AGENDA

THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, JANUARY 17, 2006

Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Andreani

Roll Call:

Minutes: Minutes of January 3, 2006 regular meeting of Alliance City Council.

Communications:

1. Minutes from the December 6, 2005 Safety and Judiciary meeting.

2. Minutes from the January 3, 2006 Water and Sewer Advisory Board meeting and notice of their February, 6, 2006 meeting.

3. Ohio Municipal League Legislative Bulletin #1 dated January 6, 2006.

4. Minutes from the December 20, 2005 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting and agenda for their January 17, 2006 meeting.

5. Letter from the Ohio Department of Liquor Control concerning liquor permit transfer from Alliance Roadhouse, LLC DBA Texas Roadhouse, 2033 W. State St., Alliance to Texas Roadhouse Holdings, LLC, DBA , Texas Roadhouse, 2033 W. State St., Alliance. City Council must respond prior to February 6, 2006 on a request to have a hearing.

6. Letter from John B. Blaser, Director of Public Safety and Service to all department heads and elected officials dated January 8, 2006. Re: 2006 Budget Requests

7. Operational Budget Report by Department as of December 31, 2005.

8. Letter fro Alexander A. Zumbar, City Auditor dated January 12, 2006. Re: 2005 Pre-Audit Meeting.

9. Letter from the Ohio Department of Liquor Control concerning liquor permit transfer from Thomas J. Rastetter, DBA Rastetter’s Super Market, 530 S. Arch Ave., Alliance to Rufus A. J. Heards, DBA Victory Market, 530 S. Arch Ave., Alliance. City Council must respond prior to February 6, 2006 on a request to have a hearing.

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Administrative Reports:

Mayor Middleton, Safety Service Director Blaser, Law Director Zumbar, Auditor Zumbar

Standing Committee Reports:

Safety & Judiciary- Andreani; Finance- Okey; Community Development- Phillips; Planning, Zoning, & Housing-Price; Utilities- Rhome; Streets & Alleys- Ryan; Properties and Lands- Thompson

Public Speaks:

Public Hearings:

Third Readings: none

Second Readings:

Ordinance 06-06: introduced by Okey/ Price/ Phillips/ Thompson/ Ryan: an Ordinance to create and establish a first responder unit of the Fire Department of the City of Alliance, Ohio.

Ordinance 07-06: introduced by Okey/ Price/ Phillips/ Thompson/ Ryan: an Ordinance to promote the downtown business area of Alliance by permitting certain pole signs along State Street and Union Avenue.

Ordinance 08-06: introduced by Okey/ Price/ Phillips/ Thompson/ Ryan: an Ordinance to improve and streamline the Keep America Beautiful Commission.

Ordinance 09-06: introduced by Okey/ Price/ Phillips/ Thompson/ Ryan: an Ordinance to repeal Section 509.08 of the Codified Ordinances of Alliance, Ohio.

New Business:

Ordinance 12-06: introduced by Price: an Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of lot 7777 and part of lot 11181 located on Hart Street in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 13-06: introduced by Okey/ Ryan: an Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to advertise for bids and enter into a contract or contracts for improvements to South Arch Avenue Phase II between East Grant Street and East 11^th Street and asphalt paving between East 11^th Street and Shadyside Court in an amount not to exceed $332,901; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 14-06: introduced by Phillips: an Ordinance authorizing an increase in the amount of the maximum grant for the Owner-Occupied Emergency Home Repair Program for the City of Alliance, and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 15-06: introduced by Phillips: an Ordinance authorizing the repayment of a loan from the Greater Alliance Development Corporation (GADC) in the amount of $60,000 from UDAG Funds; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 16-06: introduced by Okey: an Ordinance making appropriations and transfers of funds in the 2006 Temporary Appropriations to provide for necessary expenses and adjustments; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 17-06: introduced by Rhome: an Ordinance amending Alliance Codified Ordinances Section 509.08 “Music Prohibited During Certain Hours”

Resolution 18-06: introduced by Thompson: a joint Resolution of the Council of the City of Alliance, Ohio and the Parks Board of the City of Alliance, Ohio creating a Skateboard Park Advisory Commission for the purpose of making recommendations to the Parks Board and to the City Council regarding the potential construction, management and operation of a skateboarding facility in the City of Alliance, Ohio and repealing Resolution 11-06.

Ordinance 19-06: introduced by Price/ Okey: an Ordinance to create an Energy Use Reduction Plan for the City of Alliance, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 20-06: introduced by Okey/ Andreani: an Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public safety and Service to accept two $1,500 grants from the Wal-Mart Foundation for use by the Alliance Police and Fire Departments; and declaring an emergency.

Old Business:

Ordinance 42-05: introduced by Andreani: an Ordinance to approve current replacement pages to the Alliance Codified Ordinances and declaring an emergency. (Waiting on approval from Law Director’s office)

Ordinance 92-05: introduced by Schwarz: an Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of all of lot 6612 located on East Milton Street in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio. (Denied by Planning Commission 11/16/05).

Ordinance 116-05: introduced by Schwarz: an Ordinance to amend the Zoning Map of the City of Alliance by changing all of lot 9967 and part of lot 9966 located on Western Avenue south of West State Street from One Family Residence District (R-1) to Neighborhood Business District (B-1) under the Alliance City Zoning Ordinance. (Public Hearing February 6, 2006 @ 7:30 P.M.)

Ordinance 125-05: introduced by Schwarz: an Ordinance creating new Chapter 117-Fees of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Alliance and amending sections of the codified Ordinances for the purpose of giving the Director of Public Safety and Service the authority to review, update and establish permit, plan review, and inspection fees for Engineering, Planning and Zoning and to make them compatible to other local communities with the approval of Council, approving new fees; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 130-05: introduced by Schwarz: an ordinance to adopt a new City of Alliance Planning and Zoning Code and sub-Division/ Development Regulations to completely replace the existing Planning and Zoning Code, Map and Sub-Division Regulations in the Codified Ordinances of the City of Alliance, Counties of Stark and Mahoning and State of Ohio. (Public Hearing January 31, 2006@ 7:00P.M.)

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment