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CALL TO ORDER: President of Council Donovan called the Regular Council meeting of
Thursday, June 9, 2016 to order at 7:00 p.m.
PRAYER: Rev. Doug Walters, First Church of God, Tallmadge.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ROLL CALL: Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Stalnaker – present. Also
present were Mayor Kline, Dir. of Finance Gilbride, Dir. of Law Raber and Deputy Clerk of
Council Conti. Mrs. Kilway, Ms. Tricaso and Mr. Stalnaker were excused. Dir. of Pub. Service
Esler was on vacation and Economic Developer Weinberg was excused.
MINUTES: 5-26-16 Regular Council meeting minutes.
Mrs. Ray moved to approve the 5-26-16 Regular Council meeting minutes. Seconded Mr.
Sisak. Voice vote 4-0. The 5-26-16 Regular Council meeting minutes were approved by
a vote of 4-0.
FINANCIAL REPORTS:
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June 9,
Fire Transfer in the amount of $200,000 to Council on 3-31-16.
Bond Retirement Transfer in the amount of $100,000 to Council on 3-31-16.
SMR Transfer in the amount of $150,000 to Council on 3-31-16.
Appropriation Report, Fund Report, Revenue Report, and Encumber Report for the
period ending 5-31-16 to Council on 6-1-16.
Tallmadge Recreation Center Profit and Loss Report for the period ending 5-31-16 to
Council on 6-3-16.
Income Tax Comparisons for the period ending 5-31-16 to Council on 6-3-16.
Revenue Comparisons for the period ending 5-31-16 to Council on 6-3-16.
May Financial Reports to Council on 6-3-16.
Mrs. Ray moved to accept the Financial Reports submitted by Dir. of Finance Gilbride.
Seconded Mr. Rensel. Voice vote 4-0. The Financial Reports submitted by Dir. of Finance
Gilbride were accepted by a vote of 4-0.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
COMMUNITY INPUT:
Pres. of Council: We have a guest this evening. Mr. Mike Carter, President of Rotary. If
you could state your name and address for the record.
Mike Carter, President of the Tallmadge Rotary Club. I am here today to present the final
check. The Tallmadge Rotary made a commitment 10 years ago to commit to $30,000 to the
Maca Rotary Park and at this time we have completed the 10 years and I am here today to
present to you the final check for $3,000 to complete our commitment.
Mrs. Ray: Thank you. I was wondering if you were going to get a picture Megan.
Mayor: We have quite a few Rotarians here this evening.
Mrs. Ray: Oh, I wondered what that was. (the Mayor was showing a picture on the screen).
Mayor: If you look up on the screen there, that is Rotary Park. It is hard to really tell by how
high the elevation is from space, but that whole circle there and all that equipment was helped
to be put in by Tallmadge Rotary back ten years ago. They committed $30,000 to the park
and that is actually the location where the old pool was located and when you pan out, you
will see the whole park itself. Pretty neat. It was a neat thing from Rotary.
Mrs. Ray: It’s a great park. It gets a lot of use too. That’s the great thing about it. I mean,
even without the pool, it gets a lot of use.
Mayor: So, thank you Mr. Carter and thank you for being the President of Tallmadge Rotary;
how many more days? We actually had . . . for Rotary we meet every Thursday morning at
7:15 a.m. for anybody who might want to come. This morning we were in that pavilion right
there and it was a little chilly out, but we had our breakfast there at Rotary Park and we do
that at least once or maybe twice a year we try to meet out at Rotary Park. So Mike; thanks.
Mrs. Ray: Thank you Mike.
Pres. of Council: Is there anybody else who would like to address Council this evening? No
one responded.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: There will be a Board of Control meeting along with an Investment
Board meeting following the Council meeting.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None.
AGENDA ADDITIONS: None.
REPORTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS: MAYOR, DIR. OF PUBLIC SERVICE,
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF LAW AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPER
Mayor: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I will start off with the North Avenue Project. As you
can see, it has been very busy out on North Avenue. We are having some issues with utilities
in trying to get the electric company to get out of the way with the telephone poles and so it is
starting to slow down the contractor a little bit. The contractor actually threatened to pull off a
while until Edison gets out of their way. I think they are just putting us on notice of possible
time delays, but it is way too early to tell that.
So, we have a meeting on Monday, which is the every other week meeting with all of the
contractors and with the utility companies to talk about what to do. I think there is still plenty
of work to do for the contractor to be working out there with all of the detention ponds and that,
but I think they are moving along pretty well.
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Mayor (Cont’d.) Traffic control on the side streets I think is being handled extremely well by
the Tallmadge Police Department and so hats off to them. The sign trailers are out and about.
They are doing radar on the side streets, so be careful when you drive down there or at least
abide by the speed limit. So, all in all, I think that is going along extremely well.
The Testa property right next door to us; next Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. is the groundbreaking
ceremony for the Phase I building and I think Council was invited to all of that and so you
should have a note. You are more than welcome to come to it. It will be a tent setup and
there will probably be parking at City Hall parking lot and walking over or trying to walk over.
We haven’t worked out those logistics yet, but it is easier to park here and walk over. That is
Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. and that was set up by the Testa Company.
That same day at 2:00 p.m. Danny Boys at the Circle is having their grand opening even
though they have been open for a while. So that is pretty exciting. If you haven’t had a meal
there yet; I encourage you to swing by there and welcome Danny Boys to the City of
Tallmadge.
Today, myself, Megan and Mollie met with the City of Stow and Cuyahoga Falls about a
dispatch center and there are preliminary talks at this point to do a joint dispatch center for all
three communities as a COG (Council of Governments) and it is still preliminary, but I wanted
to at least bring Council up to speed.
They are asking for a joint Council meeting between Tallmadge, Cuyahoga Falls and Stow
sometime in July. I know Council goes on summer break, but it would be a joint . . . and it has
to be in the City of Stow because part of Stow’s Charter specifies that all Stow Council
meetings must be held in Stow Council Chambers. Unlike us, we could schedule another
meeting somewhere else, but . . . so I will work with them to see about having a joint meeting.
If you are around . . . I’m sure there will be multiple meetings. I’m not sure where it is going to
be. What benefit would Tallmadge have as a COG? It would be located at a different location
than Stow dispatch. So, I just wanted to bring you guys up to speed on that.
Maca Pool is going along real well. It was a little chilly the last couple days and I saw the
swim team today at the Rotary meeting running laps in the driveway and parking lot so they
weren’t doing laps in the pool. They were doing it in the parking lot. The pool is really in good
shape and doing well. Outside of that; I think that is the end of the report.
Mr. Rensel: Yes, thank you. There are a lot of things going on Mr. Mayor. This business
with the joint Council meeting; will there be any forwarded information to us? Are we going
there for information only? What is the purpose for putting all the Council members together?
Mayor: So everybody is in one room can hear what it is all about because Council has to vote
on it; do we really want to do this?
Mr. Rensel: Right.
Mayor: Financially; is it worthwhile to us; do we have different options; what are the options
and instead of me trying to explain it to you; I think they want to pull everybody together into
one room; both Cuyahoga Falls City Council, Stow City Council and Tallmadge City Council.
Mr. Rensel: OK, so it is really; it is really Stow and the Falls that are pushing this and they
have invited Tallmadge because we are part of Stow?
Mayor: We are a part of Stow as a contractor but they are asking us to be a partnership into
the COG.
Mr. Rensel: Regarding other communities; how are we doing with the negotiations on water
with the City of Akron?
Mayor: Sanitary sewer. We are continuing talks . . .
Mr. Rensel: Sanitary sewer; I’m sorry.
Mayor: I have a meeting on the 28th of this month, which is in a couple of weeks with the
Mayor of Akron and Russ Pry and probably the Mayor of Cuyahoga Falls will be there also
and the Mayor of Lakemore. That is all part of the master meter group. We are back and
forth. We have some good and some bad and so we are trying to work out all of those details.
Mr. Rensel: OK. We are not . . . we are not going to hit the residents with a . . .
Mayor: Rate increase?
Mr. Rensel: Well, the rate increase we have stated all along will come, but going . . . predating
it; going backwards.
Mayor: No one is going to get a past retroactive bill saying that you must pay $500 . . . the
City of Tallmadge bill; we are paying some of the stuff in arrears going back a ways, but that
will be part of the rate increase to the residents going forward.
Mr. Rensel: OK. The Planning Director announced that the golf course; Maplecrest, had
been sold.
Mayor: There is an option on Maplecrest Golf Course.
Mr. Rensel: Just an option?
Mayor: An option that is strictly an option. We have talked to that developer, but it is . . . it is
in Brimfield and even though it is in the JEDD, Brimfield has total control of that and so they
are also setting up meetings with Brimfield.
Mr. Rensel: If that goes through; do we get any of the JEDD monies from that?
Mayor: If it is commercial or industrial; anything but residential; yes.
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Mr. Rensel: The reason I ask is that the newspaper report, and it may have been the Beacon
Journal, that said that Cuyahoga Falls; their development up there on Graham Road was for
Menards and Menards has held off and the Planning Director said that Menards was the party
that was interested in Maplecrest. So, we know that they are not going to do both.
Mayor: Until anything is signed and inked on paper; just like Menards said they moved from
Cuyahoga Falls and they are moving somewhere else; they are shopping and they are looking;
there is nothing set in stone. We have no concrete information that Menards will be on
Maplecrest Golf Course. They have to go through zoning and it is a lot of . . . it doesn’t meet
the zoning at this date and so there are a lot of things that have to make that option work.
Mr. Rensel: Absolutely, but my questions was regarding Menards in the Falls versus another
option here. It sounds like the old Rubbermaid deal where they had another option on the old
West golf course and then they came up to Tallmadge and they took the Tallmadge option.
Mayor: Right. Tallmadge has never had any contact with Menards.
Mr. Rensel: OK. That’s very helpful. Thank you Mr. Mayor. Thank you sir.
Pres. of Council: Are there any further questions? No one responded.
Dir. of Pub. Service: The Mayor asked if there were any questions either Economic
Development or Public Service. Rita; I just told her since it is such a small agenda tonight; I
told her she didn’t have to come back into town. Bryan is on vacation and will be back to work
on Monday.
Dir. of Finance: Thank you. We are wrapping up the audit and every Council person should
have received an e-mail with a draft of the financial report and the audit report. Just a reminder
that that is confidential until the Auditor of State’s office does release the report, but you do
have that for review and so if anybody has any questions, they can feel free to contact me.
Everybody did receive their May financial reports. Everything is going really well actually and
I am glad to report that our income tax right now is 7% ahead of where we were last year and
so everything in Finance is going great right now. End of report.
Pres. of Council: Any questions? No one responded.
Dir. of Law: I have no report this evening.
At 3rd Reading.
Establishing the number of employees by
department and position pursuant to R.C.
731.08 and providing for immediate enactment.
Pres. of Council: Ord. 44-2016 is at 3rd Reading and will remain before the Personnel Committee.
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Ordinance 44-2016
PERSONNEL
GIVE 3rd READING 1-0
At 3rd Reading.
Amending Ordinance 63-2015 approving
and granting a conditional zoning certificate
to owner/applicant Plumbers and Pipefitters
Local 219 for use as offices and educational institution for Local Union 219 offices,
union hall and apprentice training at 1655
Brittain Road.
Mr. Sisak moved for the amendment to Ord. 45-2016. Seconded Mrs. Ray. Roll Call: Mrs. Ray, Mr.
Rensel, Mr. Sisak, Mr. Donovan – unanimous. Ord. 45-2016 is amended by a vote of 4-0 and will
remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee.
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Ordinance 45-2016
PLANNING & ZONING
AMEND/GIVE 2nd READING 2-0
At 3rd Reading.
Amending and supplementing Ordinance
107-2005 approving and granting a conditional zoning certificate to applicant/owner
K. Hovnanian Woodridge LLC for development of a 65-unit single-family detached
planned residential development east of
Dunbar Road and south of Eastwood
Avenue.
Mr. Sisak moved for the amendment to Ord. 49-2016. Seconded Mrs. Ray. Roll Call: Mr. Rensel,
Mr. Sisak, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Ray – unanimous. Ord. 49-2016 is amended by a vote of 4-0 and will
remain before the Planning & Zoning Committee.
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Ordinance 49-2016
PLANNING & ZONING
AMEND/GIVE 2nd READING 2-0
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At 3rd Reading.
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a new
management agreement with the Ohio
History Connection for the Tallmadge
Church State Memorial and providing for
immediate enactment.
Mr. Rensel moved for the adoption of Ord. 50-2016. Seconded Mrs. Ray. Roll Call: Mr. Sisak, Mr.
Donovan, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Rensel – unanimous. Ord. 50-2016 is adopted by a vote of 4-0.
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Ordinance 50-2016
PUBLIC SERVICE
ADOPT 1-0
At 1st Reading.
Authorizing the City of Tallmadge to prepare and submit an application to participate in the Ohio Public Works Commission State Capital Improvement and/or
Local Transportation Improvement Program(s) and to execute contracts as
required and providing for immediate
enactment.
Pres. of Council: Ord. 54-2016 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Finance Committee.
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Ordinance 54-2016
At 1st Reading.
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding with the
Tallmadge Board of Education for a
School Resource Officer and providing
for immediate enactment.
Pres. of Council: Ord. 55-2016 is at 1st Reading and is assigned to the Community Issues/Safety
Committee.
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Ordinance 55-2016
COMMUNITY ISSUES/SAFETY
At 1st Reading.
A resolution declaring the month of August
2016 Summit Kids Month in the City of
Tallmadge and encouraging the citizens of
the City of Tallmadge to join in this
acknowledgement, and providing for
immediate enactment.
Mr. Rensel moved for the adoption of Res. 7-2016. Seconded Mr. Sisak. Voice vote 4-0. Res. 72016 is adopted by a vote of 4-0.
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Resolution 7-2016
COMMUNITY ISSUES/SAFETY
ADDITIONAL ITEMS:
Mr. Rensel: I will, by default, maybe ask the Mayor here; the Deyarmin Run is this weekend.
Mayor: It is this Sunday at the Middle School site.
Mr. Rensel: At the Middle School. We hadn’t said anything this week and I thought I would
give it a plug in City Council.
Mayor: Thank you for reminding me. The Farmer’s Market actually started today and there
are four or five tents up there. I see someone had pizza. I’m not sure if there are any
vegetables yet.
ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Rensel moved to adjourn. Seconded Mrs. Ray. Voice vote 4-0. The
Regular Council meeting of 6-9-16 adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
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Susan E. Burton
Clerk of Council
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James M. Donovan
President of Council
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