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Village Council Minutes 03-11-04
M I N U T E S

The Village of Evendale
Regular Council Meeting
March 11, 2004


The Village of Evendale held a Public Discussion Session prior to the Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting. There was no discussion from the public. Mr. Vonderhaar asked if Evendale had a law against cats running free. He mentioned that cats are getting onto citizens cars and scratching the paint. It was determined that there is a law regarding dogs but not cats.

The Village of Evendale held the Public Hearing for a Zoning Variance Appeal for Parking Stall Sizes at Valley Thrift,  9840 Reading Road.  Adam Goetzman spoke on behalf of Valley Thrift. Jim Ritter and Pat Walsh, owner of Valley Thrift were present. There are currently 117 parking spaces on site. The request is to increase that to 127 parking spaces by reducing the size of the parking spaces from ten feet to nine feet stalls. The former Formica Union site has been converted to additional parking. There are currently nine feet spaces on the site, the Union hall spaces were nine feet, a number of the spaces that currently exist at the Valley Thrift Store are nine feet. The zoning code requires the new spaces to be ten feet. There are 900 to 1200 transactions daily at Valley Thrift, 1500 customers a day on peak days. Customers park on adjacent lots causing problems with adjoining property owners. More parking spaces would better serve the customers and neighbors.  Mrs. Smiley-Robertson asked what relief we think we are really getting for the ten additional spaces. Mr. Goetzman stated that having more spaces might help cruising through the lot resulting in less pressure on surrounding properties. Mr. Vonderhaar asked Chief Foust if the entrance to Valley Thrift is a high traffic accident area and he commented yes. Mr. Puthoff asked why the current spaces are nine feet. Mr. Schaefer commented that since 1985 code has been for ten feet parking spaces and that it must have been an oversight. He also mentioned that sometimes people do not get permits before painting the lines for  parking stalls. Mr. James Ritter, architect for the Valley Thrift project, stated that he is involved with another project with Watsons. Their building was done in 1995 and the site plan clearly shows nine feet spaces for their entire project. Their site is triple the Valley Thrift site, and the Watson people typically have 200-300 transactions a day.  Mr. Schaefer mentioned that at Planning Commission’s last meeting they discussed a letter they received regarding reducing the parking spaces to nine feet village wide and the Planning Commission was unanimously against it currently. Mr. Schaefer stated that he does not see a hardship for the business. Under the written codes they can do the business they want to do on the lot size they have and there is nothing prohibiting them from doing that. It takes five votes of Council to approve the zoning change. It may be in your best interest to look at it at the next council meeting when all council members are present. Mr. Albrinck asked James Jeffers what the logic is behind the code. Mr. Jeffers stated that most communities have adopted nine feet spaces, some ten feet spaces. Tri-County Mall is 8.5 feet. The change in the sizes of cars over the years may have determined the size of the parking spaces. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson stated that she is having trouble hearing the hardship involved. She understood the convenience but not the hardship. Mr. Goetzman stated that this is a unique situation because of the volume of customers daily. Safety is also an issue because of the number of people cruising the lots. You would have less people parking on the adjoining property lots. Mayor Apking asked if there were any other questions or comments. The Mayor asked for a motion to close the public hearing. A motion was made by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call.

Following the Public Hearing, the Village of Evendale held its Regular Council Meeting. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Don Apking. Upon roll call, the following members were present: Mr. Bill Puthoff Jr., Mr. Stiney Vonderhaar, Mr. Jeff Albrinck, Mr. Chris Schaefer, Mrs. Smiley-Robertson. Mrs. Catherine Hartman was not present. Also present were: Village Solicitor Tim Burke; Village Chief Fiscal and Accounting Officer, George Snyder; Village Engineer, James Jeffers; Police Chief, Gary Foust; and the Village Clerk, Michelle Ficke.

Mayor Apking presented the consent calendar and asked for a motion to accept the consent calendar as presented. A motion was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. The Mayor thanked everyone who voted for the Charter Amendment on March 2.

Jeff Ficke presented the Gorman Heritage Farm Foundation Report. Mr. Ficke thanked the Council and Mayor for their support and he also thanked the citizens for their support. He also thanked the volunteers and Dorothy and her family for their contribution. They are currently negotiating a contract between the Village and the Foundation, have started the clean up of the property and Joe Wiehe and the Service Department has been extremely cooperative. The Foundation is beginning to hire key staff members and is looking at key capital acquisitions that were discussed with Mr. Schaefer and his council committee.
May 8, 2004 is the opening date of the farm. They will rededicate the interpretive building to the James A. Gorman Interpretive Center and celebrate the reopening of the property. Mr. Ficke stated that this property will continue to evolve and that we are on a journey to get it from the start up phase to where we want it to  be for the community and the region at large and are excited about moving in that direction. Mr. Ficke stressed the need for continued help from volunteers. He apologized if people have signed up to volunteer and have not yet been contacted.  There is a need for business aspects, gardening, clean up, carpentry work, just to mention a few areas that volunteers are needed. Green Acres is a 600 acre similarly operated farm in Indian Hill. The people at Green Acres invited Evendale to visit the farm. Jeff Ficke invited council to take advantage of this opportunity. The tentative date for the visit is March 16 at 4:00 pm. It is important for council to see their example of a mature operation. They have talked with Green Acres about a partnership that would be mutually beneficial to the Farm Foundation over the next few years as well.

Mayor Apking gave the Mayor’s Report. April 1, 2004 is the last day to accept applications for the Assistant to the Mayor position. He had fifty applications; fifteen meet all of the criteria in the ad. The Mayor asked for council’s input in narrowing down the applicants.  Mrs. Smiley-Robertson suggested that the Hiring Committee was set up to handle the interviewing process and the Mayor is a member of that Committee. Mr. Albrinck mentioned that we need the input of the hiring committee even though the decision is ultimately for the person written in the charter, in this case the Mayor. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson suggested getting input and expertise in evaluating candidates via the hiring committee. The Hiring Committee can offer a recommendation to the Mayor who will make the final decision. It was determined that the Mayor will narrow it down to the top two or three candidates, then they will bring these top candidates before council to be interviewed. Mayor Apking mentioned making a deal with Mr. Brendamoor to paint the tower on that property. Mr. Puthoff suggested having them take it down since it is not being used. Mr. Vonderhaar said it is on private property and it’s their concern. Mr. Albrinck said if they keep the tower then it must be maintained. Mayor Apking set a special council meeting for March 25, 2004 to discuss the Gorman Farm Contract, painting the swimming pool, codifying the ordinances and microfilming. The Mayor met with Gates who they hired previously to look at the Cooper Creek project. They walked the creek last week looking at three of the four areas being devastated by the creek. Gates suggested moving the creek over about 20 feet, making a new channel and moving the dirt over for about $9,000-$10,000. Mayor Apking stated that we have to do something and not just keep our heads in the sand. It would take out the meandering and straighten the path of the creek. Mr. Puthoff asked if it would cause more problems down stream if it is straightened out because the straighter the path the faster the water would move. James Jeffers stated that if you straighten the creek out, there is generally nothing that it is going to affect on the opposite bank and as it comes through the creek continues to turn more toward the Reading Corporation. They would need to check into MSD sewer lines that run through this area as well. The Mayor asked for a response from council. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson said she did not have a problem with trying to fix the problem as long as we don’t have a negative impact on properties further down. The Mayor stated they will look into that further. Mayor Apking said Carol Bullock-Carpenter is one of the coordinators of Neighbor to Neighbor which includes the communities of Lockland, Reading, Lincoln Heights and Woodlawn. They had 500 people come to their picnics. They would like to have it in Evendale this year. It is a Community Picnic, “Getting to Know You”. The second annual picnic was held in Reading last year. There is no cost to Evendale. Council agreed it would be a good opportunity.

Mr. Puthoff gave the Police Department Report. They are purchasing two new cruisers. The Quality Assurance Surveys that began last month brought an 11% return of questionnaires. They were randomly sent to one in five people involved in incidences with the Police Department. Six officers completed an eight hour CPR training. Two officers, Babcock and Shope, received recertification for an eight hour firearms qualifications at Scarlet Oaks as well as Taser instructor recertification. Detective Jason Shope received his Masters Certification as a Criminal Investigator. He completed over 400 hours of training. Jeff McDaniel and Steve Niehaus are attending the accreditation conference in March. There are 300 gun locks available from the Police Department and they have given out fourteen of those in the first couple of weeks. They are free to residents. Interpreters were used at the Police Station four times this month to help communicate with some of the people we become involved with. Mr. Vonderhaar mentioned that Officer Rick Vonderhaar found a purse for someone and was recognized in “Behind the Badge” in the newspaper.

Mr. Vonderhaar gave the Fire Department Report. They have an ordinance on tonight’s agenda for turnout gear. He thanked the Fired Department for allowing Firefighters Murphy and Neff to attend the Adult Services Meeting on March 1 and present a program to 100 adults with the new emergency lights that are available. Afterwards, Lieutenant Brown opened the Fire Department and let the people go over and pick them up immediately.

Mr. Albrinck gave the Recreation Department Report. There was some concern over children thirteen and under not being supervised by parents at the Recreation Center. Parents may loose privileges if children are unsupervised. The Ballroom Dancing Association is a big hit. There are more nonresidents interested than residents. It is about two to one nonresidents vs. residents. On March 27, Blue Stone Ivory will be playing as the last of the Cabin Fever Reliever Series.

Mr. Schaefer gave the Service Department Report. Their meeting was March 2. Joe Wiehe is looking into a less expensive lights in the medians because trucks tend to knock them over and they are $600-$800 to replace. He is looking at smaller lights that cost $35 to replace that are a shorter version of the present lights. Direct comments, positive or negative to Joe Wiehe. James Jeffers and Joe discussed the waterworks projects.  James Jeffers stated that Joe is following up with water works. James told the landscape people to fill in the whole in the landscape island. Waterworks can’t tap the main until the system is pressure tested and must wait until they are on the other side of the creek before the holes can be filled in. James has bids in to demolish Imperial Motel. The I-75 project is a couple years away. They are in the process of picking a design firm. We are hoping we can work a nice design in for the Glendale-Milford overpass but it is not a project controlled by us. We can suggest and recommend. Mr. Schaefer stated that the Mayor sent a letter to Ms. Wiley at Evendale School concerning the access. Planning Commission asked to see the progress. James identified some issues with the Hamilton County access manual that we’ve adopted and those issues have been pointed out to the school design team. The design team is responsible to work that into the plan and then present it to Planning Commission. Two things Planning Commission discussed at length were and 4000 square foot addition to National Starch on Exxon Drive that Planning Commission approved. They also discussed at length the use of the Astro Container Building and the issues surrounding that. A warehousing company would like to establish some warehousing there and it does not meet our code. They also discussed parking space sizes. At this time Planning Commission is not in favor of a village change from ten feet to nine feet spaces.

Mr. Albrinck gave the Finance Department Report. Last month income was $900,000 and total expenditures of $765,000. I would like to be able to, in the future, give you an analysis and comparison to last year’s data. It will be April or May until we can make that type of analysis. Overall we currently have $14.5 million dollars unencumbered and about $11 million is encumbered and is consistent on what we have budgeted and anticipated.

James Jeffers gave the Village Engineer’s Report. Our Grant application for South Reading Road for $118,000 through the Hamilton County Municipal Road Fund was approved and will become official next Wednesday. This is the basis of the $5 license plate fee that everyone pays when they renew their license. The last time we received funding for this for Wyscarver Road was 1988 or 1989. We received letters from FEMA and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The Floodplain revised maps will become official on May 17. There are some revisions to the ordinances that we will have to perform. They must be approved by ODNR first before coming back to council but will need to be passed no later than May 17 or potentially flood insurance will lapse for people if we don’t do it.

