Cardington Mayor’s Court Clerk resigns

By Eve­lyn Long -

Card­ing­ton Vil­lage coun­cil adjourned to two sep­a­rate exec­u­tive ses­sions when the reg­u­lar meet­ing was held Octo­ber 1.

Both ses­sions were based on ORC 121.22 (G)(1). Fol­low­ing the first ses­sion, which was 20 min­utes long, coun­cil resumed its nor­mal meet­ing and accepted the res­ig­na­tion of mayor’s court clerk, Athena Abra­ham, effec­tive Octo­ber 1. Abra­ham had sub­mit­ted a let­ter to all coun­cil mem­bers and Mayor Susie Pey­ton in which she cited per­sonal rea­sons for her res­ig­na­tion. The vote was five yeas and one absten­tion, that being by Tim Abraham.

The posi­tion will be adver­tised for two weeks.

Mayor Pey­ton com­mended Terry Angel and the Boy Scouts from Troop 30 for their clean up efforts in the Com­mu­nity Park made prior to the Com­mu­nity Jam­boree held Sun­day evening, Sep­tem­ber 30.

Trick or Treat Night in Card­ing­ton was set for Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 27 from 5 to 7 pm. It was reported that the Friends of Card­ing­ton and Amer­i­can Legion Post 97 will be hold­ing some events in the park that evening.

Coun­cil approved a res­o­lu­tion cer­ti­fy­ing to the county audi­tor the fol­low­ing amounts owed to the vil­lage for delin­quent water and sewer charges: 332 Chester­ville Avenue, $314.56; 200 Nichols Street, $476.09 and 241 Gilead Street, $1,016.97.

Act­ing Police Chief Robert Hus­ton reported that his depart­ment has issued 400 warn– ings and 173 cita­tions since Jan­u­ary 1, 2012. He also reported the depart­ment, with assis­tance from the Mor­row County Sheriff’s Office, had recov­ered the vehi­cle stolen on August 10, 2012 from the Duke Ser­vice Station.

His reported noted there were 91 calls for ser­vice made to the depart­ment in Sep­tem­ber. These included 21 traf­fic cita­tions; 19 mis­cel­la­neous calls; 16 assist other units, two bomb threats and six threats and harassment.

Ear­lier in this day, Octo­ber 1, he said the depart­ment along with the Mor­row County Sheriff’s Office, Mor­row County E. M. A., Franklin County Sheriff’s Office bomb unit and the A. T. F. Inves­ti­gated another bomb threat at the Card­ing­ton Yutaka plant. The 2010 cruiser was involved in an acci­dent at the Duke ser­vice sta­tion park­ing lot Minor dam­age was sus­tained the rear bumper. The Mor­row County Sheriff’s Office inves­ti­gated the inci­dent and found the other dri­ver at fault.

Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Danny Wood said they had made a water tap at 128 Gilead Street, one that was over­looked when Phase One of the water line was installed. Brush has been chipped for the last time this year. They are get­ting the leaf machine out and ready for use.

Plans for the waster­wa­ter treat­ment plant upgrade have been sub­mit­ted to the Ohio EPA for approval and a check for the Per­mit to Install. The final layer of pave­ment was placed on County Road 168 and only berm work remains.

The Kenny Lane project began Mon­day, Octo­ber 1. Three new curb boxes have been installed at East Main and South Mar­ion, said Wood, explain­ing that these make it eas­ier to shut off the water when that become nec­es­sary. Fis­cal Offi­cer John Gersper dis­trib­uted reports that showed the com­par­i­son between August– Sep­tem­ber of last year com­pared to August-September of this year, and reported that “we are bet­ter off than last year by 64 per cent.” More detailed finan­cial reports will be made dur­ing the next meeting.

Coun­cil mem­bers agreed to hire a sur­veyor to deter­mine the pin set­ting on the pro– perty of Stacey Hines, a sit­u­a­tion that has not been resolved since the water line was placed sev­eral years ago and his prop­erty pin was not reset by the con­trac­tor. Coun­cil entered the 50 minute exec­u­tive ses­sion at the close of the reg­u­lar meet­ing. There was no fur­ther action taken at the close of that meet­ing. The next coun­cil meet­ing is Octo­ber 15 at 7 pm.

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