The City of Alliance
470 E. Market Street
Alliance Ohio 44601
(330) 821-3110
FAX (330) 821-9362
ORDER OF BUSINESS
THE ALLIANCE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 1, 2009
Call to Order: Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance: Rhome
Roll Call:
Minutes: Minutes of the May 18, 2009 Regular Meeting.
Communications:
1. Memorandum from Auditor Knowles RE: May 2009 Alliance Municipal Income Tax Recapitulation.
2. Letter from The Ohio Gas Association RE: Natural Gas Safety.
3. Letter from The Ohio Municipal Clerk’s Association RE: 2009-2010 Membership dues.
4. Agenda for the May 20, 2009 Alliance City Planning Commission Meeting.
5. Agenda for the June 17, 2009 Alliance City Planning Commission Meeting.
6. Minutes of the March 18, 2009 Alliance City Planning Commission Meeting.
7. Minutes of the March 26, 2009 Alliance City Planning Commission Meeting.
8. Minutes of the May 20, 2009 Alliance City Planning Commission Meeting.
9. Minutes of the May 4, 2009 Water and Sewer Advisory Board Meeting.
10. Notice of the May 13, 2009 Downtown Special Events Commission Meeting.
11. Notice of the May 27, 2009 Downtown Special Events Commission Meeting.
12. Notice of the June 4, 2009 Finance Committee Meeting.
13. Notice of the May 27, 2009 Safety and Judiciary Committee Meeting.
14. Notice of the May 27, 2009 Planning, Zoning & Housing Committee Meeting.
15. E-mail from Director Blaser RE: City Engineer and duties and accomplishments.
16. E-mail from Councilman Okey RE: response to Director Blaser’s E-mail regarding the City Engineer and duties and accomplishments.
17. Memo from Director Blaser RE: Copy of Superintendent Reynolds responding to a business regarding the water situation.
18. Memo for Law Director Zumbar RE: Parcels of delinquent real estate
19. Guideline package for Fire Station Construction Grants
20. Notice of Opening of Chives Grill on Union Avenue.
Administrative Reports:
Mayor Middleton, Safety Service Director Blaser, Law Director Zumbar, Auditor Knowles
Standing Committee Reports:
Safety and Judiciary (Andreani); Properties and Lands (Clunk); Finance (Okey); Community Development (Phillips); Utilities (Rhome); Streets and Alleys (Ryan); Planning, Zoning and Housing (Thompson)
Public Speaks:
Third Readings: None
Second Readings: None
New Business:
Ordinance 44-09: Introduced by Rhome and Andreani: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to advertise for bids and enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder for phase III repairs and improvements to the primary and secondary clarifiers at the wastewater treatment plant; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 45-09: Introduced by Clunk and Thompson: An Ordinance amending the Alliance City Zoning Code as adopted by Ordinance 130-05 and subsequently amended.
Ordinance 46-09: Introduced by Rhome and Andreani: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to request qualifications and enter into a contract with a qualified professional to conduct a water and sewer rate study for the City of Alliance; and declaring an emergency.
Resolution 47-09: Introduced by Andreani: A Resolution authorizing participantion in the Ohio Department of Transportation Cooperative Purchasing Program.
Ordinance 48-09: Introduced by Ryan: An Ordinance amending Alliance Codified Ordinance Section 331.34 “Failure to Control; Weaving; Full Time and Attention”; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 49-09: Introduced by Okey and Ryan: An Ordinance to authorize and require a one-time credit not exceeding $15.00 to the monthly water bill of each residential customer of water from the City of Alliance who purchases a water filter product under certain terms and conditions; and to declare an emergency.
Ordinance 50-09: Introduced by Phillips: An Ordinance accepting the proposed Amendment to the Annual Consolidated Plan for the City of Alliance pursuant to the FY-2008 Community Development Block Grant Program know as CDBG-R in an amount not to exceed $184,685.00: and declaring an emergency.
Old Business:
Ordinance 52-08: Introduced by Ryan: An Ordinance vacating a 20 foot East-West alley between Willow and Mahoning Avenues, a 16 foot North-South alley between Broadway Street and an East-West alley between Willow and Mahoning Avenues, and a Portion of High Street between Willow and Mahoning Avenues in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio. (Referred Planning Commission on May 19, 2008)
Ordinance 53-08: Introduced by Thompson: An Ordinance accepting and approving the replat of lots 1012 through 1020, lots 1045 through 1053, a vacated 20 foot East-West alley between Broadway and Summit Streets, and a vacated portion of High Street between Willow and Mahoning Avenues in the City of Alliance, County of Stark, and State of Ohio. (Referred Planning Commission on May 19, 2008)
Ordinance 100-08: Introduced by Okey and Ryan: An Ordinance to require the erection of “Radar Enforced” signs along State Street; and declaring an emergency. (Referred Streets and Alleys Committee on August 4, 2008)
Ordinance 6-09-S: Introduced by Okey and Ryan: An Ordinance to enact Chapter 379 of the Codified Ordinances of Alliance, Ohio; to provide a system of inspection for Golf Carts to be operated on streets in the City; and to restrict the operation of Golf Carts to streets where the speed limit does not exceed 25 miles per hour.
Ordinance 23-09: Introduced by Andreani and Thompson: An Ordinance amending Chapter 1327, “Licensing of Contractors” to provide citizens with the ability to Grieve issues relating to contractors.
Ordinance 26-09: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance Ordering the Norfolk and Southern Corporation to repair and maintain its Railroad crossing located on Mahoning Avenue, Immediately North of Railroad Street, in the City of Alliance; and declaring an emergency.
Ordinance 32-09: Introduced by Okey: An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety and Service to submit an application to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of acquiring grant funds to construct a new fire station that replaces the existing Mount Union Fire Station; and declaring an emergency.
Miscellaneous Business:
Adjournment: