PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL

CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008

 

COUNCIL WORK SESSION

REGARDING CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

 

6:30 P.M.

 

1.         CALL TO ORDER:  Mayor O’Brien opened the Council Work Session at 6:30 P.M., with the following council members present:  Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Wisniewski.  No members were absent.  Others present were:  Lynda Yartin, Phil Hartmann, Chief Mike Taylor, Ed Drobina, Carol Carter, Rachel Scofeld, Gary Weltlich, Nick LaTorre, and others. 

 

2.         Mayor O’Brien stated he would ask Mr. Fix, the Chairman of Rules Committee, to detail the changes being proposed. 

 

Mr. Fix stated he had distributed a memorandum that detailed the changes point-by-point that were recommended by Rules Committee.  Mr. Fix stated he could review these changes individually or answer questions anyone might have on specific issues. 

 

Mr. Sauer stated he would like clarification on Section 250.03, General Standards of Ethical Conduct.  He stated the proposed change includes candidates.  Mr. Fix stated Rules Committee had determined it would be only fair to hold candidates for Council or the Mayor’s position to the same standards of those who are in office.  Mr. Hartmann stated the question had been asked if the current ethics standards of the Ohio law require candidates to comply, and they do.  He stated someone is considered a candidate when they are running for office and they are under the same obligations when it comes to fundraising.  He continued in collecting money from certain individuals it cannot exceed certain limits and they are under the same obligation as a sitting council member.  Mr. Wisniewski stated most of the City’s business is with corporations, not with a specific individual.  He questioned if a person is a neighbor and works for a corporation that does business with the City or is a partner in a company that does business with the City, then a candidate would not be allowed to get donations from them?  Mr. Hartmann stated the ethics law is exactly the same for a candidate as for an incumbent, you are allowed to collect up to a certain amount from individuals, but there are certain limits.  Mr. Fix stated the point of this is not to re-write the ethics law, it is just to hold the same standards for candidates and incumbents.  Mr. Wisniewski stated he just did not want to go above and beyond what the State law is.  Mr. Hartmann stated the way this is written now, it is interpreted as being able to go above and beyond that, and as a result, the question that was initially raised by the Mayor, is who would be the arbiter of that.  Mr. Hartmann stated that has not been established in the Code and you would need to come up with a Board or a Committee, put it on the City Manager, or someone to make that determination.  Mr. Hartmann stated the Ohio Ethics Commission would hear it if it is a violation of the Ohio Ethics Law, the question is when it becomes a violation of just Pickerington’s ethics because you choose to be stricter then it becomes local and has to go to a local board.  He stated the Ohio Ethics Commission is not going to rule on local ethics laws.  Mr. Wisniewski clarified that the portion that goes above and beyond the Ohio law is subsection 250.03(c).  Mr. Hartmann stated as it is worded now, if there is a conflict, the stricter standard would apply and you would need to procedurally put a board in place or a section added relating to who would actually be the arbiter of that ethics concern and what the outcome would be.  Mr. Sauer stated his concern was if Council had the ability to appoint an arbiter for this at any given time, then it has the possibility of becoming political.  Mr. Fix stated if that subsection were removed, then our standard would not be above and beyond Ohio law, and Mr. Hartmann stated that was correct.  All members concurred they would like to have that subsection removed. 

 

Mayor O’Brien stated in Section 220.04(h) he read that as meaning that by a majority vote, Committees could add citizens to their committee not create new committees.  Mr. Wisniewski stated he read it as committees allowing citizens to sit in as advisors for that specific committee.  Mr. Hartmann stated if a committee desired to appoint anyone from the public, they could do that; they just would not be a voting member.  Mrs. Hammond stated she assumed this would mean that if there were a specific topic a committee was discussing and they wanted the input of citizens on it, they could appoint them to the committee, however, once a decision was made and Council voted on it, they would not need to be on the committee anymore.  Mr. Wisniewski clarified this was not something new that was being added and it has not been used in the past, it is just cleaning up the language in it.  Mr. Fix stated even though this has not been used in the past, it may be beneficial in the future so he did not see a problem with leaving it in.  Mayor O’Brien further clarified the Utility Fees Review Commission had been created as a permanent Commission even though it is not active currently, but the Property Maintenance Task Force as a temporary committee that was no longer meeting. 

 

Mayor O’Brien stated further the Parks and Recreation Board do not seem to be making decisions, such as doing the Victory Park improvements, they are just told about it.  He stated he has been to the meetings and someone just tells them what we are doing.  Mr. Wisniewski stated that seemed to be more procedural and the Parks Director should take things to them.  Mrs. Sanders stated in the past year there has not been any discussion with votes taken at the Parks Board.  Mr. Fix stated the Parks Board is an advisory board and Mayor O’Brien stated they still felt they were not doing anything.  He stated in the interview process for Parks Board members they have been looking for people who want to have a voice and show leadership.  Mr. Sabatino stated he has heard comments that by the time something comes to the Parks Board, all of the decisions have been made and they are just being informed.  Mrs. Sanders stated she was looking forward to some change on the Board in the next few months.  She stated the new members seem to be full of ideas and energy and want to show the community we can do something with less.  Mr. Wisniewski stated he felt the agenda should follow the format currently being used by the other Boards and Commissions.  Mrs. Yartin stated she would work with Mr. Carr and Mr. Hansley to prepare the Parks and Recreation Board agenda to see if that would make a difference.  Mayor O’Brien stated if it is just a procedural change to make it work then he was fine with that, just getting the Board a little more engaged rather than just making them aware of what is going on. 

 

            Mayor O’Brien further clarified that Mr. Hansley was still working with Mr. Hansley on Section 276 to create language that more fully reflected the purpose of the Personnel Appeals Board.  Mr. Hartmann stated that would be completed prior to the final reading of the ordinance. 

 

3.         ADJOURNMENT.  There being nothing further, the Council Work Session closed at 7:00 P.M., December 2, 2008. 

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

 

 

______________________________

Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk

 

ATTEST:

 

 

_______________________________

Mitch O’Brien, Mayor


PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008

CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD

 

PUBLIC HEARING

7:15 P.M.

 

 

OPEN DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED 2009 BUDGET

 

 

Mayor O’Brien opened the public hearing at 7:15 P.M. with the following members present:  Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mayor O’Brien.  Others present were:  Tim Hansley, Lynda Yartin, Linda Fersch, Chief Mike Taylor, Phil Hartmann, Ed Drobina, Rachel Scofeld, Carol Carter, Nick LaTorre, Gary Weltlich, Dan Heitmeyer, Greg Chamblin, Miriam Segalof, and others. 

 

Mayor O’Brien stated this Public Hearing was to hear any comments either for or against the proposed 2009 Budget.   

 

Mr. Greg Chamblin stated he is the President of the Violet Festival, and he along with Mr. Dan Heitmeyer were present this evening to address Council regarding the Violet Festival.  He stated he would like to provide some food for thought to Council as you go through your budget discussion.  He stated they did understand Council’s challenge with regard to the fiscal issues and obviously the proposed decision to rescind the funding to the Violet Festival has a major impact on their budget.  He stated he was present this evening asking Council to look at the Violet Festival as an investment and not strictly an expense.  He stated he believed the Violet Festival did contribute back to the community by way of sales at local businesses, etc.  He continued he wanted to make sure that everyone realized that the Violet Festival contributes to several organizations here in town including the school’s track teams, the football booster club, and Boy Scouts earn money and some civic duty time.  Mr. Chamblin stated he did intend to bring information back to Council showing hard dollars that come back into the community.  Mr. Fix stated he appreciated all the work the Violet Festival volunteers did and they did a great job with it.  Mr. Fix stated his question would be without the contribution from the City, would it be the intention of the Festival to continue in a lesser form or to not have the Festival?  Mr. Chamblin stated he did not feel the Festival would not be held this year.  He stated the City’s contribution last year amounted to about one-sixth of the corporate contributions that were given to the festival and they need to be careful in looking to some of the revenues they receive from the festival from the rides, the beer garden, etc.  Mr. Chamblin continued they had a very good year this past year even with the corporate contributions and contributions from Violet Township and the City were all down this year.  He stated further they had four beautiful days this past year and they did make a lot of money at the festival, but they won’t always be that lucky with the weather so they do rely heavily on the contributions.  Mr. Fix stated should the economic conditions change in the City things may change down the road as well, but with the budget and some of the cuts that have been made this year, he personally felt it was difficult to put money toward things like the Fourth of July, the Violet Festival, etc., when we can’t put enough police on the streets and we cannot pave any roads.  He stated these were very difficult choices to make and if there were a way for the Festival to continue on short term without the City’s subsidy perhaps in 2010 things would change.  Mr. Fix stated this was his personal opinion and he was not speaking for Council.  Mr. Chamblin stated he appreciated that and again he hoped Council would consider their donation to the Festival as marketing dollars. Mr. Chamblin stated the City of Reynoldsburg had never contributed to their Tomato Festival and that Festival is struggling.  He further stated in the last few years Reynoldsburg has cancelled their fireworks and parades due to economic troubles, and he felt it made Reynoldsburg a very hard sell when people in outside communities see the fact that the City is not supporting those events.  He stated he did not feel Reynoldsburg has benefited at all from that kind of exposure. 

 

Mayor O’Brien stated in addition to the monetary contribution the City had a significant investment, non-monetarily, in the Violet Festival.  Mr. Wisniewski stated the City put a lot into the Festival with police overtime, staff time, and other things outside of monetary contributions.  Mayor O’Brien stated if Mr. Chamblin wanted to present numbers to Council, the Finance Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 10th, at 6:30 P.M., and that would be a good time to present that information. 

 

There being nothing further, Mayor O’Brien closed the public hearing at 7:25 P.M., December 2, 2008.

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 

 

 

_______________________________

Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

________________________________

Mitch O’Brien, Mayor

 

PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008

CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD

 

 

REGULAR MEETING

7:30 P.M.

 

1.         ROLL CALL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND INVOCATION. Council for the City of Pickerington met for a regular session Tuesday, December 2, 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, Ed Drobina, Phil Hartmann, Miriam Segaloff, Nick LaTorre, Gary Weltlich, Steve Carr, Carol Carter, Rachel Scofeld, Dan Heitmeyer, Greg Chamblin, and others. 

 

2.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 18, 2008, REGULAR MEETING.  Mr. Sabatino moved to approve; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Fix, and Mrs. Sanders voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

3.         APPROVAL OF AGENDA.  Mr. Fix moved to approve; Mrs. Sanders 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:    NONE.

 

5.         APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:  Mayor O’Brien stated there were no consent agenda items. 

 

6.         COMMITTEE REPORTS:   

 

A.        FINANCE COMMITTEE.  Mrs. Hammond stated Finance Committee met on November19th, and eight items on tonight’s agenda were forwarded to Council at that meeting.  Mrs. Hammond stated she would answer any questions as those items came up on the agenda.  Mrs. Hammond further stated she would like to remind everyone that the December Finance Committee meeting will be on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at 6:30 P.M. 

 

B.         SAFETY COMMITTEE.  Mr. Smith stated Safety Committee had met last night and they had a very light agenda.  He stated Safety Committee has requested the City Manager work on a draft disturbing the peace ordinance for the Committee to review at their January meeting.  Mr. Wisniewski clarified that Safety Committee has completed their review of the red light camera question and that issue is in Service Committee for action. 

 

7.         REPORTS:

 

A.        MAYOR.  Mayor O’Brien stated the Mayor’s Court Monthly Report has been distributed.  Mayor O’Brien stated Councilman Sabatino would like to make a comment at this time.  Mr. Sabatino stated at the last meeting Mrs. Hammond had informed everyone of the needs of the Food Pantry and on behalf of the Pickerington Kiwanis Club he presented Mrs. Hammond with a check for $125 for the Food Pantry Festival of Lights fundraiser.  

 

B.         LAW DIRECTOR.  Mr. Hartmann stated he had no report this evening but would answer any questions.    

 

C.        FINANCE DIRECTOR.  Mrs. Fersch stated she had no report, but would request three readings on the appropriation ordinance.  Mrs. Fersch further stated she would request three readings on the additional note ordinance forwarded by Finance Committee so it would be in line with the other note issues on tonight’s agenda. 

 

D.        SERVICE MANAGER.  Mr. Drobina stated the contractor on Diley Road has pretty much suspended work for the winter with the exception of installing noise walls.  Mr. Smith clarified the project is on schedule.  Mr. Drobina stated the contractor for the wastewater plant has begun work.  Mr. Wisniewski inquired if we knew where the contractor was in the purchasing process since the bid was based on the price of steel at the time and that price has now gone up dramatically.  Mr. Drobina stated he did not know where they were in that process but he would have that information for the Service Committee meeting. 

 

E.         CITY MANAGER.  Mr. Hansley stated he had provided a written report and he would answer any questions. 

 

8.         PROCEDURAL READINGS:

 

            A.        ORDINANCE 2008-87, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PART TWO OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF PICKERINGTON, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE: TITLE TWO (CHAPTERS 202-208), TITLE FOUR (CHAPTERS 220-222), TITLE SIX (CHAPTERS 230-250), AND TITLE EIGHT (CHAPTERS 268-280),” First Reading, Rules Committee.  (TABLED, 11/04/08).  Mr. Fix moved to remove from the Table; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mr. Fix stated Council held a work session earlier this evening reviewing the proposed changes in the Code.  He stated there is one item that Mr. Hansley and Mr. Hartmann are working to clean up and that should be completed by the next reading.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Sabatino, and Mrs. Sanders voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  

 

            B.         ORDINANCE 2008-88, “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 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. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Third Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            C.        ORDINANCE 2008-89, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $539,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING STORM WATER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING OF A DOWNTOWN OUTFALL AND REPLACEMENT OF A CULVERT ON STATE ROUTE 256,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mr. Wisniewski clarified the culvert replacement was located on S.R. 256 near the Rickets property.  Mr. Wisniewski further clarified this was a CIP project and the Service Manager was comfortable with the estimate.  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 Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, and Mrs. Hammond 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. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Third Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            D.        ORDINANCE 2008-90, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING THE REGIONAL INCOME TAX AGENCY TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON’S INCOME TAX ORDINANCES,” First Reading, Finance Committee (Not Recommended).  Mr. Sabatino moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Nay,” and Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 4-3.

 

            E.         ORDINANCE 2008-91, “AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A GENERAL FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Mr. Fix clarified the fees charged for mowing are provided for in the Code separate from the fee schedule because it is based on time and material and administrative overhead.  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.

 

            F.         ORDINANCE 2008-92, “AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2009,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mr. Sauer stated he had some questions on the budget and questioned when the best time to discuss these items would be.  Mr. Wisniewski stated it is on the Finance agenda for December 10th and that might be the best place for that discussion.  Mr. Sabatino inquired if the budget Council had received reflected the changes proposed by Mr. Sauer and Mr. Hansley stated some of Mr. Sauer’s proposals have been agreed to by staff subject to a motion to include them in the budget as changes.  Mr. Hansley stated the budget that is before Council did not include those changes.  Mr. Sauer stated then he would defer discussion on these items to the Finance Committee meeting.  Mr. Wisniewski inquired with regard to the ordinance that had just passed regarding RITA, what the estimated cost of bringing RITA in would be.  Mr. Hansley stated the budget as presented did not include that and the budget would have to be amended to allow for that.  Mr. Hansley stated RITAs contract is based on total collections so we would estimate that as a cost.  Mr. Wisniewski stated at the Finance Committee meeting he would like to have a recommendation from the City Manager as to what we are going to cut to allow for RITA, if it will be personnel or cuts in some other department or the carry over.  Mr. Hansley stated their proposal was that they would generate additional revenue to cover some of their costs, and the three percent is unknown until we see what the total collections are.  He stated he could provide the estimated cost and make that adjustment to the budget is the first ordinance passes, and he would have that figure for the Finance Committee meeting.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Mrs. Hammond moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of a second reading; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Sanders 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 Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            G.        ORDINANCE 2008-93, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH W.E. STILSON CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES,” First Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mrs. Hammond stated she understood we were going to do this contract on a month-to-month basis and questioned if the monthly retainer would cover all of the services that we need.  Mr. Hansley stated now that we have had the staff engineer for a longer period of time, to arrive at this we have shifted some of the duties from the City Engineer to the staff engineer.  He stated at the direction of Finance Committee he had negotiated the retainer with the City Engineer and this is the result of those negotiations.  Mr. Hansley stated this was drafted as a three-year contract, although it can be cancelled on a month-to-month basis.  Mayor O’Brien clarified that if we hire another City Engineer, this contract would be cancelled and a new contract would be negotiated with a more limited scope of services.   Mayor O’Brien further requested Service Committee find out who monitors Gahanna’s ACS system, and Mr. Wisniewski stated he would get that information.  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. 

 

            H.        ORDINANCE 2008-94, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SCHOTTENSTEIN, ZOX & DUNN CO., L.P.A., FOR GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES,” 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.  Mr. Fix moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of three readings; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, and Mrs. Hammond 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. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  Third Reading.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  

 

            I.          ORDINANCE 2008-85, “AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN (CIP) FOR 2009-2013,” Second Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  

 

            J.          ORDINANCE 2008-86, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE TO ASSIST THE CITY IN PREPARING GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT (CAFR),” Second Reading, Finance Committee.  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. 

 

9.         LEGISLATIVE READINGS: 

 

            A.        ORDINANCE 2008-70, “AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH DELTA DENTAL OF OHIO FOR DENTAL INSURANCE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            B.         ORDINANCE 2008-72, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $175,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY FOR USE AS PARK LAND,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            C.        ORDINANCE 2008-73, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $180,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENEWING NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING AND ACQUIRING IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE CITY HALL AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT BUILDING,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            D.        ORDINANCE 2008-74, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $1,500,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING AND CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY, INCLUDING PHASES 2-C, 3 AND 4 OF THE D-LINE SEWER,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            E.         ORDINANCE 2008-75, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO DILEY ROAD, STREET IMPROVEMENTS KNOWN AS THE COURTRIGHT ROAD REALIGNMENT, AND STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS, AND OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            F.         ORDINANCE 2008-76, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $2,200,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING AND CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER SUPPLY AND WATERWORKS SYSTEM OF THE CITY, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            G.        ORDINANCE 2008-77, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $240,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING A POLICE BUILDING,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            H.        ORDINANCE 2008-78, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $235,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING AND INSTALLING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND RELATED STREET IMPROVEMENTS,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            I.          ORDINANCE 2008-79, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $375,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE CITY,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            J.          ORDINANCE 2008-80, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $625,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF OBTAINING ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS MUNICIPALITY’S SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            K.        ORDINANCE 2008-81, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $270,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO RENEW NOTES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO DILEY ROAD,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            L.         ORDINANCE 2008-82, “AN ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATING UP TO TEN BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE ISSUES OF THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, INTO A CONSOLIDATED NOTE ISSUE, AND ESTABLISHING THE TERMS OF SUCH CONSOLIDATED NOTE ISSUE,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mrs. Hammond moved to amend by substitution with the ordinance distributed to Council that includes the $539,000 issue and consolidates up to eleven bond anticipation note issues; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken on the motion to amend Mr. Smith, Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion to amend passed, 7-0.  Roll call was taken on the ordinance, as amended, with Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

            M.        ORDINANCE 2008-83, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER, VILLAGE OF CANAL WINCHESTER, AND VIOLET TOWNSHIP,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to Table; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0.  (TABLED, 12.02/08)

 

            N.        ORDINANCE 2008-84, “AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT AN EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN AND AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR 2009 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY,” Third Reading, Finance Committee.  Mrs. Hammond moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, with emergency, 7-0. 

 

10.       OTHER BUSINESS.  Mayor O’Brien stated he had received a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals offering a proposal to switch to a laser light show to which they would contribute $1,000.  He stated Mr. Hansley had requested Mr. Steve Carr, our Parks and Recreation Director, follow up on this and provide a briefing to Council this evening.  Mr. Carr stated he had contacted the two companies referenced in the letter from PETA, one out of California and one out of Texas.  He stated the firm in Texas indicated their typical Fourth of July show lasts about 25 minutes and costs $7,500 plus expenses that they estimate to be about $2,000 and includes mileage, per diem, and hotel.  He stated he would estimate this to bring the total to about $10,000.  Mr. Carr stated one of the issues with the laser light show is that they are great for a confined group of people.  Mayor O’Brien clarified they need a surface to project the light show off of.  Mr. Carr stated given the crowd that we get for Fourth of July where people are in the park as well as at the high school and junior high, finding a venue for this option would be a challenge. 

 

11.       MOTIONS: 

 

            A.        Mr. Fix moved to direct the City Manager to notify the Fairfield County Board of Health of the City’s intentions to cancel our existing health services contract with such action being taken to preserve this as an option while we continue reviewing this issue; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Mr. Hansley stated he and Mrs. Fersch had met with the Executive Director and they welcomed the motion so they could meet with their Board and let them know there is the possibility we will contract with someone else.  Mr. Hansley stated the soonest we would be able to end the contract is at the end of 2009 going into 2010.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mrs. Sanders, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed 7-0.  

 

            B.         Mr. Wisniewski moved to schedule a public hearing on the red light camera issue for January 20, 2009, at 6:30 P.M.; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Mr. Sabatino clarified the proposed vendor would be invited to make a presentation to the public at that hearing.  Mr. Wisniewski stated he would also invite our traffic engineer to provide the presentation that Service Committee received so everyone would have as much information as possible to make a decision.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Sanders voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 7-0. 

 

12.       ADJOURNMENT.  There being nothing further, Mr. Fix moved to adjourn; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Wisniewski voted “Aye.”  Motion carried, 7-0.  The meeting adjourned at 8:20 P.M., December 2, 2008. 

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 

 

 

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

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Mitch O’Brien, Mayor