The City of Alliance

470 E. Market Street

Alliance, Ohio 44601

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AGENDA

THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, DECEMBER 3, 2007

Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Price

Roll Call:

Minutes: Minutes of the November 19, 2007 Regular Meeting.

Communications:

1.                   Ohio Ethics Commission Request for updated list of City Elected Officials.

2.                   Letter from Mayor Middleton RE: Board of Zoning Appeals Appointments.

3.                   Minutes of the November 21, 2007 Alliance City Planning Commission Meeting.

4.                   Briefing Schedule for the Thunder Hill Annexation Appeal.

5.                   Memorandum from Auditor Zumbar RE: November 2007 Income Tax Recapitulation.

6.                   Letter and attachments from Councilman Price RE: Ordinance 134-07 and three new proposed ordinances.

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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: None

Second Readings:

Ordinance 132-07: Introduced by Ryan:  An Ordinance vacating a portion of the North South alley West of Parkway Boulevard between Hartshorn Street and Roseland Road in the City of Alliance, County of Stark and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 133-07: Introduced by Price:  An Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of Lots 8767 and 7361 and a vacated portion of a 15 foot alley on Hartshorn Street in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio.

Ordinance 134-07: Introduced by Rhome:  An Ordinance authorizing modifying the compensation for the elected offices of Mayor, Law Director, Auditor, Treasurer, Clerk of the Alliance Municipal Court, President of Alliance City Council, and all Council Representatives; and declaring an emergency.

New Business:

Ordinance 135-07: Introduced by Andreani:  An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to apply for and receive a Law Enforcement Continuing Professional Educational Training Grant and authorizing the Auditor of the City of Alliance Ohio to Establish the Law Enforcement Continuing Professional Education fund, and to establish revenue and expenditure codes; and declaring an emergency.

Resolution 136-07: Introduced by Phillips:  A Resolution extending support from the City of Alliance to the Proposed Alliance Elderly.

Ordinance 137-07: Introduced by Andreani:  An Ordinance making appropriations and transfers of funds in the 2007 appropriations to provide for necessary expenses and adjustments; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 138-07: Introduced by Price:  An Ordinance creating and funding a downtown special events commission; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 139-07: Introduced by Price:  An Ordinance allocating an additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year to the Alliance Area Development Foundation for the purpose of Maintaining and attracting living wage jobs to the City of Alliance; and declaring an emergency.

Ordinance 140-07: Introduced by Price:  An Ordinance establishing performance based salaries for elected officials; 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. (Referred to Planning Zoning and Housing Committee on July, 17, 2006)

Ordinance 39-07: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance amending Alliance Codified Ordinance Section 181.13 “Allocation of Funds”; and declaring an emergency. (Referred to Finance Committee on April 2, 2007)

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. Referred to Streets and Alleys Committee on October 1, 2007)

Miscellaneous Business:

Adjournment: