5/6/2015 Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Council Minutes of 05-06-2015 • On Monday of this week, the City of North Olmsted filed its brief in the matter of Mr. Bielozer's attempt to overturn his termination in the arbitration process. The city expects a ruling this summer. • He is pleased to announce the hiring of Kaitlyn Kilbane as Law Clerk in the City of North Olmsted Law Dept. Director of Finance Copfer: • No report. Council President Jones, Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Present were all members of Council except Councilman Brossard, Mayor Kennedy, Law Director Gareau, Human Resources Director Farver, Planning/Development Director Wenger and the applicant, Brian Zergott. • Discussed was the consideration of an application for placement of farmland in an agricultural district for permanent parcel no. 234-14-010 located at 29895 Lorain Road. The application was made by Mr. Brian Zergott. This meeting was held after a Public Hearing on April 14, 2015. Council, per the State of Ohio, has the opportunity to approve, modify or reject an application such as this. This program is called The Current Agricultural Use Value Assessment in Ohio and it is a differential real estate tax assessment program which affords owners of farmland the opportunity to have their parcels taxed according to their value in agriculture rather than full market value. It is a result of a referendum that was passed in Ohio in 1973. The motion to approve this request was made by Councilman Barker and seconded by Councilwoman Williamson. The vote was 6-0 to approve this application. The meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m. Councilman Brossard made a motion to approve Mr. Brian Zergott's application for placement of farmland in an agricultural district for permanent parcel no. 234-14-010 located at 29895 Lorain Road. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 929.02, a Public Hearing was held on April 14, 2015; a notice of the hearing was published on April 2, 2015 and notice was sent to the applicant via Certified Mail on March 31, 2015. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Roll Call: Brossard, yes; Barker, yes; Williamson, abstain due to a professional relationship with Zergott; Limpert, yes; Schumann, yes; Kearney, yes. Application approved 5-0 with 1 abstention. The Finance Committee met Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 7:20 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Schumann and Barker; Council President Jones; Council members Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy, Law Director Gareau, Human Resources Director Farver and Planning/Development Director Wenger. • Discussed first was Resolution 2015-33 which is a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions to provide a fireworks display for the 2015 North Olmsted Fourth of July Bicentennial Celebration, and declaring an emergency. Launched from the Moen complex on July 5, 2015, this display will last 25 to 30 minutes at approximately $1,000 per minute. All of Council felt it was a great way to market the city's 2