Village of Hebron
Council
Minutes
April
28, 2010
CALL TO
ORDER
Council
President Scott Walters convened the meeting at 7:30 PM.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE / MOMENT OF SILENCE
Council
President Walters asked everyone to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance
and to remain standing to pause for a moment of silence to remember those who
serve our country.
ROLL CALL
Those
responding to the roll call were: Councilmember Jim Friend, Councilmember
Alayna Morris, Councilmember Bob Gilbert, Council President Scott Walters, Councilmember
Pam DeVaul, and Councilmember Annelle Porter.
Fire
Chief Randy Weekly, Police Chief James Dean, and Interim Fiscal Officer Mindy
Kester were also present.
Mayor
Clifford Mason was absent.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
The
minutes of the April 14, 2010 regularly scheduled council meeting were
presented for approval. Councilmember Porter
made a motion to suspend the reading of the minutes and approve them as
presented. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Gilbert. A roll call vote
was taken with all Councilmembers present voting in favor. The minutes of the April
14, 2010 regularly scheduled council meeting were approved as presented.
VISITOR’S
COMMENTS
Tammy
Lombardi, a site locator for Planet Aid, spoke to Council regarding the
placement of a collection box in the Hebron area. The metal box is used to collect clothes and
shoes that the company recycles for healthier communities. She was advised to check with local area
businesses to see if it is something that they would support. Council President Walters stated that it
would also be an agenda item at the next scheduled Combined Committee Meeting
on May 17th.
LEGISLATION
ORDINANCE
04-10,-
“An Ordinance To Increase The Current Pay Rate By 2% For All Employees Of The
Village Of Hebron, To Amend Contrary And Inconsistent Ordinances By Repealing
And Amending Parts Thereof,” was presented for the second reading.
COUNCIL
ACTION ITEMS
Councilmember
Porter noted that she asked that the cleaning contract be placed on the agenda as
an action item. She stated that she has
noticed that the carpet in the main office area has spots on it that appears to
have been bleached and she does not feel that it is a very good plus for our
cleaning company. She feels that it is a
careless attempt at cleaning and that it would behoove us to take a look at the
contract.
Village
Administrator Mike McFarland stated that it is an individual that owns a
company that has the contract to clean the facility. He stated that the individual had been cleaning
the building for about two or three years.
He also noted that we do go out to bid for the contract and he thought
that it was mid-summer. Last time during
the bid process most all of the other bids were considerably higher. He stated that he had tracked down the source
of the problem with the spots on the carpet.
In the process of pushing a mop bucket filled with bleach water some of
it spilled onto the carpet leaving spots. The cleaning company has repaired
some of the larger spots by cutting out the carpet and replacing it with new
pieces. However, we have asked that he
dye the carpet where the smaller spots are located.
Police
Chief James Dean stated that he received a letter of resignation from auxiliary
officer, Gary Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence was
appointed as an auxiliary officer last fall.
Councilmember
Porter made a motion to accept the resignation of Gary Lawrence as auxiliary
police officer. The motion was seconded
by Councilmember DeVaul. A roll call
vote was taken with all of the Councilmembers present voting in favor.
ADMINISTATOR’S
REPORT
Village
Administrator Mike McFarland stated that the Hebron Business Association has a
golf outing on Saturday and he encouraged those who have not signed up to do
so. It starts at 7:00a.m. at the
Granville Golf course.
Mr.
McFarland noted that he attended a Hebron Business Association meeting and they
discussed needing help repairing their damaged sign. He asked Council if it was something that
they would like to have on the agenda for the next Combined Committee
Meeting. The Councilmembers agreed that
it is an item that they would like to discuss at the next meeting in May.
Mr.
McFarland invited all Councilmembers to take part in an industrial jobs focus
bus tour on May 13th. He
serves on the Licking County Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee
and they have asked him to provide the leadership for the event. The intent is to gather elected officials
from around the county to help them better understand and view actual situations
where local input is very important to the economic development process. The bus will leave the municipal office at
8:30a.m. and travel to various local businesses and return here no later than
12:30p.m.
REVIEW
OF EXPENSES
It
was noted that the expenditure list had been distributed to Council and that
all items on the list had been paid.
MEETING
/ EVENT SCHEDULE
Council
President Walters informed everyone of the upcoming meeting schedule as
follows:
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember
Gilbert made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:52 P.M.
_____________________________
Clifford
L. Mason, Mayor
Attest:
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Mindy
Kester, Interim Fiscal Officer
