MONROE COUNCIL AGENDA

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

MONROE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

March 13, 2007

Public Hearing: 

1.    Application for Placement of Farmland in an Agricultural District by Martha Jane Zechar, Trustee

2.    Application for Placement of Farmland in an Agricultural District by Donald W. Garver and Jane E. Majors, Trustees

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES  Council minutes of February 27, 2007.

VISITORS

COMMITTEE REPORTS

      Utilities         -     Lora Stillman

      Rates             -     John Birch

      Finance                 -     Lora Stillman

      Streets                 -     Robert Kelley

      Safety                  -     Steven Tannreuther

      Technology        -     Robert Kelley

      Adm. Liaison            -     Mayor Routson

OLD BUSINESS

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-04.  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE AS DESCRIBED HEREIN RELATING TO THE C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. (Second Reading)

NEW BUSINESS

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2007-06.  AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING REAL PROPERTY TO BE USED AS PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY CONTAINING 0.0184 ACRES LOCATED ON DOROTHY LANE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2007-07.  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 284.02 OF THE ADMINISTRATION CODE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO FIVE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2007-08.  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1414.01 OF THE BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MONROE TO ADOPT THE 2006 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 15-2007.  A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF FARMLAND IN AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT FILED BY MARTHA JANE ZECHER, TRUSTEE, FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6099 NIEDERLANDER LANE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 929 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 16-2007.  A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF FARMLAND IN AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT FILED BY DONALD W. GARVER AND JANE E. MAJORS, TRUSTEES, FOR REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4350 SALZMAN ROAD PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 929 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 17-2007.  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE TODHUNTER ROAD WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 18-2007.  A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE FILING OF A KNIGHT BROTHERS 21ST CENTURY NEWS CHALLENGE COMPETITION GRANT, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 19-2007.  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE MOWING OF THE MOUND, NORTH MONROE, AND AMANDA CEMETERIES, AND A CONTRACT FOR THE MOWING OF COMMUNITY PARK, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF $9,700.00 FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE VETERANS’ MEMORIAL.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF $3,372.50 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A LOCATOR.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF PETER DAME TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WITH HIS TERM EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 16, 2009.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION SETTING THE DATE FOR THE CITY-WIDE ANNUAL GARAGE SALE FOR JUNE 2 AND 3, 2007.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION SETTING THE DATE FOR THE LARGE ITEM PICK-UP FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2007.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

      City Manager/City Engineer – William J. Brock

      Director of Development – Kevin Chesar

      Director of Finance – Kacey Waggaman

      Chief of Police – Gregory Homer

      Fire Chief – Mark A. Neu, II

      Director of Public Works – Bradley Collins

      Law Director – K. Philip Callahan

ADJOURNMENT

STUDY SESSION