PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD

 

REGULAR MEETING

7:30 P.M.

 

1.         ROLL CALL, INVOCATION, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Council for the City of Pickerington met for a regular session Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 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, and Mayor O’Brien were present.  Mrs. Sanders was absent.  Others present were: Tim Hansley, Lynda Yartin, Linda Fersch, Ed Drobina, Phil Hartmann, Chief Mike Taylor, Brenda VanCleave, Rachel Schofield, Nate Ellis, Gavin Blair, Karen Augenstein, Gary Weltlich, and others. 

 

2.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 18, 2009, REGULAR MEETING.  Mr. Sabatino moved to approve; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

3.         COMMUNITY COMMENTS. 

 

A.        Karen Augenstein, 8980 Diley Road.  Mrs. Augenstein stated she and her husband are seeking the reimbursement of funds that resulted in their having to replace their septic system because of the Diley Road widening project.  Mrs. Augenstein stated it began in November or December 2007, when one of the companies bored through their discharge line from their septic system causing the water to back up all the way into their tank.  She stated Mr. Drobina had assisted her in finding out what happened and it was repaired.  She stated in March or April 2008, the current contractor was digging in the same area and she again had a problem and with Mr. Drobina’s help once again they found out what happened, but then in the big rain storm the water backed up in her basement.  Mrs. Augenstein stated further they are seeking reimbursement on the costs her family has accrued over the period of replacing the septic system, the permits, the cleaning of the basement, and replacement of property that was damaged in the basement.  Mayor O’Brien inquired if Mrs. Augenstein had met with Mr. Hansley and she stated she had not.  Mr. Hansley stated he was sure this could be resolved at staff level and he would get with the contractors to find out who was liable, but he felt she was due reimbursement.  He stated he would contact her first thing tomorrow morning and they would start the process. 

 

4.         COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS.  None.

 

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

 

6.         APPROVAL OF AGENDA.  Mr. Sauer moved to approve; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, and Mr. Sabatino voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

7.         REPORTS:   

 

A.        MAYOR.  Mayor O’Brien stated he had no report this evening. 

 

B.         LAW DIRECTOR.  Mr. Hartmann stated he had no report this evening. 

 

C.        FINANCE DIRECTOR.  Mrs. Fersch stated she had no report this evening. 

 

            D.         SERVICE MANAGER.  Mr. Drobina stated the Hill Road culvert project is being advertised and the bid opening will be on September 17th.  Mr. Drobina stated in order to keep this project on schedule, if Council has no objections, he would request emergency language be included in the legislation authorizing the contract.  Mr. Drobina further stated Service Committee had requested the cost for a change order on the Diley Road project to replace the grass in the medians to put in the same grasses, etc., that is south of Busey Road.  He stated if Council would like to move forward with this, he does need to get started on the change order with ODOT, and the cost he received was $57,566.  Mr. Wisniewski stated that was quite expensive and he would doubt we would want to move forward with that.  Mr. Drobina stated he thought there were 17 medians involved.  Mr. Wisniewski stated Mr. Drobina had also suggested we move forward with the current grass and perhaps next year we could contract out to have that done at a much better price. 

 

E.         CITY ENGINEER.  Ms VanCleave stated she had no report this evening, but would answer any questions. 

 

F.         CITY MANAGER.  Mr. Hansley stated he had provided a written report and he would answer any questions.  Mr. Hansley stated he had a very productive meeting regarding the transit issue and he has asked the representative from the Lancaster Transit System to provide a presentation to Council at the next Council meeting regarding the system they are proposing. 

 

            G.        SERVICE COMMITTEE.  Mr. Wisniewski stated Service Committee met on August 19th, and the first ordinance on tonight’s agenda came out of that meeting.  He stated he would answer any questions. 

 

            H.        SAFETY COMMITTEE.  Mr. Sabatino stated Safety Committee also met on August 19th, and the legislation on registration of contractors, accepting a donation from the Milk-Bone Canine Heroes Program, and authorizing the DARE grant application came from that meeting.  He stated they had also had discussion regarding noise concerns from a certain establishment in the City.  Mr. Smith inquired if the timing with the traffic signals on S.R. 256 that created a problem earlier this week had been taken care of.  Ms VanCleave stated ODOT was out today and fixed the controller box, but she has not heard anything directly from them.  Mr. Hansley stated there was a problem on both Saturday and Sunday and ODOT refused to come out and work on it on overtime, and he found that to be unacceptable.  Mr. Wisniewski stated we have the option of pulling those lights back into our system and if they are not going to service it and subject our citizens to a traffic jam to get from Diley Road to I-70, then perhaps we should reevaluate our contract with them. 

 

8.         PROCEDURAL READINGS:

 

            A.        ORDINANCE 2009-55, “AN ORDINANCE VACATING 0.341 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF OLD DILEY ROAD, LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF S.R. 256 AND 0.685 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF OLD DILEY ROAD, LOCATED SOUTH OF WINDMILLER DRIVE, CITY OF PICKERINGTON, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, STATE OF OHIO,” First Reading, Service Committee.  Mr. Wisniewski stated this is right-of-way the City no longer needs and we are releasing the rights to it.  Mr. Wisniewski moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0.  

 

            B.         ORDINANCE 2009-56, “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PICKERINGTON CODIFIED ORDINANCES CHAPTER 1444 ENTITLED, “REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTORS,” First Reading, Safety Committee.  Mr. Sabatino stated this was referred from Safety Committee and he would answer any questions anyone might have.  Mr. Sabatino moved to adopt; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Fix voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

            C.        ORDINANCE 2009-57, “AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM THE MILK-BONE CANINE HEROES PROGRAM TO BE USED TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF A NEW POLICE DOG,” First Reading, Safety Committee.  Mr. Sabatino stated this would go toward reinstating our police dog program.  Mr. Wisniewski inquired, with this donation, how close we were to having the needed funds for our program.  Chief Taylor stated this was the first step in the process of getting our program funded.  Mr. Wisniewski clarified the cost to purchase a dog and the training would be $9,000.  Mr. Sabatino moved to adopt; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Sauer, and Mr. Smith voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

            D.        RESOLUTION 2009-15R, “A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (DARE) LAW ENFORCMENT GRANTS PROGRAM,” First Reading, Safety Committee.  Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

            E.         ORDINANCE 2009-49, “AN ORDINANCE DECLARING OFFICIAL INTENT WITH RESPECT TO REIMBURSEMENT OF TEMPORARY ADVANCES MADE FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO BE MADE FROM SUBSEQUENT BORROWINGS,” Second Reading, Finance Committee.  Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

            F.         ORDINANCE 2009-51, “AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE INVESTMENT AND DEPOSITORY POLICY FOR THE CITY,” Second Reading, Finance Committee.  Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

            G.        ORDINANCE 2009-53, “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GENERAL FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON,” Second Reading, Finance Committee.  Mr. Fix moved to adopt; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

            H.        ORDINANCE 2009-54, “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,” Second Reading, Rules Committee.  Mr. Smith moved to adopt; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Smith, Mr. Fix, Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

9.         LEGISLATIVE READINGS:  NONE

 

10.       DISCUSSION.  There was no discussion. 

 

11.       REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE.  Mayor O’Brien stated he would like to refer the discussion regarding the ODOT controlled traffic signals to Service Committee. 

 

12.       OTHER BUSINESS.  No other business was brought forward. 

 

13.       MOTIONS: 

 

            A.        Mr. Sabatino moved to schedule the presentation from the Lancaster Transit System for the Council meeting on September 15, 2009; Mr. Fix seconded the motion.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Fix, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Sabatino, and Mr. Wisniewski voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 6-0. 

 

14.       ADJOURNMENT.  There being nothing further, Mr. Fix moved to adjourn; Mr. Smith seconded the motion.  Mr. Fix, Mr. Sauer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sabatino, and Mrs. Hammond voted “Aye.”  Motion carried, 6-0.  The meeting adjourned at 8:04 P.M., August 18, 2009. 

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 

 

 

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

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Mitch O’Brien, Mayor