The City of Alliance
470 E. Market Street
Alliance, Ohio 44601
(330) 821-3110
FAX (330) 821-9362
AGENDA
THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Okey
Roll Call:
Minutes: Minutes of the October 15, 2007 Regular Meeting
Communications:
1. Ohio Municipal League Legislative Bulletin No. 17.
2. Letter from Attorney Cardinal RE: Notice of Appeal of the Thunder Hill Annexation.
3. Memorandum from Auditor Zumbar RE: October 2007 Alliance Municipal Income Tax Recapitulation.
Administrative Reports:
Mayor Middleton, Safety Service Director Blaser, Law Director Zumbar, Auditor Zumbar
Standing Committee Reports:
Safety and Judiciary – Andreani; Finance- Okey; Community Development- Phillips; Planning, Zoning and Housing- Price; Utilities- Rhome; Streets and Alleys- Ryan; Properties and Lands- Thompson
Public Speaks:
Public Hearings: None
Third Readings
Ordinance 116-07: Introduced by Rhome and Andreani: An Ordinance authorizing the Director of Public Safety and Service to create a program to provide assistance to property owners in the City of Alliance for sidewalk improvements.
Ordinance 117-07: Introduced by Okey, Price and Ryan: An Ordinance to authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety and Service to install a traffic control signal at the intersection of U. S. 62 and Brayton Avenue, consistent with the provisions of the Ohio Department of Transportation manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices; and declaring an emergency.
Resolution 121-07: Introduced by Council as a Whole: A Resolution supporting Governor Ted Strickland's Energy, Jobs and Progress plan and urging passage of Senate Bill 221 introduced by Senator Schuler at the request of Governor Strickland.
Second Readings:
Ordinance 123-07: Introduced by Andreani: An Ordinance making temporary appropropriations for 2008 for the General Fund, Water Fund, Sewer Fund and other City Funds, and authorizing the Auditor to draw payments from those appropriations upon receiving proper certificates and vouchers; and declaring an emergency.
Resolution 124-07: Introduced by Andreani: A Resolution establishing a "Go Green Duel Fuel Initiative" Committee.
New Business:
Ordinance 125-07: Introduced by Andreani and Rhome: An Ordinance Allocating Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per year to the Alliance Area Development Foundation for 2007 to 2009, for the purpose of underwriting the cost of business development activities in the City of Alliance; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 126-07: Introduced by Andreani and Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into a contract or contracts for the purpose of purchasing a mid-sized dump truck with hydraulic system, snow plow, and salt spreader for the Alliance Street Department through the cooperative purchasing programs of the Ohio Department of Transportation or the Ohio Department of Administrative Services or to advertise for bids and enter into a contract or contracts with another vendor or vendors at the lowest and best price, but for a cost not to exceed $50,000 in any case; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 127-07: Introduced by Andreani and Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to accept a $2,500 grant from the Wal-Mart foundation for use by the Alliance Fire Department; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 128-07: Introduced by Andreani and Rhome: An Ordinance making appropriations and transfers of funds in the 2007 appropriations to provide for necessary expenses and adjustments; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 129-07: Introduced by Andreani and Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into a two-year contract to provide legal counsel to indigent persons charged with loss of liberty offenses in the Alliance Municipal Court; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 130-07: Introduced by Andreani and Rhome: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to enter into an agreement for State of Ohio Funds from the Office of the Attorney General to provide a grant for the Alliance Police Department in an amount not to exceed $39,928.00; 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 sefe 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.
Miscellaneous Business:
Adjournment: