Minutes of West Lafayette Village Council Regular Meeting on November 26, 2001

West Lafayette Village Council met in regular session at 7:00 P.M., in the municipal building with Mayor Jack Patterson presiding.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call:        Steve Bordenkircher, Kelly Gossett, Ron Lusk, Dave Rogers, Roger Warne and Jan Shannon

(6 members present)

A motion was made and seconded to approve minutes of the meeting held on November 12, 2001.

            (R.C. 5 yes 0 no 1 abstention)

Correspondence:

            Ohio Bicentennial – Coshocton Co. Planning Committee – Bell Casting Project

            Governor’s Office of Appalachian – Grants Available

Citizens Comments: Kristina Wood was present to request council remove her property and that of her neighbor (Brown) from the annexation petition of Johnson Road. The reason for her request was the cost of the utilities service and the lack of need for them. Also, that the 4 lots involved were on the end of the opposite side of the road. Council member Bordenkircher commented that he did not think that council had the authority to do that at this point in the process, and urged her to attend the public hearing that the county commissioners will be holding on January 7, 2002, at 9 AM in the county annex. It was agreed that the village solicitor should be consulted as to the council’s authority in this matter.

Ordinances:

38-2001 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS PURSUANT TO O.R.C. SEC. 9.60 WITHOUT PRE-EXISTING CONTRACTS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. A motion was made and seconded to suspend the rule. (R.C. 6 yes) A motion was made and seconded to adopt Res. 38-2001. (R.C. 6 yes)

Reports:

            Village Administrator – Phase 3 is still behind schedule with the pipe being laid and the hydrants to be set next. The line will be pressure tested and disinfected after that and then the taps will be connected. A public hearing will be held Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 5:30 P.M. in the council chambers for the ground contamination removal project. This will be an informational meeting. The roof and building projects will be completed this week.

            Finance (Warne) – The finance committee reviewed the financial reports for October 2001 and all information looked in order.

            Grant (Lusk) – Lusk attended an Issue II meeting to review the upcoming county projects. Dale Hartle informed VA that he should have some word on the funding for the River Front Estates project by the end of this week. There will be a Greenspace committee meeting to supply information and the application process for grant money.

            Utility (Bordenkircher) – There was a general discussion about water and sewer rates for 2002. It was the general consensus that either the standard increase should be used or a little more for sewer and no increase for water.

            Clerk – Three invoices with then and now certificates were presented (Ohio Municipal League, Coshocton Occupational Med., and American Precision Surveying) to council for payment approval. A motion was made and seconded to approve the payment of those three invoices. (R.C. 6 yes)

Committee Meetings Set:          Finance            12-10-01         6PM    Clerk’s office

A motion was made and seconded to hold the second meeting of December 2001 on the third Monday of the month (December 17, 2001)   in lieu of the forth (December 24, 2001). (R.C. 6 yes)

A motion was made and seconded to approve payment of the bills as presented by the clerk. (R.C. 6 yes)

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until the next regular meeting on December 10, 2001, at 7 PM in the council chambers. (R.C. 6 yes)

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                                                                                    Mayor Jack L. Patterson

Attest:

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Clerk / Treasurer

Village of West Lafayette