Cardington Council approves wastewater project contract

By Eve­lyn Long -

When Card­ing­ton Vil­lage coun­cil met in reg­u­lar ses­sion on Novem­ber 5, 2012, mem­bers accepted the rec­om­men­da­tion of the vil­lage admin­is­tra­tor, Danny Wood, to accept the bid of Peter­son Con­struc­tion Com­pany, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, for the waste water treat­ment plant project and autho­rized the admin­is­tra­tor and fis­cal offi­cer to enter into a con­tract. Two engi­neers were present from Pogge­meyer Engineering.

In other mat­ters, coun­cil gave a sec­ond read­ing to an res­o­lu­tion des­ig­nat­ing and autho­riz­ing the vil­lage man­ager, to accept the appoint­ment of Vil­lage Man­ager John Gersper as the village’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive to the Mor­row County Regional Plan­ning Commission.

Coun­cil also gave unan­i­mous sup­port to the Whet­stone Creek Water­shed Bal­ance Growth plan. It was noted it may be a way to help fund the Maxwell Park.

Giv­ing reports were the Act­ing Police Chief, Robert Hus­ton and the Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor, Danny Wood.

Hus­ton said that 416 traf­fic warn­ings and 284 cita­tions have been issued since Jan­u­ary 1, 2012. The depart­ment pro­vided secu­rity for Meet the Can­di­dates meet­ing at the

Cardington-Lincoln High School on Octo­ber 15, 2012. Offi­cer Kiefer has com­pleted a course in tac­ti­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion and on Octo­ber 27, 2012, the police depart­ment assisted with Trick or Treat night in the vil­lage. That same evening they assisted with the Friends of Card­ing­ton Hal­loween party.

Wood said his depart­ment had con­ducted leaf removal and started crack sealing.

The Kenny Lane project has been com­pleted and a bro­ken curb valve has been replaced at 221 West Main Street using the VAC truck. A strip of bro­ken pave­ment has been repaired in front of the fire house. The vil­lage flower boxes have been picked up and stored for the win­ter. The restroom have been win­ter­ized in the Legion Park. A two-inch ser­vice line to the for­mer Stahl build­ing had been shut off after a break in their ser­vice line. Again, the VAC truck was used. A water leak was also repaired on Wash­ing­ton Street, where 200,000 gal­lons of water were being lost.

Fis­cal Offi­cer Gersper said that at the next meet­ing he will have infor­ma­tion for a per­ma­nent bud­get and some changes in the per­ma­nent appro­pri­a­tions for this year to accom­mo­date the sewer treat­ment plant project.

An ordi­nance autho­riz­ing the mayor and fis­cal offi­cer to enter into an agree­ment with the Ohio Asso­ci­a­tion of Chiefs of Police for assess­ment ser­vices was turned down.

Dur­ing dis­cus­sion before the vote, the mayor said the list of ten pos­si­ble can­di­dates for the posi­tion of police chief had been sub­mit­ted to each coun­cil mem­ber with the antic­i­pa­tion the list would be nar­rowed to six and those six would even­tu­ally be re– viewed by coun­cil. Prior to that review an assess­ment team of police chiefs would meet with coun­cil first and any­one on the police depart­ment who did not apply for the posi­tion — they are inter­ested in what we want and are look­ing for. They will give us a copy of the agenda and an assess­ment of what they have found and will spend sev­eral hours mak­ing that assess­ment and let­ting us know what they find, she said. They would not make the selec­tion. They are merely doing an assess­ment for us of the six, said Pey­ton. The cost would be $5200. Speak­ing in favor of it was coun­cil man Richard Cald­well. Speak­ing against it was Coun­cil mem­ber Tim Abra­ham who said “We were elected to make such appoint­ments.” He also ques­tioned the spend­ing of $5200. Vot­ing against it were Abra­ham, Vickie Wise and Randy Fox. Vot­ing in favor were coun­cil­men Richard Gar­ner, Cald­well and Sherry Gra­ham. Pey­ton broke the tie and voted in favor of it but because it was an ordi­nance and required the sus­pend­ing of the rules, a vote of five was needed, there fore it was defeated. Pey­ton and coun­cil set a date of Novem­ber 8 at 5:30pm to review the can­di­dates for the position.

Fis­cal Offi­cer Gersper said a new copier is being considered.

Vivian Owens of 207 East Main Street, was present to inquire as to the steps to close an alley, specif­i­cally an alley at 205 Nichols Street. She said the alley has not been used for over 70 years. Jim Dietz, vil­lage solic­i­tor, advised her to try to get the sig­na­tures of the nine prop­erty own­ers adjoin­ing the alley. He said he and Scott Hines, zon­ing inspec­tor, would look into it. Owens said she has been able to con­tact only three of the prop­erty own­ers thus far. Dietz said the legal process has to be fol­lowed and that requires the sig­na­tures to be brought to council.

Bills approved for pay­ment totaled $47,744.82.

A 30-minute exec­u­tive ses­sion was held 31 min­utes into the meet­ing based on ORC 121.22 (G)(3). The reg­u­lar meet­ing recon­vened at 8:02 and adjourned at 8:30 pm. The next coun­cil meet­ing will be held Nov. 19 at 7 pm.

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