CITY OF PICKERINGTON

                                           FINANCE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

                                               CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD

                                                     TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2003

                                                                      7:00 P.M.

 

                                                   SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

 

1.         ROLL CALL.  Mr. Wright called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. with Mr. Wright and Mr. Parker present.  Mr. Fox was absent.  Others present were:  Joyce Bushman, Linda Fersch, Lynda Yartin, Bob Mapes, and others.

 

2.         SCHEDULED MATTERS:

 

A.        Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2003-02 passed February 18, 2003, providing for the issuance 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 and declaring an emergency and immediate necessity in order to procure real property necessary for road right-of-way at the time the property has come up for sale thereby avoiding additional costs to the City.  Mr. Parker moved to approve; Mr. Wright seconded the motion.  Mr. Parker stated it was his understanding this was the house at the southwest corner of Diley Road and there was an adjacent lot included.  Mr. Mapes stated that was correct, this was 10023 Wright Road and it aligns very well because we already have right-of-way on the other side of Wright Road as you go down past the Sheffield Subdivision.  Mr. Mapes stated we would eventually have to take one of the houses at the bottle neck and this is for sale now.  He stated the parties have agreed to let the City step in and purchase the property at the same price it was going to be purchased at.  Mr. Mapes stated this is very timely.  Mr. Mapes stated we applied and were designated for federal funds in 1994 and just last year we were notified that we were approved for the funds and we will be able to do the improvements to Diley Road.  He stated the actual construction is still a couple of years down the road, but if we do not step in now it will cost us more at the time we need it.  Mr. Mapes stated there are three pieces of legislation the Committee is dealing with.  The first is to do the borrowing, and include this in a borrowing council has already approved, secondly to authorize completion of the contract that has tentatively been negotiated with the purchaser, and third to appropriate the money that is borrowed so we can close on the property.  Mr. Mapes stated the individual who owns the property has some health problems and needs to move, and the individual who was going to purchase the property has agreed to let the City step in and purchase it.  Mr. Mapes stated we do need to complete the process by April 4th, and he has structured the legislation as an emergency.  Mr. Mapes stated the City had not anticipated this purchase, it just came up, and that is why the emergency was necessary.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Parker and Mr. Wright voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 2-0. 

           

B.         Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract for the purchase of 10023 Wright Road for necessary road right-of-way for the Diley Road widening and the declaration of immediate necessity and emergency in order to procure such property for road right-of-way at the time the property has come up for sale, thereby avoiding additional costs to the City.  Mr. Parker moved to approve; Mr. Wright seconded the motion.  Mr. Mapes stated this was the property he had briefed on for the previous piece of legislation and authorized the Manager to enter into the contract.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Parker and Mr. Wright voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 2-0. 

 

C.        Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance amending the 2003 appropriation, Ordinance 2002-142.  Mr. Parker moved to approve; Mr. Wright seconded the motion.  Mr. Mapes stated this authorized the funds to be put into the category for the purchase.  Roll call was taken with Mr. Wright and Mr. Parker voting “Yea.”  Motion passed, 2-0.  

 

3.         ADJOURNMENT.  There being nothing further to bring forward at the special meeting, Mr. Parker moved to adjourn; Mr. Wright seconded the motion.  Mr. Parker and Mr. Wright voted “Aye.”  Motion carried, 2-0.  The Special Finance Committee of Council adjourned at 7:12 P.M., March 18, 2003.

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

 

 

 

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk