Alliance City Council

AGENDA

THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, APRIL 16, 2007

Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Okey.

Roll Call:

Minutes: Minutes of the March 19, 2007 Regular meeting of City Council

Communications:

1. Minutes of the February 20, 2007 Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting.

2. Minutes of the April 2, 2007 Water and Sewer Advisory Board Meeting.

3. Agenda for the April 17, 2007 Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting.

4. Notice of Public Hearing on Ordinance 40-07 Dated April 12, 2007

5. Agenda for the April 18, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting.

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

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

Ordinance 38-07: Introduced by Okey and Price: An Ordinance to promote the Downtown Business area of Alliance; and to amend Section 1134.07(d) of the Codified Ordinances of Alliance, Ohio.

Ordinance 39-07: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance amending Alliance Codified Ordinance Section 181.13 “Allocation of Funds”; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 40-07: Introduced by Ryan: An Ordinance vacating parts of two 20 foot alleys East of North Park Avenue between Keystone Street and Wayne Street in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 41-07: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance repaying James Stout and M. Katherine Stout for overpayments made in the construction of West Main Street and the development of the Industrial Park.

Resolution 44-07: Introduced by Rhome: A Resolution recognizing the Arts and Declaring April 13, to April 22, 2007 Stark Arts Festival Week and Urging Citizens to enjoy the Activities scheduled.

Ordinance 45-07: Introduced by Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to Request Qualifications and to enter into a professional services contract for preliminary engineering and design services for the raw influent screw lift pumps replacement at the wastewater treatment plant; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 46-07: Introduced by Phillips: An Ordinance accepting the proposed Annual Consolidated Plan for the City of Alliance pursuant to the FY-2007 Community Development Block Grant Program in an amount not to exceed $707,476.00; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 47-07: Introduced by Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into an agreement for Natural Gas in the City of Alliance with Volunteer Energy Serviced Inc.; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 48-07: Introduced by Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to execute a non development and gas lease for the Alliance Brick Company Unit #2 well; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 49-07: Introduced by Andreani: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into a grant agreement for Homeland Security Funds in an amount not to exceed $430,000; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 50-07: Introduced by Andreani: An Ordinance amending Ordinance 35-07 to adopt a new City of Alliance Zoning Map; and declaring an emergency.

Resolution 51-07: Introduced by Price, Rhome, Andreani, Thompson, and Ryan: A Resolution honoring retired Fire Chief James A. Reese for his service to the City of Alliance.

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 po rtion of safe housing revenue to the director of law for purposes of enforcement; and to establish initial funding for the Department of Safe Housing.

Ordinance 142-06: Introduced by Price: An Ordinance vacating a 15 foot North South alley West of Penn Avenue, South of West State Street for a distance of 120 feet, and a 15 foot East West Alley South of West State Street, West of Penn Avenue for a distance of 120 feet in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 143-06: Introduced by Price: An Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of lots 31 and 32 and parts of two vacated 15 foot alleys South of West State Street and West of Penn Avenue in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 04-07: Introduced by Council as a Whole: An Ordinance amending Chapter 181 of the Alliance Codified Ordinance after passage of a ballot issue increasing the Municipal Income Tax from one and three quarter percent (1.75%) to two percent (2%); and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 14-07: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance ratifying a contract between the City of Alliance and the Federation of United Employees; and declaring an emergency.