AGENDA

THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 5, 2006

Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Ryan

Roll Call:

Minutes: Minutes of August 7, 2006 and August 21, 2006 Regular Meetings of Alliance City Council.

Communications:

1. Memo from Auditor Alex Zumbar regarding August 2006 Alliance Municipal Income Tax Recapitulation.

2. Notice of Martin Luther King Jr. Viaduct Committee Meeting September 7, 2006 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Alliance Neighborhood Center.

3. Notice of Finance Committee Meeting September 1, 2006 @ 8:45 a.m. at the City Administration Building Second Floor Conference Room.

4. Notice of Claims Board Meeting September 1, 2006 @ 8:30a.m. at the City Administration Building Second Floor Conference Room.

5. Letter from Attorney Robert Tscholl RE: free representation in appeal of conciliator’s award.

6. Ohio Employment Relations Board request for Recognition.

7. Letter from Alliance YMCA announcing the City-wide health challenge.

8. National League of Cities notice of Congress of Cities and Exposition.

9. Center for Families and Children invitation to “Making the Grade: Helping our Kids Achieve.”

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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: None

Second Readings:

Ordinance 114-06: introduced by Okey: An Ordinance Ratifying a contract with the Alliance Professional Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local #480 (the Union) based on the Conciliation award as modified by the attached August 4, 2006 letter from the Union.

New Business:

Ordinance 117-06: introduced by Council as a Whole: 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 $12,000.00 to CJL Enterprises Inc. dba C.J.’s Signs & Lighting Company; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 118-06: introduced by Thompson: An Ordinance accepting annexation of the park commons annexation area to the City of Alliance on application of owners of Real Estate; 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.

Resolution 98-06: introduced by Price: a Resolution of Alliance City Council providing that the planning, zoning & housing committee shall assess and make recommendations as to the feasibility of designation of the City of Alliance as a “Certified Local Government” by the Ohio Historical Society.

Resolution 99-06: introduced by Price: a Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Safety and Service to negotiate employment contracts regarding certain designated city employment positions.

Ordinance 103-06: introduced by Okey, Price and Ryan: an Ordinance to amend Chapter 771 of the Codified Ordinances of Alliance Ohio; to create the Department of Safe Housing in the City of Alliance; to establish the safe housing fund; to allocate a portion of safe housing revenue to the director of law for purposes of enforcement; and to establish initial funding for the Department of Safe Housing.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment