Ullom retires; new fire chief appointed in Cardington

By Eve­lyn Long -
A new mayor’s court clerk and new fire chief were appointed when Card­ing­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil met in reg­u­lar ses­sion on Decem­ber 17.
Coun­cil approved the mayor’s appoint­ment of Gary Good­man as the new Card­ing­ton Fire Chief and gave him the oath of office dur­ing the meet­ing. He suc­ceeds Jim Ullom who has been with the fire depart­ment for 50 years, the past 36 as chief. Goodman’s appoint­ment is effec­tive Feb­ru­ary 1, 2013. Ullom’s retire­ment is effec­tive Jan­u­ary 31, 2013.
Jeff Ben­son, a Lieu­tenant with the depart­ment, pre­sented Ullom with the Ohio Fire Chief’s Pres­i­den­tial Award in recog­ni­tion of his career with the fire depart­ment.
A total of $43,425 in bills was approved for pay­ment by coun­cil. John Gersper, fis­cal offi­cer, said although the tem­po­rary bud­get has been sent to the county office, he would like input from coun­cil on it before the final fig­ures are sent.
A meet­ing was set for Wednes­day, Decem­ber 26, at 6 p.m. for coun­cil to meet and dis­cuss the bud­get.
The res­ig­na­tion of Jeff Ris­ner as a part time police offi­cer was accepted. Act­ing on the mayor’s rec­om­men­da­tion, Ris­ner was then employed as an aux­il­iary police offi­cer for the vil­lage.
Coun­cil autho­rized the admin­is­tra­tor and fis­cal offi­cer to enter into a (two year) agree­ment with Krock Esser Engi­neer­ing, Inc. for engi­neer­ing ser­vices.
A sec­ond read­ing was given an ordi­nance approv­ing the addi­tion and inclu­sion of cer­tain ordi­nances as part of the var­i­ous com­po­nent codes of the cod­i­fied ordi­nances of the vil­lage.
Mayor Susie Pey­ton said a check had been received from the Fort Mor­row Fire Dis­trict in the amount of $15,600 as full pay­ment of the fire con­tract with the dis­trict for the years 2009–2012. The vil­lage has sent a let­ter offer­ing cov­er­age again in 2013 in the amount of $3900. No response has been received yet.
The police report included the offi­cer activ­ity list­ing for the month of Octo­ber, 2012.
Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Danny Wood said the street, water and waste­water depart­ments had made their last leaf pickup for the year. They had also com­pleted crack seal­ing, and repaired a water leak on New Street. Six trees had been removed.
Mayor Pey­ton said the vil­lage engi­neer, Scott Hines, will begin monthly reports in Jan­u­ary.
Coun­cil entered exec­u­tive ses­sion at 7:36 pm based on ORC 121.22 (G) (1) and ORC121.22 (G)(3). They ses­sion adjourned at 8:37 pm. Upon re con­ven­ing in reg­u­lar ses­sion, coun­cil appointed Rosanne Denty as mayor’s court clerk for the vil­lage.
Adjourn­ment took place three min­utes later.
Coun­cil met next on Jan­u­ary 7, 2013.

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