PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL, 100
LOCKVILLE ROAD
TUESDAY, JANUARY
21, 2003
PUBLIC HEARING
7:20 P.M.
OPEN DISCUSSION
REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PICKERINGTON CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO REVIEW
ROADWAY STANDARDS IN MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER PERTINENT REVISIONS
Mayor Postage opened the public hearing at 7:20 P.M., with the following council members present: Mayor Postage, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Maxey. Others present were: Joyce Bushman, Lynda Yartin, Linda Fersch, Bob Mapes, Chief Taylor, Jack Bowman, Dave England, Lance Schultz, Joe Lyons, Dennis Schwallie, Steve Carr, Dave Houston, and others.
Mayor Postage asked if there were any comments from the public, either for or against, the proposed amendments. There were no comments.
Mayor Postage ascertained there were no further comments on this issue, and declared the public hearing closed at 7:22 P.M., January 21, 2003.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk
ATTEST:
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Louis V. Postage, Mayor
PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 21, 2003
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, January 21, 2003, at City Hall. Mayor Postage called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Roll call was taken as follows: Mr. Maxey, Mr. Wright, Mr. Fox, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Parker, and Mayor Postage were present. No members were absent. Others present were: Joyce Bushman, Lynda Yartin, Bob Mapes, Linda Fersch, Jerry Dailey, Chief Mike Taylor, Susan Crotty, Steve Carr, Lana Messmore, Frank Wiseman, Lance Schultz, Lenny Lewis, Mike Maurer, Jennifer Wray, Pastor Karen Burnard, Jack Bowman, Dennis Schwallie, Dave Houston, Dave England, Joe Lyons, Charles Ramsey, Betty Lunch, Wes Monhollen, Dennis Boruszewski, Jeanette Boruszewski, Harry Myers, Sara Rose, Ted Hackworth, Rhonda Angel, Chris Angel, and others. Pastor Burnard delivered the invocation.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 7, 2003,
REGULAR MEETING. Mr. Wright moved to
approve; Mr. Fox seconded the motion.
Roll call was taken with Mr. Parker, Mr. Maxey, Mr. Wright, Mr. Fox, and
Mr. Shaver voting “Yea.” Motion
passed, 5-0.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
Mr. Wright moved to approve; Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wright, Mr.
Shaver, Mr. Fox, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
4. COMMUNITY COMMENTS:
A. Dennis Schwallie, Peck, Shaffer, and Williams, 8955 Easton Drive, Columbus. Mr. Schwallie stated he is the Bond Council for the City and he was present this evening to address Ordinances 2002-148 and 2002-149. Mr. Schwallie stated it would be proposed to amend Ordinance 2002-148 by substitution this evening to increase the borrowing from $193,000 to $322,500 to accommodate construction costs and it is more efficient for the city to borrow at one time. Mr. Schwallie stated due to a mixed communication on his part, the current ordinance is set up as a general obligation of the city, but because this is a Tax Increment Project the ordinance has been revised to reflect that it will not count against the debt limits of the city. Mr. Schwallie stated Ordinance 2002-149 is being proposed to be amended by substitution to increase the borrowing for the downtown streetscape project from $250,000 to $1.8 million to reflect the construction amount approved by Service Committee. He stated, again, it is in the city’s best interest to borrow at one time as it allows you to get better interest rates. Mr. Shaver stated as he understood it, there have already been two readings on this ordinance and now it is being amended from $250,000 to $1.8 million. Mrs. Bushman stated as a point of clarification the Service Committee recommended award of the contract and we have 60 days to accomplish that. Mrs. Bushman stated after discussions with the Chairman of Finance Committee there was the opportunity to roll the two together as that would be a cost savings. She stated Service Committee unanimously voted to award the contract and you have to have the funding in place in order to sign the contract. Mr. Shaver stated it may be rational, but he felt it was inappropriate to change the amount of the borrowing after two readings have been accomplished.
B. Sara Rose, Pickerington Chamber of Commerce, 13 W. Columbus St., Pickerington. Ms. Rose stated a letter had been distributed to Council which she read into the record and is Attachment 1 to these minutes.
5. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Postage stated there were no items on the consent agenda this evening.
6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: There were no committee reports.
7. REPORTS:
A. MAYOR. Mayor Postage stated he had attended the Martin Luther King, Jr., event sponsored by the Ministerial Association and they did a very good job of putting that event together. Mayor Postage stated he had also met with Mayor McPherson of Reynoldsburg to discuss some of the issues surrounding the S.R. 256 corridor. He stated they were going to invite the developers to attend a discussion to see if there are ways that area can be improved as development on the Reynoldsburg side will generate more traffic. Mayor Postage stated he had also met with representatives of the Fairfield County Health Department to discuss some of the problems, and later on the agenda this evening is a motion for Council to concur with his appointment to be Fairfield County Board of Health.
B. LAW DIRECTOR. Mr. Mapes stated the only item he would comment on would be the procedure to follow if it is the desire of Council is to table Ordinances 2002-148 or 2002-149. He stated it would be appropriate to move to amend by substitution prior to any motion to table.
C. FINANCE DIRECTOR. Mrs. Fersch stated she had nothing to report this evening.
D. MANAGER. Mrs. Bushman stated her report had been distributed and she would be glad to answer any questions. Mr. Shaver stated he felt it would be helpful to the residents if Mrs. Bushman would give a synopsis of her report orally as the public did not receive a copy of her report.
E. ENGINEER. Mr. Dailey stated he would address the signal at the post office again this evening. He stated at the request of the post office the date for the signal activation was changed to January 29th.
8. PROCEDURAL READINGS:
A. ORDINANCE 2002-140, “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1050.03 OF THE PICKERINGTON CODIFIED ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLS,” First Reading, Wright. (TABLED, 12-03-02) Mr. Wright moved to remove from the Table; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Fox, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0. Mr. Wright moved to adopt; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Mr. Wright stated the legislation dealt with businesses who take courtesy payments for water bills for the City of Pickerington. He stated the problem was the payments were not being forwarded to the City in a timely fashion and residents were being charged late fees. Mr. Wright stated this ordinance has been amended to reflect that any business who takes these courtesy payments must post a notice that payment at that location is not payment to the city and to allow time for transmission of payment by the 15th of the month. Further, that any late charges will be the responsibility of the customer. Mr. Wright stated the city was also requesting the businesses who provide this courtesy service try to get the payments to the city within 24 hours. Mr. Wright moved to amend by substitution with this amended version of the ordinance; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Shaver, Mr. Fox, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maxey, and Mr. Parker voting “Yea.” Motion to amend passed, 5-0. Roll call was taken on First Reading as amended with Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Parker, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
B. ORDINANCE 2003-02, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $196,000 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 IMPROVEMENTS TO DILEY ROAD IN THE CITY,” First Reading, Wright. Mr. Wright moved to adopt; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Mr. Wright stated this covered the engineering costs of the future widening of Diley Road and the portion of S.R. 256 connecting to Diley Road. Mr. Shaver ascertained this is a TIF note and is a funding mechanism where the tax dollars will be diverted to the actual infrastructure improvements for a period of time. Mr. Wright further stated this does not apply to the general obligation ceiling that the city has. Mrs. Bushman stated there is a county-wide general obligation for the entire county and all of the political subdivisions which is ten mills. Roll call was taken with Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Fox, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
C. ORDINANCE 2003-03, “AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT FROM BARBARA SNYDER,” First Reading, Maxey. Mr. Maxey moved to adopt; Mr. Wright seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Parker, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Maxey, Mr. Fox, and MR. Wright voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
D. ORDINANCE 2003-01, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $110,000 OF NOTES BY THE CITY OF PICKERINGTON, OHIO, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COST OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS KNOWN AS THE COURTRIGHT ROAD REALIGNMENT, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND GUTTERS,” Second Reading, Wright. Mr. Wright moved to adopt; Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Mr. Shaver clarified this is a renewal of the Courtright Road notes that were done last year and it does count toward the general obligation of the city. Mr. Shaver further ascertained we were at about 7.5 or 7.6 mills. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wright, Mr. Maxey, Mr. Fox, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Shaver voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
9. LEGISLATIVE READINGS:
A. ORDINANCE 2002-148, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $193,000 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 STREET AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STATE ROUTE 256/STONECREEK DRIVE AREA OF THE CITY,” Third Reading, Wright. Mr. Wright moved to adopt; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Mr. Wright moved to amend by substitution with the ordinance changing the amount to a borrowing of $322,500; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Roll call was taken on the motion to amend with Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Parker, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0. Mr. Shaver stated he was not comfortable with amending dollar amounts at the third reading without giving notice to the public. Mr. Parker stated he did not have a problem with tabling the ordinance this evening if it would not create a problem if this did not pass until the next meeting. Mr. Wright moved to Table; Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Shaver, Mr. Fox, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maxey, and Mr. Parker voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0. (TABLE)
B. ORDINANCE 2002-149, “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $250,000 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 ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING STREET IMPROVMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY,” Third Reading, Parker. Mr. Wright moved to adopt; Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Mr. Parker moved to amend by substitution; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Roll call was taken on the motion to amend with Mr. Wright, Mr. Parker, Mr. Maxey, Mr. Shaver, and Mr. Fox voting “Yea.” Motion to amend passed, 5-0. Mr. Parker stated he would like to clarify that the increase in the amount of borrowing is due to contracts that Service Committee unanimously approved at their last meeting and would just consolidate the borrowing. Mr. Parker stated in order to allow time for any comments from the public he would move to table; Mr. Wright seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Fox, Mr. Wright, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Maxey, and Mr. Parker voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0. (TABLE)
C. ORDINANCE 2002-150, “AN ORDINANCE TO CORRECT A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN ORDINANCE 2001-04,” Third Reading, Parker. Mr. Parker moved to adopt; Mr. Wright seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Fox, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maxey, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Shaver voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
D. ORDINANCE 2002-151, “AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH STILSON CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE STONECREEK SOUTH ROADWAY EXTENSION AND STATE ROUTE 256 LIGHTING PROJECT,” Third Reading, Maxey. Mr. Maxey moved to adopt; Mr. Parker seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Fox, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
10. MOTIONS:
A. MOTION TO CONCUR WITH SELECTION OF FINANCE DIRECTOR AS MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT TO THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. Mr. Wright moved to concur in the Mayor’s appointment of the Finance Director, Mrs. Fersch, to the Fairfield County Board of Health; Mr. Maxey seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Fox, Mr. Shaver, Mr. Wright, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Maxey voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 5-0.
11. OTHER BUSINESS: No other business was brought forward.
12. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further, Mr. Wright moved to adjourn; Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Mr. Maxey, Mr. Fox, Mr. Wright, Mr. Shaver, and Mr. Parker voted “Aye.” Motion carried, 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 P.M., January 21, 2003.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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ATTEST:
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