Mr. Schaefer gave the Gorman Heritage Farm Council Committee Report. Tim Burke received a response from the attorneys for the Foundation on the proposed contract and there are several issues that council people brought up in the committee meeting about the contract. One is that Mr. Schaefer wrote into the contract that there would be a firm separation between Village Employees and Foundation volunteers. Village Employees could not volunteer at the farm for fear that they would get into workman compensation issues. Some members of the committee were not happy with that. The other issue is the line of separation for council. For instance if the farm sells memberships and the council buys memberships that this in no way creates a conflict of interest and prevents the entire council from voting on farm issues. Mr. Schaefer stated that we must have Tim Burke establish a bright line so we know what we can and cannot do with the Foundation. The Mayor commented that we must have the contract signed before the Village can give the Foundation any money. Mr. Schaefer said the committee will try to meet next Thursday. Mr. Vonderhaar asked about vehicle insurance issues. Mr. Albrinck asked where the figure of $75,000 came from and wanted to make sure that the Foundation is getting what they need to succeed. Mr. Puthoff said that they discussed this and Mr. Ficke said he felt they could work well with that amount. Mr. Schaefer stated that Evendale will provide maintenance and custodial services for the building so that’s a cost that Evendale will bear through the Service Department and Custodial staff. Annually, the Foundation will submit a request for capital items. The $75,000 quarterly that they have agreed to fund is for operations and takes into consideration the above mentioned services. The contract is a three year contract with two two-year renewals. The Foundation will provide goals that they are to meet to justify continued funding. If they go far and above their goals then there is a provision to terminate the contract and go to a straight lease and take over entirely the operations. If it does not appear they will meet their goal then that will be adjusted for the contract period. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson suggested that council members get questions together for Thursday’s committee meeting to iron out details.  

Mayor Apking stated that he wants to appoint a committee for the Trosset Property. There are renowned wild flowers on the property. The committee is to decide if Evendale wants to accept it and under what terms. The Mayor appointed Jeff Albrinck, Carolyn Smiley-Robertson and Chris Schaefer to this committee.

There was no CIC report. Linda Fitzgerald was ill and not present at the council meeting.

Mayor Apking presented Resolution 04-09A, “Resolution Granting Variance From the Provisions of Section 1258.07 of the Village of Evendale Zoning Code Requiring all Parking Stalls to Have a Width of Ten Feet for Property Located at 9840 Reading Road and Declaring an Emergency.” The Mayor suggested that it be voted on when all six council members are present. Mayor Apking asked for a motion to table the Resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Albrinck and was unanimously approved. Resolutions 04-09A and 04-09B were tabled and will be placed on the March 25 agenda.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-13, “Ordinance Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into a Contract with the Lowest and Best Bidder for Turnout Gear for the Village of Evendale Fire Department and Declaring an Emergency.”  Mr. Albrinck stated that this was one of the items that Chief Vail requested in his original budget contingent on him receiving a grant to fund the majority of it. Of the approximate $44,000 we received a grant for about 90% of that so it is a significant savings and the Chief is to be commended for getting that type of funding. Mr. Vonderhaar stated that the total was $39,000 and it is costing Evendale about $3000. Mayor Apking asked for a motion to read Ordinance 04-13 by title only. A motion was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion was made to suspend the second and third readings of Ordinance 04-13 by Mr. Albrinck, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ordinance #04-13 as an emergency measure was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar, and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ordinance #04-13 adopted as an emergency.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-14, “Ordinance Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into a Contract with the Lowest and Best Bidder for Computer Support Services and Declaring an Emergency.” The Mayor stated that we will go from $115 per hour to $50 per hour for computer support. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson stated that these are good solid resumes in this field and she has had an occasion to hire consultants in this area and that the package we received is really good. The Mayor stated that he met both of the owners and that they are looking forward to working with us and we are looking forward to working with them. A motion to read Ordinance 04-14 by title only was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of Ordinance 04-14 was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ordinance 04-14 was made by Mr. Albrinck, seconded by Mr. Puthoff, and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ordinance #04-14 adopted as an emergency.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-15, “Ordinance Amending Section 260.11(d) of the codified Ordinances of the Village of Evendale to Amend the Pay Period of Village Part-Time, Seasonal and Temporary Employees and Declaring an Emergency.”  A motion to read Ordinance #04-15 by title only was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of the ordinance was made by Mr. Albrinck, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ordinance #04-15 as an emergency was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Albrinck and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ordinance #04-15 adopted as an emergency.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-16, “Approving Additional Appropriations in Various Funds, Transferring Funds and Declaring an Emergency.” The Mayor stated that the Finance Committee looked at this and it is to bring us up to date. Mr. Schaefer expressed some concerns about the budget. Mr. George Snyder, CFO explained that the $300,000 is the correct number that is additionally appropriated. There were some items George did not know about when the budget was prepared. There was discussion clarifying budget items. Mr. Snyder stated that you cannot compare a cash number to a budget number until that budget number has become a reality by issuing a purchase order or a contract against that project. We have a net surplus of $45,000 as of February 29, 2004. Mr. Schaefer stated that the only thing the council can control are supplemental appropriations and capital items. Mrs. Snyder agreed that it is council’s primary job to control the budget of the Village. Mr. Schaefer wants to have a comfort level of where we are going to be at the end of the year. The Mayor stated that the Finance Committee and the Mayor look at the budget with George regularly and try to come as close to a balanced budget as possible and will let people know as soon as possible where we project we will be. We’re a little early in the year to know where we will stand at the end of the year. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson stated that Mr. Schaefer is bringing up good points. She suggested that when appropriations ordinances come before council we could identify where we don’t intend to spend something in the budget that offsets it.  Then Council, Mayor and residents can see how we plan to offset it. Mr. Puthoff said that we are conservative the way we estimate our expenses and income. Every year what we spend is fairly close to what we earn. Mr. Albrinck said that the biggest part of the Finance Department Committee Meetings are to go over the budget line item by line item and that they are just as committed as Mr. Schaefer to try to balance the budget. Mr. Schaefer is concerned that we don’t appropriate more than is budgeted. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson summarized that the concern is that we need to make sure that we don’t keep appropriating additional monies over and above what we have identified in the budget and that we must have a check and balance there. We are responsible in not adding to the decrease in the unencumbered balance because we are not being responsible throughout the year. A motion to read Ordinance #04-16 by title only was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Albrinck and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of Ordinance #04-16 was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ordinance #04-16 was made by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Albrinck and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ordinance 04-16 adopted as an emergency.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-17, “Ordinance Authorizing Purchase of Two Vehicles from State Cooperative Purchase Plan and Declaring an Emergency.” Mrs. Smiley-Robertson asked when the cruisers need to be in service. The answer was yesterday. Mayor Apking mentioned they must be ordered early in the year. A motion to read Ordinance #04-17 by title only was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of Ordinance 04-17 was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ordinance 04-17 as an emergency was made by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ordinance 04-17 adopted as an emergency.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-18, “Ordinance Authorizing Mayor to Enter into Contract with the Lowest and Best Bidder for the Demolition of the Imperial Lodge Motel, Making Additional Appropriations and Declaring an Emergency”. There was some discussion on the ordinances pertaining to bids.  A motion to read Ordinance #04-18 by title only was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of Ordinance 04-18 was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Albrinck and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ordinance 04-18 as an emergency was made by Mrs. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ordinance 04-18 adopted as an emergency.

