AGENDA

THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 5, 2006

Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Thompson

Roll Call:

Minutes: Minutes of May 15, 2006 regular meeting of Alliance City Council.

Communications:

1. Notice of Planning, Zoning, & Housing Committee and Safety and Judiciary Committee joint Committee Meeting on May 22, 2006 @ 9:30 a.m.

2. Notice of Safety and Judiciary Committee Meeting on May 19, 2006 @ 8:30 a.m.

3. Notice of Planning, Zoning, & Housing Committee and Safety and Judiciary Committee joint Committee Meeting on May 20, 2006 @ 8:30 a.m.

4. Notice of Public Hearing for Monday June 5, 2006 @ 7:30 p.m. on Resolution 78-06.

5. Minutes from the May 1, 2006 Water and Sewer Advisory Board Meeting.

6. Minutes from the April 27, 2006 Safety and Judiciary Committee Meeting.

7. Minutes from the May 19, 2006 Safety and Judiciary Committee Meeting

8. Agenda for the May 16, 2006 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting.

9. Water Department Payment/Collections for May 2006.

10. Memo from Auditor Alex Zumbar regarding May 2006 Alliance Municipal Income Tax Recapitulation.

11. Ohio Municipal League Legislative Bulletin No. 8.

12. Letter from Mayor Toni Middleton to Gerard Yost, Clerk dated May 31, 2006. Re: Asking Council to approve the appointment of Thomas Pukys and Vincent Marion to the Early Childhood Education Alliance Inc. Board of Trustees for a three year term ending 06/30/09.

13. Letter from Walter Drane Company regarding the codification of mandatory residential building code.

14. Letter from Dale Seevers regarding high grass on his property.

15. Letter from Lexington Township Trustees regarding recommendation of Stark Summit Ambulance.

16. Letter from Ohio Municipal Clerks Association regarding 2006-2007 annual dues are due.

17. Announcement of Hummingbird seminar on Information Management for Disaster Recovery.

18. Announcement of Walter and Haverfield seminar on Video Competition and Preserving Municipal Authority.

19. Announcement of National League of Cities seminar 14^th Annual Leadership Summit.

20. Letter from Law Director Andrew Zumbar announcing filing of annexation petition for Park Commons Annexation and Notice of Public Hearing before the Stark County Board of Commissioners on July 12, 2006 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Lexington Township Hall.

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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: None.

Third Readings:

Ordinance 75-06: introduced by Price: an Ordinance reducing the distance requirement of section 743.08 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Alliance from Two Hundred Fifty feet to a minimum of approximately Thirty feet for a new construction on a tract on Westwood Avenue; and declaring an emergency.

Second Readings:

Ordinance 77-06: introduced by Price: an Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of outlot 701 on Overcrest Drive in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio and declaring an emergency.

New Business:

Ordinance 81-06: introduced by Ryan: an Ordinance Vacating McKinley Avenue between West State Street and Hartshorn Street and parts of four 15 foot alleys North of West State Street, South of Hartshorn Street, West of Clark Avenue, and East of South Rockhill Avenue in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 82-06: introduced by Price: an Ordinance to amend the Zoning Map of the City of Alliance by changing part of the area located between West State Street and Hartshorn Street and Mckinley Avenue and South Rockhill Avenue from Neighborhood Business District (B-1) to College District (C) under the Alliance City Zoning Ordinance.

Ordinance 83-06: introduced by Price: an Ordinance accepting and approving the re-plat of McKinley Avenue and Hartshorn Street, Numerous lots, and parts of four 15 foot alleys North of West State Street, South of Hartshorn Street, West of Clark Avenue, and East of South Rockhill Avenue in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 84-06: introduced by Price: an Ordinance accepting and approving the re-plat of parts of outlots 242 through 245 on South Union Avenue in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 85-06: introduced by Phillips: an Ordinance authorizing the execution of a loan agreement with respect to the proceeds derived from Urban Development Action Grants (UDAG) in the amount of $50,000.00 to Tharsal Ltd. and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 86-06: introduced by Phillips: an Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into an agreement with Vincent A. Marion Jr. as described in the employment agreement Exhibit “A”, for the purpose of providing various services described in the agreement as an employee of the City of Alliance; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 87-06: introduced by Okey: an Ordinance amending Ordinance 7-91, as it was subsequently amended, relating to the payment of wages and benefits for the position of Director of Planning and Development; 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 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.

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 17-06: introduced by Rhome: an Ordinance amending Alliance Codified Ordinances Section 509.08 “Music Prohibited During Certain Hours” (Tabled 1/17/06)

Ordinance 51-06: introduced by Okey/ Price: an Ordinance to amend Section 705.06 of the Codified Ordinances of Alliance, Ohio.

Ordinance 66-06: introduced by Okey / Thompson: an Ordinance to improve and update the Alliance Emergency Management Agency; to amend Chapter 165 of the Codified Ordinances of Alliance, Ohio; to amend Ordinance 7-91; and declaring an emergency.

Resolution 78-06: introduced by Council as a Whole: a Resolution providing for the annual tax budget for 2007.

Resolution 80-06: introduced by Andreani: a Resolution adopting ant national Incident Management System as the City’s system of preparing for and responding to disasters.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment