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Minutes of West Lafayette Village Council Regular Meeting on October 23, 2006

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, Ron Lusk, Christie Maurer and Gary Loos were present.

A motion was made and seconded to excuse council member Gossett from the meeting. (RC 5 yes)

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the October 09, 2006 council meeting. (RC 5 yes)

Mayor’s Correspondence – Presented council with 2007 Coshocton County Regional Planning Commission membership information. Membership dues of $115.65 are due by January 09, 2007. Council agrees to pay the membership fees for Ron Lusk and Don Lusk. Also, the Mayor briefly described correspondence from Kenneth Blackwell explaining state issues.

Citizens’ comments: Grant Daugherty was present and discussed current issues with council.

Introduction to ordinances and resolutions:

Reports:

Village Administrator: Possible new business coming to the village early spring 2007. Jeff Durtmont plans to open an investment business in the Sturtz addition by the Home Loan Branch. Business will earn approximately $120,000 –$150,000 gross sales per year. The new business will employ at least 6-8 people. Business owner, Jeff, is asking council to waive some of the fees. Building permit is $950. Water tap fee is $650. Sewer tap fee is $500. Motion was made by council member Rogers and seconded by council member Maurer to waive fees for the investment company with exception of $325 fee for water tap. (RC 5 yes)

Also, Tom presented council with results of his search for a new dump truck for the village. A 2001 GMC automatic dump truck for $18,900 with approximately 120,000 miles seemed to be the best match. Motion was made my council member Loos and seconded by council member Rogers to purchase the 2001 GMC dump truck. (RC 5 yes) 

            Police: N/A

            Annexation: N/A

            Community Service: N/A

Finance: Met at 6:00pm. Discussed 2007 appropriations and purchasing the GMC dump truck.

Fire: Council member Lusk requested $800 to be appropriated in the fire fund for high- speed Internet.

            Fire Dependency Board: N/A

            Grant Applications: Deadline for issue 2 is November 3^rd.

            Insurance: N/A

            Ordinance: N/A

Planning Commission: Waiting on information from Regional Planning Commission.

Pool: Building trades at the Coshocton County Career Center plans to replace the roof on the building starting mid November.

            Rep to Chamber of Commerce: Halloween party on the 28^th starting at 4:00pm.

            Utility: N/A

            Building: N/A

            Clerk’s report: Lisa will be getting her notary licenses soon.

Committee Meetings:

Finance Committee will meet on October 30, 2006 at 6:00pm.

Ordinance Committee will meet on November 11, 2006 at 6:00pm.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the payment of bills as presented.

(RC 5 yes)

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until the next regular meeting on November 13, 2006 at 7:00 P.M. (RC 5 yes)

                                                                                    ____________________________

                                                                                                Jack L. Patterson, Mayor

Attest:

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Lisa M. Williams, Clerk