Mayor Apking presented Ordinance #04-19, “Ordinance Authorizing the Mayor to Enter in a Commercial Credit Card Company Agreement with Fifth Third Bank and Declaring an Emergency.” Mrs. Smiley-Robertson suggested that this be a first reading of the ordinance. There are issues with the language and it would be important to sit down with people in the community with HR background or experience in this area of overseeing credit cards from a corporate perspective and give us input. Mr. Schaefer motioned to table Ordinance 04-19 instead of doing a first reading because I don’t think we should give employees credit cards. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson said she thought it could be manageable. She had a corporate credit card and stated that it is easily controlled and from a financial standpoint there is a benefit to the Village. We should research it further for pitfalls that we have not considered. A motion to read Ordinance 04-19 by title only was made by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and approved by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, Mr. Puthoff, Mr. Vonderhaar and Mr. Albrinck and opposed by Mr. Schaefer. The Mayor stated that this is a First Reading of Ordinance #04-19.

Mr. Puthoff made a motion to table Resolution #04-10. The motion was seconded by Mr. Schaefer. Upon roll call Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, Mr. Puthoff and Mr. Albrinck voted no and Mr. Schaefer and Mr. Vonderhaar voted yes to table Resolution 04-10. The motion to table Resolution #04-10 did not carry. Resolution #04-10 was a first reading.

Mayor Apking presented Resolution #04-11, “Resolution Adopting a Village of Evendale Investment Policy and Declaring an Emergency.” Mr. Schaefer’s concern was that in one section it said no more than 25% can go into this particular item but does not carry through with other items. He asked if the Investment Policy should be amended to put a cap on the other items as well. Mr. Snyder stated that the particular section in question was requested by our Treasurer because it is word for word directly out of the Ohio Revised Code. The only restriction that ORC puts on any limit from a percentage standpoint is on those two particular items. The wording on all the investments are word for word from Ohio Revised Code. It gives us the broadest authority to invest that the Village could possibly have. Mr. Schaefer stated that council is giving up control over the investment policy because we are giving you the greatest flexibility possible as opposed to saying that no more than 40% shall be in one form of investment. Mr. Schaefer said the old policy had that kind of limit in it. Mr. Snyder confirmed that it did and that we are getting .9% instead of maybe 2.5% because of that wording. Mr. Schaefer questioned if we want to give the right to the administration to invest everything in one spot. The Mayor stated that is what we hired the CFO for. Mr. Snyder stated that the law says that the Investment Policy is interpreted by the Treasurer with the advice of the CFO and the Finance Committee. The Treasurer, by state law and by the Evendale Charter states that the Treasurer can make investments without their advice. Mr. Albrinck stated that the Finance Committee wanted to make sure they do have a say. Mr. Vonderhaar, Mr. Albrinck and Mrs. Smiley-Robertson are attending a seminar next month and made the decision that they would all be collectively involved in these decisions. Tricia, the Treasurer made it clear that she did not want that responsibility. It will not be her independent decision. Mr. Albrinck stated that it is giving us the opportunity without increasing any risk of earning 2.5 times what we have been earning which is several hundred thousand dollars. A motion to read Resolution 04-11 by title only was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved on roll call. Mr. Snyder said we can pass the Resolution but we cannot implement the Resolution until the April 8th training is complete. Mayor Apking asked for a motion to suspend the second and third readings of Resolution 04-11. A motion was made to suspend the second and third readings of Resolution 04-11 by Mr. Vonderhaar, and seconded by Mr. Albrinck. Mrs. Smiley-Robertson asked if we should wait to pass the Resolution until after the training in case we find something else out that might have an influence on the policy. Mr. Snyder said that he had no problem with that because they will not change anything before the April 15th Council Meeting anyway.  Since a motion to suspend the second and third readings was made and seconded prior to the decision to wait until after the training to pass the Resolution, Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, Mr. Puthoff, Mr. Vonderhaar, Mr. Schaefer and Mr. Albrinck voted no to suspend the second and third readings. Mayor Apking stated that this was a first reading of Resolution #04-11.


Chief Foust thanked the Mayor and Council for the Employee Appreciation Dinner that they held last weekend on March 6th.

Mayor Apking asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion to adjourn was made by Mrs. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved. Council adjourned at 9:05 pm.



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