MINUTES
The Village of Evendale
Regular Council Meeting
November 10th, 2011
The Village of Evendale Regular Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Don Apking at 7:00pm.
Roll call- The following council members were present: Mayor Don Apking, Ms. Carolyn Smiley-Robertson, Mr. Stiney Vonderhaar, Mr. John Ranz, Jr., Mr. Bill Puthoff, Mr. Chris Schaefer, and Mr. Doug Lohmeier. Also present: Village Engineer, James Jeffers; Fire Chief Rick Cruse, Police Chief Niel Korte, Village Clerk, Barb Rohs, Village Solicitor, Tim Burke and Village CFO George Snyder.
Legislative Update from Connie Pillich, State Representative: Ms. Pillich addressed council and gave reasons why she did not vote for the current Ohio two year budget. Ms. Pillich went through the priorities of the budget. The budget was increased by 5B to 55.8 B. Ms. Pillich feels the increase will be passed down to the local communities. Some of the cuts in the present budget:
• Local Government fund decreased 50%
• Accelerating the phase out of tangible personal property tax which effect Princeton schools and having the funding replaced with another source
• Elimination of the Ohio state inheritance tax which will lose an average of over 11M/ year to the communities she represents
• Public Library funding was cut
• School funding cut 2B
• Princeton lost 16.57% of state funding which includes tangible personal property, their state share and elimination of utility reimbursement
• Catholic schools will get a nominal increase
• Class sizes could go up to 50:1
• Public colleges funding was cut 13%
• Long term care and child protective services funding cut
• Liquor Funds are being diverted to fund Jobs Ohio
Possible ways for the increase in the budget to be funded:
• 2.9 B will be funded by increase revenues
• 5.5B was from federal grants and health care bill
Ms. Pillich sits on the Veterans Affairs committee which protects the parenting rights of military parents and trying to put veterans back to work.
Ms. Pillich stated House Bill 69 is pending in the house. This bill will revise the public employees’ pension fund. The plan administrators have addressed workers with less than twenty years to have some changes in their plan.
Mayor Apking would like Ms. Pillich speak to George Snyder to address some issues with the Evendale investments.
Ms. Pillich is against the centralized collection.
Ms. Pillich presented a resolution to the recreation department for their outstanding achievement for receiving the 2011 Excellence in Youth Sports with the National Alliance for Youth sports signed by the Speaker of the House.
Mayor Apking presented the consent calendar. The motion to accept the consent calendar was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Ms. Smiley-Robertson and unanimously approved.
Committee Reports:
Police and Fire Council Committee:
The written test for the opening in the Fire Department will be 11/12/11. This position should be filled by the 1/12/12 council meeting.
Finance, Administration, Recreation, Service, Engineering and GHF Committee:
The projected unencumbered balance without the TIF has been raised to $14,062,953. Every department should have the 2012 Budget binder. Mr. Schaefer explained the additional handouts in the front of the binders. It was agreed to move the council committee meetings to Dec 5th because of a conflict from Mr. Vonderhaar . The council will meet “as a whole” on Dec 5th to go through the budget at 6:00 pm. Committee meetings will be held following the budget discussion at 7:00 pm. The largest item in the budget is the 2.7M street project that is funded 1.7M from the State of Ohio. There is $400,000 for new poles throughout the Village to replicate the poles on Glendale Milford/Reading Rd.
Mr. Vonderhaar announced that Lucille Bossert, retired clerk, passed away last month.
The Gorman Farm Harness Club represented by Mr. Melampy received two awards: Friends of Clermont DD Award and the State of Ohio House of Representatives. The Harness Club has been working with the Hamilton County Disability Programs, Stepping Stones, and Clermont County. The Harness Club participated in the Reds opening day parade, Harvest Home parade and a variety of other programs in Hamilton County. Mr. Melampy would like to put an indoor facility on GHF to have more programs. This program is trying to raise enough money from donations for the operating cost of the mules.
Presentation of Ordinances:
The Mayor presented Ord. #11-45 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO HIRE A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE AND SETTING A PAY RATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. A motion to read Ord. #11-45 by title only was made by Mr. Vonderhaar, seconded by Mr. Schaefer and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of Ord. #11-45 was made by Mr. Lohmeier, seconded by Mr. Schaefer and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ord. #11-45as an emergency was made by Mr. Ranz, seconded by Mr. Schaefer and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ord. #11-45 adopted as an emergency.
The Mayor presented Ord. # 11-46
TRANSFERRING FUNDS, APPROVING TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS
IN THE GENERAL FUND, MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN VARIOUS FUNDS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Ms. Smiley-Robertson noticed a typo to the ordinance. A motion to read Ord. # 11-46 by title only was made by Mr. Schaefer, seconded by Mr. Lohmeier and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to suspend the second and third readings of Ord. # 11-46 was made by Mr. Schaefer, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ord. # 11-46 as an emergency was made by Ms. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ord. # 11-46 adopted as an emergency.
The Mayor presented Ord. #11-47 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE POLICE CHIEF TO EXCHANAGE UNNECESSARY VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND PARTS WITH CAMP SAFETY EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR VEHICLE SERVICES AS NEEDED AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. A motion to read Ord. #11-47 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 Ord. #11-47 was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ord. #11-47 as an emergency was made by Ms. Smiley-Robertson, seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ord. #11-47 adopted as an emergency.
The Mayor presented Ord. #11-48 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH DUKE ENERGY RETAIL SALES, LLC, AS A PREFERRED ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDER AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Discussion: Mr. Cameron addressed council to explain this ordinance. This is an amendment to the existing agreement that would extend it two years. It is a fixed rate of .0639/Kwh. Duke Energy Retail has sent renewal notices to all their customers (652). Once the endorsement is approved, a letter will go out to all residents with the new rate. If you have already renewed, then you will have to opt-in to receive the current rate. John Finnigan, Duke Energy Retail will be at the Town Meeting to explain to residents and register them. The entire Village
will be solicited by Duke Retail even if a resident has a different supplier. The resident is responsible to know their own circumstances. Mr. Lohmeier asked how Duke is going to notify residents if they have already signed up for the higher rate. The PUCO does not allow Duke Energy to change any rate. Mr. Ranz asked what measures will be taken in the future so this will not happen again. Duke Energy was waiting to present the lowest rate. Duke has to, by law, contact residents 90 days from expiration but was waiting to lock in to a lower rate. The deadline will be extended until the later part of December.
A motion to read Ord. #11-48 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 Ord. #11-48 was made by Mr. Ranz, seconded by Mr. Lohmeier and unanimously approved on roll call. A motion to adopt Ord. #11-48 as an emergency was made by Mr. Puthoff, seconded by Mr. Vonderhaar and unanimously approved on roll call. Mayor Apking declared Ord. #11-48 adopted as an emergency.
Other Business
A motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Vonderhaar and seconded by Mr. Puthoff and unanimously approved on roll call. Meeting was adjourned at 7:50.
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Mayor
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Village Clerk
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