Mt. Gilead Village Council considers fire levy for 2013

By Tay­lor Kaser

A tem­po­rary bud­get was adopted by the coun­cil at their Dec. 17 meet­ing. Mem­ber Steve Hart com­mented that the tem­po­rary appro­pri­a­tions will be used until a final bud­get is approved. A final­ized bud­get will have to be approved in the com­ing new year.

Mem­ber Ed Kline briefed the coun­cil on updates for a fire levy. Exactly when the levy will go on the bal­lot has yet to be deter­mined. They hope to allow more time for cit­i­zen edu­ca­tion on the neces­sity of the levy. Tim­ing of the place­ment with other levies on the bal­lot is also being con­sid­ered, so as not to over­whelm voters.

The process of set­ting up a spec­i­fied eco­nomic devel­op­ment area, or a C.R.A., is being researched, said Kline, with the help of Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Dan Rogers and county Devel­op­ment Direc­tor Pat Davies.

He also noted that the News Color Press build­ing was sold in an auc­tion, and that an empty restau­rant loca­tion on the cor­ner of S. Main St. and E. Mar­ion St. down­town will soon be occu­pied with a new restaurant.

Fire Chief Greg Young reported that Assis­tant Chief Don Steiger has offi­cially retired and was replaced by Bruce Young. Mayor Mike Porter pointed out that this posi­tion is paid $2,000 per year.

Ed Kline and John Cur­tis were appointed to serve on the Vol­un­teer Fire Fight­ers board for the year.

Coun­cil approved Kevin Kohler to work full time in the solid waste depart­ment, he also serves as an aux­il­iary police offi­cer. That depart­ment is cur­rently short handed, noted Rogers.

The vil­lage is cur­rently wait­ing on the Ohio EPA and Fed­eral EPA to take action on the HPM plant on St. Rt. 95, explained Rogers.

A pos­i­tive update was given by Rogers on the water­line work being done on W. Mar­ion St. He noted that work should be com­plete after the new year.

Rogers also thanked the coun­cil for all of their help and effort through­out the year.

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