Cardington Council to start police chief interviews

By Eve­lyn Long –

Card­ing­ton Vil­lage coun­cil mem­bers dis­cussed sev­eral top­ics when they met in reg­u­lar ses­sion on Novem­ber 19.

Terry Angel, for­mer Scout­mas­ter with BSA Troop 30, spoke under Com­mu­nity Par­tic­i­pa­tion, and told coun­cil that as of Decem­ber 31, 2012, there would no longer be a Troop 30 in Card­ing­ton. The troop, char­tered through the Card­ing­ton Rotary Club, is los­ing its char­ter, Angel said, because of an order handed down by the “coun­cil” that because the troop and its lead­ers had con­ducted a Merit Badge Day when they were told not to, they are there­fore los­ing their char­ter. Coun­cil expressed con­cern and wants to inquire fur­ther into the mat­ter. Solic­i­tor Jim Dietz also said he would look into it.

(Editor’s note: Also see the Let­ter to the Edi­tor con­cern­ing this topic.)

Mayor Susie Pey­ton said inter­views for police chief will be held Novem­ber 28, 29 and Decem­ber 5. Coun­cil had selected six per­sons for inter­views but one has since withdrawn.

Meet­ing on Novem­ber 28 fol­low­ing the inter­views will be the fire and police com­mit­tee mem­bers with Fire Chief Jim Ullom and Gary Good­man who will explain the department’s billing process to the committee.

The con­tract with the Fort Mor­row Fire Dis­trict still remains unset­tled. Mayor Pey­ton would like to get this resolved before the first of the year. There has not been a con­tract with the dis­trict for five years, so the con­cern is about the amount of money due Card­ing­ton from the Dis­trict. It is hoped a sum can be agreed to and a new con­tract writ­ten effec­tive Jan­u­ary 1, 2013.

Vil­lage Solic­i­tor Dietz has writ­ten two ordi­nances related to a review of the water and sewer rates before the auto­matic raise takes effect March 1. He said the ordi­nance will con­sider sev­eral sce­nar­ios that may include mod­i­fy­ing the rates. He will present these ordi­nances at the Dec. 3 meeting.

In other mat­ters coun­cil des­ig­nated and autho­rized the vil­lage man­ager, John Gersper to accept the appoint­ment as the village’s rep­re­sen­ta­tive to the Mor­row County Regional Plan­ning Commission.

A sec­ond read­ing was given a res­o­lu­tion of sup­port for the Whet­stone Creek Water­shed Bal­ance Growth Plan.

Giv­ing his report was act­ing police chief Robert Hus­ton, who said that 457 warn­ings have been issued since Jan­u­ary 1, 2012 and 306 cita­tions have been issued.

The depart­ment con­tin­ues to do spe­cial duty at the Card­ing­ton Yutaka plant dur­ing the month of Novem­ber but hours have been reduced to one 12-hour shift per day.

On Novem­ber 7, 2012, the depart­ment assisted Cardington-Lincoln High School with a lock­down drill at the request of the prin­ci­pal, Joe Mills.

The 2010 cruiser has been repaired. It was dam­aged in a crash at the Duke Station.

The depart­ment inves­ti­gated an aggra­vated rob­bery (home inva­sion) and theft of a motor vehi­cle on Novem­ber 16. Chief Hus­ton and Offi­cer Sto­ica solved the case with a full writ­ten con­fes­sion from the sus­pect who was arrested and is now being for­merly charged in the incident.

On Novem­ber 17, 2012, the depart­ment com­pleted their firearms requal­i­fi­ca­tions for the year.

Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Danny Wood said the street depart­ment had removed leaves, com­pleted crack seal­ing and repaired a bro­ken cul­vert on Chester­ville Avenue.

A shorted wire had also been repaired on the west clar­i­fier at the waste­water treat­ment plant.

Coun­cil approved pay­ment of bills total­ing $55,857.67.

Coun­cil adjourned its reg­u­lar ses­sion at 7:45 pm to enter exec­u­tive ses­sion based on ORC 121.22 (G) (1) and ORC 121.22 (G) (3). The pur­pose was to eval­u­ate the vil­lage officer/fiscal offi­cer and the vil­lage administrator.

Exec­u­tive ses­sion adjourned at 9 pm and there was no fur­ther action taken dur­ing the recon­ven­ing of coun­cil before its adjourn­ment. Coun­cil will meet next on Decem­ber 3 at 7 pm.

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