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Record
of Proceedings
West Lafayette Village Council met in regular session
at 7:00 P.M., in the municipal building with Mayor Jack L. Patterson
presiding.
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll
Call: Dave Rogers, Roger Warne, Kelly Gossett, Ron Lusk, Christie
Maurer and Stephen Bordenkircher were present.
A motion
was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the August 22, 2005 council
meeting. (RC 5yes 1 Abstain)
Mayor’s
Correspondence – N/A
Citizens’
comments – N/A
Introduction to ordinances and resolutions:
RESOLUTION 2005-13. A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2005
PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE 2004-27, REDUCING CALHOUN PARK TRUST FUND
BY $300.00 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. A motion was made and seconded to
suspend the three reading rule. (RC 6yes) A motion was made and seconded to
adopt Resolution 2005-12. (RC 6yes)
Reports:
Village Administrator: Water well #1 went down
over Labor Day Weekend. Well should be pumping 850-1000 gallons per
minute. Well is only pumping about 282 gallons per minute. Well #3 is on
line. Ohio EPA called to make sure there wasn’t a water break. System
should be flushed out by now. Everything seems ok for now. Called a
company to get quote to clean filters. Water plant flooded again. Parts
are ordered to make repairs. Blacktopping project on Gay and 6th
Streets went well. Received a letter from County Commissioners informing
village has been award formula money for 2006 paving project on Center
Street.
Police:
Report for August 2005
Complaints
30 Traffic arrests 6
Criminal Arrests 18
Felony Cases 2
Accident reports 3
Number of Calls 254
Annexation: Property owner at the end of Wood
Avenue wishes to be annexed into village. Lusk to investigate.
Community Service: One flower basket stolen
from pole on Main Street. Mauer given permission to buy replacement basket.
Finance: Met and reviewed village finances.
Start scheduling appropriation meetings
Fire: 17 runs in August. Needs resolution
passed in order for fire department to apply for FEMA monies.
Fire Dependency Board: N/A
Grant Applications: N/A
Insurance: Been shopping for health care
insurance. After comparing quotes from Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United
HealthCare and Cardinal Insurance, Gossett made a recommendation to proceed
with Blue Cross Blue Shield. A motion was made and seconded to obtain
health insurance from Blue Cross Blue Shield. (RC 6 yes)
Ordinance: Set another meeting to finalize
noise ordinance before sending to Village Solicitor for approval.
Planning Commission: N/A
Pool: Gave financial review for the season.
Income $21,268.00 Expenses $21,863.00
Rep to Chamber of Commerce: Yellow Flag Sales
were held over past week-end. Started talking about Halloween
Utility: N/A
Clerk’s report: Web page transfer and update
completed. Rogers reported E-mail thur web-page is not working. Prater to
contact Clover. Received confirmation for attending conference October 19th
in Cambridge. Reported receiving information from Gates McDonald. Monthly
expense and revenue report were available for council to review.
Committee
Meetings: Finance October 10th
6:00 pm
Ordinance Sept. 19th
6:30 pm
Solicitor October 12th
6:00 pm
A motion
was made and seconded to go into Executive Session at 7:55 pm to discuss
possible land purchase and sale. (RC 6 yes)
A motion
was made and seconded to return to regular council meeting at 8:55 pm
(RC 6 yes)
No action
was taken regarding issues discussed in Executive Session.
A motion
was made and seconded to approve the payment of bills as presented.
(RC 6 yes)
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until the
next regular meeting on September 26, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. (RC 6 yes)
____________________________
Jack L. Patterson, Mayor
Attest:
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Dru A Prater,
Clerk
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