated he would let everyone know when that meeting is rescheduled.   

 

Mayor O’Brien stated he would like to let everyone know that the Nuisance Abatement Board will be meeting on Monday, April 7th, at 6:00 P.M., to deal with some property in the City.  Mayor O’Brien stated the agenda for this meeting will be going out in the next few days. 

 

8.         PROCEDURAL READINGS:

 

            A.        ORDINANCE 2008-23, “AN ORDINANCE CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT OF TIMOTHY C. HANSLEY AS THE PICKERINGTON CITY MANAGER AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH TIMOTHY C. HANSLEY,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved for a councilmanic waiver of committee action and to adopt; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Mrs. Hammond moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of three readings; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Suspension of Rules passed, 7-0.  Second Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Wisniewski voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Third Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Sanders voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            B.         ORDINANCE 2008-24, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2008 APPROPRIATION, ORDINANCE 2007-85,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Mrs. Hammond moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of three readings; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Wisniewski voting “Yea.”  Suspension of Rules passed, 7-0.  Second Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Wisniewski voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Third Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            C.        ORDINANCE 2008-25, “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 2007-81, THE EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN AND AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR 2008,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mr. Sauer moved to amend the Pay Plan to reflect the two Seasonal Recreation Assistant 2 positions, and the 35 Seasonal Recreation Assistant I positions were funded by the Aquatic Fund; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with on the motion to amend with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Sanders voting “Yea.”  Motion to amend passed, 7-0.  Roll call was taken on the Ordinance as amended with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, as amended, 7-0.  Mrs. Hammond moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of three readings; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Suspension of Rules passed, 7-0.  Second Reading, as amended.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Third Reading, as amended.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, as amended, 7-0. 

 

            D.        ORDINANCE 2008-26, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH URS CORPORATION FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT,” First Reading, Service Committee.  Mr. Wisniewski moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Mr. Wisniewski stated this contract was put forward some time ago, and we do need to move forward with it.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino voting “Nay,” and Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-1. 

 

            E.         ORDINANCE 2008-18, “AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ADDENDUM TO THE SEWERAGE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO, AND THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO,” Second Reading. Service Committee.  Mr. Wisniewski moved to adopt; Mrs. Hammond seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            F.         ORDINANCE 2008-22, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, LOCATED IN VIOLET TOWNSHIP, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO,” Second Reading, Service Committee.  Mr. Wisniewski moved to adopt; Mrs. Hammond seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Fix, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

9.         LEGISLATIVE READINGS:

 

            A.        ORDINANCE 2008-21, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SAM’S EXCAVATING UNLIMITED FOR THE WTP WASTE PUMP STATION UPRADE,” Third Reading, Service Committee.  Mr. Wisniewski moved to adopt; Mrs. Hammond seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

10.       OTHER BUSINESS:  No other business was brought forward. 

 

11.       MOTIONS:  There were no motions. 

 

12.       ADJOURNMENT.  There being nothing further, Mr. Smith moved to adjourn; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Sabatino voted “Aye.”  Motion carried, 7-0.  The meeting adjourned at 7:56 P.M., April 1, 2008. 

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 

 

 

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

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Mitch O’Brien, Mayor