The City of Alliance
470 E. Market Street
Alliance, Ohio 44601
(330) 821-3110
FAX (330) 821-9362
AGENDA
THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, AUGUST 20, 2007
Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Price
Roll Call:
Minutes: Minutes of the July 16, 2007 Regular meeting and the August 6, 2007 Regular meeting.
Communications:
1. Minutes of the June 19, 2007 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting.
2. Memo from Auditor Zumbar dated August 15, 2007 RE: Operational Budget report by Department as of July 31, 2007.
3. Minutes of the July 18, 2007 Alliance City Planning Commission meeting.
4. Minutes of the August 15, 2007 Alliance City Planning Commission meeting.
5. Minutes of the August 6, 2007 Water and Sewer Advisory Board meeting.
6. Notice of Public Meeting of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Viaduct Improvement Commission on August 23, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. at the Alliance Neighborhood Center 405 South Linden, Alliance Ohio.
7. Agenda for the August 21, 2007 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting.
8. Memo from Clerk of Council RE: “Old Business” file update.
9. Time Stamped copy of Resolution 88-07 filed with the Stark County Board of Elections on August 17, 2007.
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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:
Ordinance 87-07: Introduced by Andreani: An Ordinance amending the rules of City Council to add a rule to require an estimate of the cost of ordinances introduced by any member of Council in the City of Alliance, Stark and Mahoning Counties and State of Ohio.
Second Readings:
Ordinance 90-07: Introduced by Andreani and Okey : An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to advertise for bids and enter into a contract to replace the elevator in the Alliance Municipal Court Building and the lowest and best price.
Ordinance 91-07: Introduced by Andreani: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into an Alliance Community Reinvestment Area Agreement with Commerce Investments, LLC DBA Winkle Industries; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 96-07: Introduced by Rhome: An Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of Lot 4568 and 4569 Located on North Lincoln Avenue Street in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and declaring an Emergency.
New Business:
Resolution 99-07: Introduced by Okey and Price: A Resolution directing the Director of Public Safety and Service and the City Engineer to Investigate the installation of Traffic Signals at the intersection of East State Street and the Entrance to the Potter’s Creek Development, and to report to City Council within 30 days on the feasibility and procedures necessary for such installation.
Ordinance 100-07: Introduced by Rhome and Andreani: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into a contract for the purpose of purchasing a new backhoe and attachments for the Water and Sewer Distribution Department through he cooperative purchasing programs of the Ohio Department of Transportation in an amount not to exceed $77,000; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 101-07: Introduced by Thompson: An Ordinance authorizing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into agreements to sell items of personal property which are not needed for municipal purposes and do not exceed $1,000.00 in estimated value; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 102-07: Introduced by Thompson: An Ordinance determining that the city of Alliance has items of personal property which are not needed for municipal purposes and do not exceed $1,000.00 in estimated value, authorizing the sale of such personal property by written contract to the highest and best bidder at public sale and including in said public sale, personal property as designated by the Alliance Board of Park Commissioners and Alliance City Board of Health; and declaring an emergency.
Old Business:
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.
Ordinance 39-07: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance amending Alliance Codified Ordinance Section 181.13 “Allocation of Funds”; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 53-07: Introduced by Price: An Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of lots 10157 and 10164 North of West State Street and South of Hartshorn Street in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio.
Ordinance 55-07: Introduced by Price: An Ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Alliance by changing lot 12544 and part of outlot 264 located at the Southwest corner of East State Street and Liberty Avenue from two family residence district (R-2) to neighborhood business district (B-1) under the Alliance City zoning ordinance.
Ordinance 84-07: Introduced by Rhome & Thompson: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into a cooperative economic development agreement with Lexington Township in accordance with the terms and provisions on attached Exhibit “A”; and declaring an emergency.
Miscellaneous Business:
Adjournment: