Minutes of West Lafayette Village Council Regular Meeting on November 10, 2008

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, Christie Maurer and Gary Loos were present.

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

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the October 27, 2008                      council meeting. (RC 5 yes)

Mayor’s Correspondence –

George Voinovich and the OPEA sent letter to inform officials about a seminar available for management of local governments to improve economic infrastructure development.

Citizens’ comments – N/A

Introduction to ordinances and resolutions:

2008-37           ORDINANCE TO HIRE A SOLICITOR FOR THE YEAR 2009

AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Rogers made a motion to suspend the rules. Motion seconded by Warne. (RC 5 yes)  Rogers made a motion to adopt Ordinance 2008-37. Motion seconded by Warne. (RC 5 yes)

Reports:

Village Administrator: VA reports that leaf pick-up is going well and plan to be finished the first week of December. Closing on the Borden lot behind the fire station was last week. The next step is to contact the utility companies before tearing down the house and garage.  Dave and Lisa attended FEMA meeting last week. The village may be reimbursed up to 75% of cost associated with the windstorm in September. Jed from Job and Family Services reported to VA that they haven’t had much luck receiving any qualified candidates so far.

            Police: Monthly report:

Complaints filed         272                  Follow-ups                  151     

                        Traffic stops                64                    Traffic arrest               17                   

                        Written warnings        29                    Criminal arrest             7                     

                        Felony cases                6                      Accident Reports        7         

                        Total miles driven       1988

            Annexation: N/A

            Community Service: Christy asked if the baskets would be taken down. She plans to buy some poinsettias for Christmas decorations.

            Finance: Committee met on November 5^th and this evening to work on 2009 appropriations.

            Fire: 5 runs for October.

            Fire Dependency Board: N/A

            Grant Applications: N/A

            Insurance: N/A

            Ordinance: N/A

            Planning Commission: N/A

            Pool: N/A

            Rep to Chamber of Commerce: Christmas in the Village is December 6^th.

            Utility: N/A

            Building: N/A

            Clerk’s report: N/A

Committee Meetings:

Finance Committee                 November 17^th                        4:15 pm

Ordinance Committee             November 17^th                        5:15 pm

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 24, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. (RC 5 yes)

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                                                                                                Jack L. Patterson, Mayor

Attest:

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Lisa M. Derr, Clerk