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Record
of Proceedings
Minutes of West Lafayette Village Council
Regular Meeting on February 25, 2002
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: Dave Rogers, Roger Warne, Kelly Gossett, Ron Lusk, Jan
Shannon and
Steve Bordenkircher (6 members present)
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes from the February 11,
2002, council meeting. (R.C. 6 yes)
A motion was made and seconded to approve and ratify the release signed by
Jason Wood, Thomas Bradshaw (Village Administrator), and Bruce Fouch (Village
Clerk / Treasurer).
(R.C. 6 yes)
Resolution 2002-05: A resolution to amend 2002 permanent appropriation ordinance
2001-46 adding $20,820 to the water fund and $20,820 to the sewer fund. A
motion was made and seconded to suspend the rule requiring 3 readings. (R.C.
6 yes) A motion was made and seconded to adopt Resolution 2002-05. (R.C. 6
yes)
Reports:
Village Administrator – Apache Aggregate has informed us that
they will not be starting up their asphalt plant for another 4 – 5 weeks and
at that point in time they will put the West Main Street project on the schedule.
Gloria Murray will be having knee surgery o February 26, 2002, and will be
off work for 4 – 6 weeks. The VA and Mayor attended a meeting earlier in the
day with State Representative, Jim Aslanides, Mike Carter of GGC Engineers,
and representatives of several state agencies regarding the Penn-Michigan
site cleanup. All indications were positive that the project could be funded
and the purpose of the meeting was to coordinate the efforts of everyone.
If all goes well a complete assessment of the contamination could be completed
this year and actual cleanup could commence sometime in 2003. While nothing
is guaranteed, the consensus of the meeting was that efforts were going to
be directed from multiple fronts to get action on this problem in the near
future.
Finance (Warne) – The clerk reported an error from 2001resulting
in an unauthorized transfer of $20,000 from the general fund to the street
fund had been discovered. The error has been corrected and all year 2002 beginning
fund balances have been adjusted.
Grant (Lusk) – There will be a free one day class on grant writing
offered on March 14, 2002, and anyone interested should contact Ron Lusk.
Ordinance (Warne) – The committee is currently working on the
employee benefit package and should have their recommendations for updates
soon.
Pool (Rogers) – The estimate for repairing the discharge pump
is $800 to $1200 and would need to be completed prior to opening. Remedies
for the more serious problem of leakage in the walls are still being investigated.
Due to time and funding this cannot be accomplished prior to the pool season
and would have to wait until next year.
Utility (Bordenkircher) – Examples of ID badges were presented
and everyone agreed it would be an excellent idea to provide all village employees
and officials with the ID badges. Bordenkircher will coordinate with Bradshaw
to schedule the picture taking.
Clerk’s Report – The clerk announced that the State fiscal report for 2001has
been
completed, submitted and available for inspection in the village offices
during normal business hours.
Committee Meetings: Pool 3-7-2002 6:00 PM
Council Chambers
Finance 3-11-2002 6:30
PM Council Chambers
Bills were presented for approval. A motion was made and seconded to approve
payment of the bills presented. (R.C. 6 yes)
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until the next regularly scheduled
meeting at 7:00 PM on March 11, 2002. (R.C. 6 yes)
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Jack L. Patterson, Mayor
Attest:
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Bruce E. Fouch
Clerk / Treasurer
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