Council
Meeting Minutes
February 9,
2006
Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm by Mayor Mary Barber. Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Roll call: Robert
Ortman – Present
Warren Simpson – Present
Ed Vanek - Present
Kevin Ety – Present
Rita Leiendecker - Present
Mary Barber – Present
Aaron Reedy – Present
Mary asked if any visitors wished to speak.
Margie Leitnaker was present to discuss a couple of
issues. She is also concerned about
members who have been members of the department for years and now, according to
the new guidelines, will not be eligible as officers. She is requesting that current officers be
grandfathered in as officers. She is also concerned about how her son, Kent, is
treated at the Fire Department. He is
being verbally abused. She said he has a
learning disability, but doesn’t deserve to be bullied and called lazy. Margie wanted to speak past her 5
minutes. Ed made a motion to override
Rules of Council and allow Margie to continue speaking. Rita second.
All yea. Margie continued on the
same topic. Chief Jim Hite was present
and said he will watch the situation and stop it from happening. He said it will no longer be tolerated.
Owen Keller was present and wished to speak. Back in June of 2005, he presented a request
to move property lines around on two of his properties; splitting the lots the
other way. Ed asked how the neighbors
feel about the request. He asked if we
could get the neighbors to sign something stating that they feel it’s
okay. Owen said it’s been that way for
twenty years, nobody should have a problem with it. Council reviewed the plans again. Kevin said he’d also like to see some sort of
petition from the neighbors saying they are okay with it, and that Council just
needs to cover all bases. Owen said he
brought this in last June – will this go on till next June?
Owen said he’s not going to go through getting signatures of
other neighbors, he can’t see why anyone would object. Mary said she already had one complaint, and
doesn’t want to other complaints. Rita
said it wouldn’t hurt to find out what the neighbors think. Ed moved to table the subject for another
month.
Felix Zabonik was present to discuss his property at
At 7:55 p.m., Ed made a motion to go into Executive Session
to discuss the contract with the Village Solicitor. Kevin second.
All yea.
At 8:07 p.m., Ed made a motion to come out of Executive
Session. Kevin second. All yea.
Greg Grube was present and wished to speak. He said he’s been on the department since
1988 and wants to do fire runs, but doesn’t feel Council has the authority to
tell a volunteer to go for
Mary said we spent all last year straightening up the fire
department. We needed to get standards
put in place to help chief manage the department.
Rita made a motion to approve the January 2006 minutes.
Ed make a motion to approve the January 31, 2006 special
meeting minutes. Robert second. All yea.
Ed made a motion to approve the January 2006 financial
statement. Kevin second. All yea.
Robert made a motion to waive the three-reading rule and
declare an emergency for Ordinance #2006-4, An Ordinance to reappoint a village
solicitor for the Village of Thurston, Ohio, to fix the compensation to be
paid, and the declaration of an emergency.
Kevin second. All yea.
Kevin made a motion to adopt Ordinance # 2006-4, An
Ordinance to reappoint a village solicitor for the
Report
from Fire Chief – Jim Hite submitted his report - see attached.
Chris Ferris and Brian Dietz were brought before Council for
approval to put them on the department.
Ed made a motion that is approved for Christopher P. Ferris
and Brian J. Dietz to be put on the Fire Department. Rita second.
All yea.
Ed made a motion to go into Executive Session to discuss
fire department personnel issues. Kevin
second. All yea. The time is 8:35 p.m.
At 9:15 p.m., Ed made a motion to come out of Executive
Session. Kevin second. All yea.
Report
from the Service Committee:
Robert said Ed Vanek and Mary Barber were present. The discussed the siding to be put on the
Kevin made a motion to accept the dual-zone furnace proposal
from David White Services for $6,377.00.
Ed second. All yea.
Kevin made a motion to pay for the project from the for
following funds:
1000
(General) $4,000
2011
(Street) $ 500
2021 (
2101 (MVLT) $ 500
5101
(Water) $ 877
Ed second. All yea.
Report
from the Safety Committee:
Rita said that Susan Hite from the VFW said they might be able to help
with flags on light posts for the Village.
She said we’ll need special brackets.
Mayor and at least one council person will need to go before their board
to request the flags. They meet on the
first and third Thursdays.
Report
from the Finance Committee: Didn’t meet.
Report
from the Rules Committee:
Didn’t meet.
Report
from the Regional Planning Representative: Robert said there was nothing that concerned
the Village.
Old
Business – Aaron said the
water contract with the
Council discussed the color of the siding for the
New Business - Jim Hite asked if Council ever
passed a resolution to run
Rita made a motion to adjourn. Ed second.
All yea. The time is 10:11 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Aaron L. Reedy, Clerk